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A view of the empty auditorium of Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center

Open House Chicago 2023: 16 Spectacular Sites for Art and Music Lovers

Each year, Chicago’s most architecturally inclined residents crisscross the city to check out some of the city’s most intriguing and vaunted buildings!

Michael San GabinoJune 21, 2019

Finding the Details in Grand Opera: Muti, CSO, and CSO Chorus Present Verdi’s ‘Aida’

Becky NystedtJune 20, 2019

‘Closets Are For Clothes’: Celebrating Pride Month through Musical Coming Out Stories

Associated PressJune 20, 2019

After a 50-year wait, ‘Stonewall’ opera was written in weeks

Video: Young Chicago Artists Perform Music by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns

WFMTMarch 5, 2021

Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative aims to diversify American orchestras by preparing promising young artists from underrepresented communities for careers in music.

Video: CSO Flutist, Pianist, Horn Player Share Lovely, Lesser-Known Repertoire

Keegan MorrisMarch 4, 2021

On a sunny March day, flutist Emma Gerstein, horn player Alexander Love, and pianist Winston Choi shared an upbeat recital featuring music you might not have heard before.

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Sergio and Clarice, Music Runs in the Family for this Father-Daughter Duo

Louise FrankJune 14, 2019

The father, Sergio, is a guitarist, composer, arranger, educator, and the daughter, Clarice, is a bold and highly innovative vocalist, composer, orchestrator, videographer, and mentor.

VIDEO | Escher Quartet performs works by Mozart, Dvořák for a WFMT Facebook Live

Keegan MorrisJune 12, 2019

WFMT hosted the Escher Quartet in a Facebook Live from the Village Presbyterian Church in Northbrook ahead of their performances at the 2019 North Shore Chamber Music Festival, which begins on June 12.

Strike Up the Wind Band: Celebrating 50 Years of the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Michael San GabinoJune 6, 2019

Though Northwestern's band program dates back to 1911, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble began in 1969.

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree