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CSO Announces Next Mead Composer-in-Residence

Riccardo Muti has appointed Jessie Montgomery as the Mead Composer-in-Residence. Montgomery will succeed the CSO’s current composer-in-residence, Missy Mazzoli, in July of this year.

George Preston | April 11, 2021

What Words Cannot Express: Ian Bostridge on the Power of Music

Associated Press | April 6, 2021

Geffen Hall rebuild speeded due to virus, reopen in fall ’22

WFMT | April 3, 2021

Easter Highlights on WFMT

Easter Highlights on WFMT

WFMT | April 3, 2021

To all those celebrating, Happy Easter from us at WFMT! We have a terrific slate of Easter-related programming to share with you.

The Sounds of Ernest Hemingway (Playlist)

WFMT | April 2, 2021

Ernest Hemingway was, by his own account, "absolutely without talent" when it came to music, but his influential writing and extraordinary life have inspired many film and TV composers.

Black Artists

Faith, Identity, and Songs: Celebrating the Blackness of Gospel Music

National Museum of African American Music to open next month

Staff Spotlight: Telling the Painful and Hopeful Story of the Black Community Through Music

In the Age of the Visual Album, What Can Opera Learn from Beyoncé?

Russia wants Tchaikovsky music for anthem at Tokyo Olympics

Associated Press | March 25, 2021

Russia wants to use music by 19th-century composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky as its replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics.

Recording Registry adds albums by Janet Jackson, Nas

Associated Press | March 24, 2021

Louis Armstrong's jazzy "When the Saints Go Marching In" is another of the 25 recordings being inducted to the National Recording Registry.

Bach Birthday Bash!

Keegan Morris | March 21, 2021

All day long, tune in to hear WFMT's celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born on this date in 1685.