Celebrate Chicago’s vibrant classical music scene.
Music in Chicago gives you a front-row seat to some of the best classical music concerts presented throughout the Chicago area. Every day in the noon hour, Lisa Flynn features recent performances from the city’s soloists, orchestras, choirs, bands and chamber ensembles. The Elgin Symphony Orchestra, St. Charles Singers, Rachel Barton Pine, Civic Orchestra, Midwest Mozart Festival, and Chicago Latino Music Festival are among the many artists and organizations that have been heard on this weekday program.
WFMT is always looking for new groups and musicians to feature on Music in Chicago. If you or your ensemble would like to be considered for our program, audition online to let us know more about you and to send us a recording.
July 13, 2026 – July 17, 2026
July 17, 2026, 12:00 pm
This week on Music in Chicago: Trio Settecento, Camerata Chicago, violist JungAhn Shin and pianist Umi Garrett, La Caccina, and duo pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem.
August 7 – August 11, 2023
August 11, 2023
This week, enjoy recordings by these Chicago musicians and ensembles: harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, the Grant Park Chorus, flutist Mary Stolper, and the Civitas Ensemble. We also have a live piano recital by Kyle Orth on Wednesday's Dame Myra Hess Concert.
July 31 – August 4, 2023
August 4, 2023
This week, we enjoy recordings by the Newberry Consort, organist Stephen Buzard, and pianist James Giles. We'll also hear a live recital from the Dame Myra Hess Series and a recent performance by Ars Musica Chicago at the Rush Hour Concerts.
July 24 – July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023
This week you'll hear recordings by the DePaul Wind Ensemble, violinist Rachel Barton Pine, and guitarist Denis Azabagić, along with a live recital in the Dame Myra Hess Series and music of Xavier Foley from a recent performance at the Rush Hour Concerts.
July 17 – July 21, 2023
July 21, 2023
Listen to WFMT this week for recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, Chicago Master Singers, and violist Helen Callus. We'll also feature a live vocal recital from the Dame Myra Hess Series and a recent chamber concert in the Rush Hour Series.
July 10 – July 14, 2023
July 14, 2023
Listen this week to recordings by pianist Adam Neiman, Lakeshore Rush, the KAIA String Quartet, and violinist Caitlin Edwards, along with a live piano recital from Wednesday's Dame Myra Hess Concert.
July 3 – July 7, 2023
July 7, 2023
This week we feature the music of Chicago composer James Stephenson, along with performances by the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the Waller and Maxwell Guitar Duo, Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, and a live recital from the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series.
June 26 – June 30, 2023
June 30, 2023
This week on Music in Chicago, we feature performances by Third Coast Percussion, clarinetist Zachary Good and pianist Daniel Schlosberg, Chicago a cappella, the Mack Sisters piano duo, and a recent recital from the Rush Hour Concerts.
June 19 – June 23, 2023
June 23, 2023
Join us this week on Music in Chicago for performances by Bella Voce, Camerata Chicago, pianist Sebastian Knauer, soprano Olivia Boen and pianist Shannon McGinnis, and a recent concert in the Rush Hour Series.
June 12 – June 16, 2023
June 16, 2023
This week we hear performances by the piano duo of Georgia and Louise Mangos, the Grant Park Orchestra, pianist Diego Caetano, guitarist Brad Conroy, and cellist Alexander Hersh with pianist Victor Santiago Asunción.
June 5 – June 9, 2023
June 9, 2023
Our lineup of artists this week on Music in Chicago includes the Blue Violet Duo, Chicago Chorale, soprano and pianist Chelsea Guo, composer Doug Lofstrom, and the duo of violinist Paul Huang and pianist Helen Huang.
May 29 – June 2, 2023
June 2, 2023
This week, Music in Chicago highlights the following performers: Duo Sequenza, William Ferris Chorale, pianist André Golbert, cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios, and the Spektral Quartet.
May 22 – May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023
Join us this week for performances by Constellation Men's Ensemble, Haymarket Opera Company, Ariel Horowitz and Alexa Stier, Marcel Worms, and the Chicago Sinfonietta in music of Jessie Montgomery.
May 15 – May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023
This week on WFMT's Music in Chicago, we will feature the following artists: the Dover Quartet, Axiom Brass, pianist Xiting Yang, violinist Gina DiBello, and pianist David Schrader.
May 8 – May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023
This week's Music in Chicago schedule begins with the music of Shawn E. Okpebholo. We'll also hear performances by the Chicago Arts Orchestra and Chorus, pianist Winston Choi, and Artemis Chamber Brass. Bassoonist Eleni Katz and pianist Maxwell Foster perform on Wednesday's Dame Myra Hess Concert.
May 1 – May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023
Here's what we have in store on this week's lineup of Music in Chicago: Trio Settecento, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, violinist Sirena Huang and pianist Chih-Yi Chen on the live Dame Myra Hess Concert, Camerata Chicago, and the Chicago Harp Quartet.
April 26 – April 28, 2023
April 28, 2023
Music in Chicago resumes this week with a live recital by pianist Jiao Sun in the Dame Myra Hess Concerts. On Thursday, we hear the Oriana Singers in music from the Renaissance, and Friday's Live from WFMT encore is a performance from 2012 by cellist Lynn Harrell.
April 3 – April 7, 2023
April 7, 2023
This week on Music in Chicago features performances by the Avalon String Quartet, St. Charles Singers, violinist Ria Honda and pianist Umi Garrett, Millar Brass Ensemble, and Chicago a cappella.
March 27 – March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023
This week on Music on Chicago, join us for performances by bassoonist David McGill, the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble, cellist Michael Katz and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción from the Dame Myra Hess Concert, pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, and guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas.
March 20 – March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023
Join us this week on Music in Chicago to hear clarinetist John Bruce Yeh, guitarist Brandon Acker, Meghan Bennett and Maria Lyapkova from the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, the Chicago Choral Artists, and the Galvin Cello Quartet.
March 13 – March 17, 2023
March 17, 2023
Join us this week on Music in Chicago to hear pianist Koeun Grace Lee, Music of the Baroque, pianist Christine Wu, the Cavatina Duo, and the vocal ensemble Stile Antico.
