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Superstar Baritone Nathan Gunn on American Opera, Stage Presence, and Versatility

“My job as a singer, if I’m doing my job correctly, is no different than what a curator does with a beautiful work of art.”

Keegan MorrisSeptember 11, 2018

Learn to play harpsichord repertoire on piano with Jory Vinikour

Stephen RaskauskasSeptember 11, 2018

Hear the Symphony Mohammed Fairouz Composed as a Response to the 9/11 Attacks

Stephen RaskauskasSeptember 10, 2018

The Surprising True Origins of Gershwin’s Classic ‘Summertime’

Pianist Lara Downes Joins WFMT for a Moving and Timely Virtual Concert and Conversation

Keegan MorrisJune 3, 2020

In troubled times, music is a source of hope and healing. In a virtual interview and concert with WFMT's George Preston, pianist Lara Downes performs selections from her new album, Some of These Days.

auditorium theatre 130 years after opening

Chicago’s All-Time Top Musical Moments? That’s for You to Decide.

Keegan MorrisJune 1, 2020

In a city replete with an embarrassment of musical riches, you can help decide the 35 musical moments and events that will be remembered in years to come. Or, as the organizing nonprofit Art & Business Council of Chicago, which supports arts, music, and cultural organizations, puts it, you can “help ensure that the beat goes on.” In what is ...

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Meet Organist Lori Moreland, One of the Chicago White Sox’s Most Valuable Players

Keegan MorrisSeptember 6, 2018

When organist Lori Moreland grew up rooting for the White Sox, she never thought that one day she would be one of the team's most valuable players.

Poland holds 1st Chopin contest on historical instruments

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2018

Thirty pianists from the U.S., Japan, China, Russia, and across Europe will perform works by Chopin and other Polish composers of his time, as well as by Johan Sebastian Bach.

How a Bach Minuet Got a Motown Makeover

Stephen RaskauskasSeptember 4, 2018

Bach’s Minuet in G major from the Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach is famous enough today that you may have had it as your cell phone ringtone. One arrangement, recorded by a '60s girl group called The Toys, was a #1 single in the US and reached #5 on the UK Global charts.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff