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Wells’ World: Corey Wilkes Melds Chicago Music Past, Present In Documentary Score

“I had to think about the Roaring Twenties and music like Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and so on, that Ida B. Wells [would have been] hearing.”

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Kerry Frumkin | December 22, 2016

Chicago Composer Brings Recently Restored St. Stanislaus Kostka Church “Out of Darkness into Light”
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Stephen Raskauskas | December 21, 2016

How Neuroscience Can Help You Sing “High, Loud, Healthy, and Forever”
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Stephen Raskauskas | December 20, 2016

Lyric Opera of Chicago Casts TV and Broadway Stars in Upcoming “My Fair Lady”
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Rahm Emanuel to Assist in CSO Negotiations
WFMT | April 25, 2019
The Chicago Federation of Musicians and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association both accepted an offer from outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wednesday night to assist in negotiations that have stalled and led to the longest strike in CSO history. In a statement, Mayor Emanuel wrote that “after speaking with both parties, it appears that we should be able to achieve an ...

Playlist: Remembering Composers Suppressed By the Third Reich
Hannah Edgar | April 24, 2019
James Conlon's OREL Foundation documents scores of composers whose lives were taken—directly or indirectly—or otherwise irrevocably altered by the Nazis. Here are four who persisted, creating art in the face of peril.

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How WFMT’s Mission Landed Morning Host Carl Grapentine His Dream Job
Carl Grapentine | December 12, 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 is WFMT’s 65th birthday! Morning host Carl Grapentine recalls “how WFMT did it" landed him his dream job.

Add ‘The Miracle of Hanukkah’ Opera to Your Holiday Traditions, Now That It’s (Finally) Been Written
Stephen Raskauskas | December 9, 2016
"Music and worship started out together..." composer and conductor Victoria Bond explains. "In Jewish worship, prayers are not spoken, they are sung."

Meet Morgan and Louie, the Adorable, Four-Legged Stars of “The Magic Flute” at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Stephen Raskauskas | December 9, 2016
Morgan and Louie get in costume in their dressing room during rehearsals for Lyric Opera of Chicago's new production of Mozart's The Magic Flute W.C. Fields, who once said, “Never work with children or animals,” has clearly never met Morgan and Louie, the friendly canine stars of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new production of The Magic Flute. Director Neil Armfield has set the ...
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