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Vinyl records surge during pandemic, keeping sales spinning

Music lovers sent vinyl record sales soaring during the pandemic, giving retailers something to cheer on Record Store Day: Saturday, June 12.

Angelica Lasala | April 5, 2017

Meet CSO Solti Conducting Apprentice Erina Yashima

Stephen Raskauskas | April 5, 2017

Chicago Opera Theater Announces 17-18 Season Including World Premiere by Pulitzer-Winning Team

Angelica Lasala | April 3, 2017

Chicago Sinfonietta’s 30th Anniversary Season Showcases ‘Full Spectrum of Voices and Identities’

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

Keegan Morris | June 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 Gabino | June 6, 2019

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

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VIDEO: How a Holocaust Survivor Changed a Young Musician’s Life by Donating His Violin

Michael San Gabino | March 24, 2017

After Joe Feingold could no longer play his violin, he decided to donate it. He didn't realize that this simple act of kindness would change Brianna Perez's life.

Sitarist Anoushka Shankar on Sexism, Collaboration, Her Return “Home” to the United States

Stephen Raskauskas | March 23, 2017

"The word 'collaboration' is an umbrella term, really. One doesn't just get up on stage and 'jam' with an orchestra the way you might with a guitarist or someone else."

Watch ‘Invitation to a Die-In,’ A Moving Musical Memorial to Unarmed Black Men Killed by Police

Stephen Raskauskas | March 22, 2017

"My heart began to race when I was listening to this piece for the first time. It’s upsetting for me to listen to. I don’t like this piece,” composer Nkeiru Okoye said.

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