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Heaven and Earth: Music of the Baroque Announces 2023-24 Season

Boasting banner works like the Mozart Requiem and Bach’s St. John Passion, the season will feature eight programs performed at venues in and around Chicago.

Stephen RaskauskasJuly 23, 2018

WFMT Welcomes New ‘Morning Program’ Host

Lucie TichoJuly 19, 2018

6 Composers Who Immigrated to the United States and Called Los Angeles Home

Maestro Riccardo Muti leads the CSO along with Ambrogio Maestri, Eleonora Buratto, Luca Salsi, Rosa Feola, and Saimir Pirgu in a performance of Verdi's Falstaff (Photo by Todd Rosenberg Photography)

Carl GrapentineJuly 19, 2018

Carl Grapentine’s 10 Favorite Musical Performances During His 32 Years in Chicago

Louis Armstrong org starts COVID-19 fund for jazz musicians

Associated PressApril 16, 2020

The fund will give one-time grants of $1,000 to jazz musicians that live in the New York City region and work regularly in the five boroughs of New York City.

From the Studs Terkel Radio Archive: 7 Conversations with Poets for National Poetry Month

Matthew ByrdApril 15, 2020

Throughout his 52 years at WFMT, Studs Terkel showcased and championed poets from across the globe.

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Estefans: Immigration debate has fueled reaction to musical

Stephen RaskauskasJuly 12, 2018

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gloria and Emilio Estefan credit President Donald Trump with boosting audience enthusiasm for their stage musical On Your Feet! As the immigration debate has heated up, so have audiences’ reactions to scenes in new stage musical that spins around two immigrants, the Grammy winners said in a recent interview. On Your Feet! tells the story of ...

Spears, Smith to write ‘Castor and Patience’ for Cincinnati

Associated PressJuly 12, 2018

CINCINNATI (AP) — Composer Gregory Spears and U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith have been commissioned by the Cincinnati Opera to write Castor and Patience, a story of black cousins in the American South who disagree about the future of land they inherited. The company said Tuesday that the work will premiere at the Corbett Theater in July 2020. Smith’s ...

Color photo of Boystown Rainbow Pylons Legacy Walk LGBTQ

Tchaikovsky Memorial to Be Installed in the Heart of Chicago’s Boystown