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A Fond Farewell to Kerry Frumkin: A Vital Voice for WFMT

“Music was always my love. And if I wasn’t going to be able to make music myself, I was going to make sure to be a good and informed listener. The importance was being able to share what I love with other people.”

Emiko Edwards studio photo posing with sheet music

Keegan MorrisFebruary 22, 2024

American Music Project Boosts Repertory Rarities in 10th Chicago Season

An anguished Gerald Finley, dressed in armor as Antony, holds the limp body of Julia Bullock as Cleopatra in a performance of Antony and Cleopatra

Keegan MorrisFebruary 21, 2024

Met Opera Announces ’24–25 Season

Associated PressFebruary 21, 2024

Beatles to get a Fab Four of biopics, a movie each for Paul, John, George, and Ringo

Holiday Programming on WFMT 2024

WFMTNovember 18, 2024

The winter holidays are right around the corner, and WFMT has a feast of musical offerings to make the season bright!

Right Place, Wrong Time: Connie Converse 100 Years Later

Adela SkowronskiNovember 15, 2024

Revisiting the songwriter who disappeared soon after her 50th birthday.

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75th Annual Elgin Symphony Orchestra Season Announced

Keegan MorrisFebruary 15, 2024

Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Beethoven, and other high-flying orchestral highlights mark the ESO's 75th anniversary season.

Lowell Chamber Orchestra to premiere new edition of Julia Perry’s symphony

Associated PressFebruary 15, 2024

“This work is a fabulous example of Perry’s modernist style,” says LCO music director Orlando Cela.

a bustling street scene as Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans

Explore New Orleans-Style Jazz

Keegan MorrisFebruary 12, 2024

New Orleans is at the nexus of cultures: influences from the African diaspora, from France, from Native American communities, and many more.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff