Stories

A group of musicians pose around a drumset

Celebrating Asian American Heritage in Chicago: 13 Events for May!

The umbrella of Asian American Pacific Islander — or AAPI — heritage covers a vast range of cultures, making for a huge variety in the types of events hosted all around the city.

Louise FrankOctober 24, 2018

Corky Siegel: “The Future Is an Unopened Present”

Michael San GabinoOctober 24, 2018

$3.5 Million Grant Launches Initiative to Diversify the Next Generation of Musicians

Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra

Associated PressOctober 24, 2018

Cleveland Orchestra fires 2 musicians over sexual misconduct

Spaghetti Western movie composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

Associated PressJuly 6, 2020

Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and an array of other films.

Playlist: Celebrating the New American Canon

Keegan MorrisJuly 2, 2020

We all love Sousa, Gershwin, and Copland. But what about the vanguard voices redefining what American classical music sounds like?

Playlists

See All

Joffrey’s ‘Swan Lake’ Launches a New Season of Ballet and Music

Keegan MorrisOctober 20, 2018

Joffrey Ballet's artistic director, Ashley Wheater, and music director, Scott Speck, discuss "Swan Lake," Joffrey's 2018-19 season, and ballet's unique and rich creative relationship with music.

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers takes a ‘spiritual journey’

Lisa FlynnOctober 19, 2018

Anne Akiko Meyers is one of today’s most in-demand violinists who keeps alive the favorites of the repertoire but also is deeply committed to the music of living composers.

Meet Missy Mazzoli, the CSO’s New Composer-in-Residence

Michael San GabinoOctober 19, 2018

Missy Mazzoli is a composer who is inspired by “weird stories,” and that’s a good thing. Her fascination with “humans who support, undermine, and love each other” has paved the way for opportunities in nearly every realm of the music industry. She is one of two women composers commissioned to write an opera for the Metropolitan Opera in New York ...

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree