Stories

Guarneri Hall Announces 2026-27 Season

The season opens with its flagship NEXUS Chamber Music Festival. followed by all nine Prokofiev piano sonatas, music of revolutions, and more.

Adela SkowronskiDecember 1, 2025

New Releases Dec 2: International Chopin Festival Winner

Adela SkowronskiNovember 26, 2025

Chicago Chorale Founder Announces Retirement

Adela SkowronskiNovember 25, 2025

Playlist: Gratitude and Giving Thanks

Portrait of Orli Shaham, smiling, in front of a light stone wall

New Releases Feb 17: Exciting Chamber Works

Oliver CamachoFebruary 17, 2026

Contemporary composers explore textures that can only be achieved with small ensembles.

New Releases Feb 10: Revisiting

Oliver CamachoFebruary 10, 2026

Albums that renew music of the past, from the practice of compline to one of the oldest operas by a Black American composer.

Playlists

Playlist: This Music Has Kept Joffrey Dancers Active and Inspired in the Pandemic

Playlist: Celebrating the Blackness and Black Artistry of Gospel Music

Playlist: Classical Drinking Songs to Ring in the New Year

Playlist: Telling the Painful and Hopeful Story of the Black Community (Staff Spotlight)

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Holiday Programming on WFMT 2025

WFMTNovember 24, 2025

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

New Releases Nov. 18: With Voices Raised

Adela SkowronskiNovember 18, 2025

Configurations that shine a spotlight on the human voice: from Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand", to new arragements of spirituals.

Recreating Music of the American Revolution

WFMTNovember 14, 2025

“Music is central to filmmaking,” Burns told WFMT. Rather than squeezing the music in after the film has been edited and reached a near-final form, they incorporate the soundtrack early on in the editing process.

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin