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WFMT Classical Conversations: Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

WFMT hosted Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s Orbert Davis and Mark Ingram, who discussed Davis’s Emmy-winning score for WTTW’s DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis, their love of jazz, and more.

Lisa FlynnJuly 5, 2018

Hear the Album Inspired by the Incredible Life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Composer Emmerich Kálmán black and white photo

Stephen RaskauskasJuly 3, 2018

Hitler offered to make this Jewish composer an “honorary Aryan.” Instead, he immigrated to the U.S. through Mexico.

Michael San GabinoJune 29, 2018

“Ellis Island: The Dream of America” is a symphonic celebration of America’s immigrants

How do Broadway stars cope with silent theaters? They sing

Associated PressApril 9, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus silenced Broadway. It could not silence two of its rising stars: Samantha Pauly and Brittney Mack, who play two wives of Henry VIII in the musical "Six."

From the Opera House to Your House: Ryan Opera Center Artists Bring Music Home

Daniel GoldbergApril 9, 2020

Keeping busy and enjoying great music are some of the best ways to get through COVID-19 quarantining. Ryan Opera Center artists have been doing both in a series of homemade performance videos.

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