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Catch Up With WFMT’s Latest Bach to School Event with Chicago Sinfonietta Wind Quintet

Chicago Sinfonietta’s CEO Blake-Anthony Johnson and principal oboist Ricardo Castañeda discussed how participating in classical music has shaped their lives and look back on past performance highlights.

Keegan Morris | February 15, 2019

Joffrey’s ‘Anna Karenina’ Features Its First-Ever Commissioned Full-Length Orchestral Score. Here’s What It Sounds Like.

Keegan Morris | February 15, 2019

Finding James Baldwin: Chicago’s Renée Baker Composes Opera Inspired By the Great Writer

Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

Keegan Morris | February 14, 2019

Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians authorize strike for March 10 over new contract

From the Opera House to Your House: Ryan Opera Center Artists Bring Music Home

Daniel Goldberg | April 9, 2020

Keeping busy and enjoying great music are some of the best ways to get through COVID-19 quarantining. Ryan Opera Center artists have been doing both in a series of homemade performance videos.

John Prine Dies, Rich Warren Pays Tribute

Rich Warren | April 8, 2020

John Prine, who began his career in Chicago, exhibited the ability to wring every possible meaning from a word to expose the joy, sorrow, frailty, and strength of the human condition.

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