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Playlist: 13 Horror Movie Soundtracks You Should Know

It’s hard to pinpoint a single genre for which music is more indispensable than horror. Here are 13 horror movie soundtracks to give you thrills and chills.

the mcgill brothers pose in front of the strikingly modern pritzker pavilion in millennium park

Keegan MorrisJuly 26, 2019

Video: The McGill Brothers Return Home for Grant Park Music Festival Debut

Michael San GabinoJuly 24, 2019

Tour the Glyndebourne gardens, where music meets nature

Daniel GoldbergJuly 24, 2019

Off the Beaten Path: 9 Underrated Venues for Classical Music in Chicago

wearing a green necklace and a black sweater, Jessie Montgomery looks past the camera standing against a rich red wall

CSO Announces Next Mead Composer-in-Residence

Keegan MorrisApril 20, 2021

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.

Playlist: Classical Music for the Earth and Environment

Daniel GoldbergApril 19, 2021

Composers like Terence Blanchard, Ludovico Einaudi, Rachel Portman, and Lei Liang have brought light to the ongoing climate catastrophe through their music.

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Hit the Road With These 3 Classical Music Road Trips You Can Take From Chicago

Kerry FrumkinJuly 18, 2019

It's just a fact: road trips are better when live music is the destination!

Playlist: The Greats of British Classical Music

Maggie RebergJuly 18, 2019

Some of the most beautiful music ever composed originates from or was inspired by the British Isles. Weekend morning program host Maggie Clennon Reberg and Introductions host and producer Michael San Gabino have selected some of their favorites in this great British playlist!

Sally Field, ‘Sesame Street’ to receive Kennedy Center award

Associated PressJuly 18, 2019

San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas is among the awardees. Asked why he felt he was chosen for the award, Tilson Thomas laughed and said, "I guess I've just been around a long time!"...

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