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Iconic Chicago buildings — including the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, and the Hancock Center — with happy, multicolored tulips in the foreground

Playlist: Feel-Good Classical Music

From the jubilant to the blissful and everything in between, this longform playlist has something for anyone looking for a classical music mood booster.

Adela SkowronskiNovember 8, 2022

How Classically Trained Navajo Pianist & Composer Connor Chee Weaves His Sound

Adela SkowronskiOctober 31, 2022

Playlist: Music for All Souls Day

The cast of Sweeney Todd at the Chopin Theatre

Adela SkowronskiOctober 24, 2022

10 Chicago Musical Events for Halloween 2022

Dame Jane Glover Named Principal Guest Conductor at Fort Worth

Keegan MorrisFebruary 27, 2024

Glover has led Music of the Baroque since 2002.

Clad in a patterned red-black suitcoat, Jaden Teague-Núñez strikes the steelpan with dynamism and athleticism

Steelpan Player Jaden Teague-Núñez Wins 2024 CSO Young Artists Competition

Robbie EllisFebruary 27, 2024

Teague-Núñez is the first steelpan soloist to enter — much less win — the competition.

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Wynton Marsalis joins forces with Michigan Marching Band

Associated PressOctober 14, 2022

"I've never seen a jazz band like ours play with a marching band, where the actual music we're playing is integrated into the music the band is playing," Marsalis said.

9 Things To Know About Monteverdi’s Vespers

Fatima DabbahOctober 14, 2022

Even though his compositions were well known across Europe during his time, one of Claudio Monteverdi‘s most enduring works was likely not performed (in its entirety, at least) in his lifetime!

Team picked to make ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ into stage musical

Associated PressOctober 13, 2022

Dates for future productions, as well as additional creative team members and cast, will be announced in 2023.

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