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How To Choose the Best Speakers to Listen to WFMT (and All Your Favorite Music!)

Finding the best speakers for classical music can be a serious proposition. Don’t spend your money without answering these questions!

Associated PressApril 10, 2017

Winners of London’s 2017 Olivier stage awards

Stephen RaskauskasApril 7, 2017

Forget Coffee: This Afternoon Raga Is Exactly What You Need to Get You Through Your Midday Slump

Angelica LasalaApril 5, 2017

Meet CSO Solti Conducting Apprentice Erina Yashima

Exploring Chords: “Appalachian Spring”

WFMTOctober 29, 2019

From its premiere more than 75 years ago, this music and ballet continue to speak to the American soul. Dive into the score of Appalachian Spring with Bill McGlaughlin.

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Get Into the Halloween Swing With This Jazzy, Vocalese Tune by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Louise FrankOctober 29, 2019

From the 1961 album High Flying, enjoy “Halloween Spooks,” Dave Lambert’s whimsical, bebop-infused tune delivered with the characteristic vocalese and giddily blended harmonies of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.

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Boston Pops Violinist Dorothy Han Returns to Alma Mater to Teach Kenwood Students About Music & More

Angelica LasalaMarch 31, 2017

Returning to her alma mater for the first time in nearly 40 years, Dorothy Han performed and led a workshop in the very same Kenwood Academy classroom she once rehearsed in.

Composer Creates Music Major for Persecuted Bahá’ís in Iran Despite No Classrooms, Teachers, Piano

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 29, 2017

Growing up in Kerman, Iran, composer Badie Khaleghian received his first music lessons from his father. “When I was six or seven years old, he taught me how to play the recorder, then violin, and later piano.” As a young adult, Khaleghian wanted desperately to study music at the university level. “But because of my religion, I was not allowed ...

VIDEO: How a Holocaust Survivor Changed a Young Musician’s Life by Donating His Violin

Michael San GabinoMarch 24, 2017

After Joe Feingold could no longer play his violin, he decided to donate it. He didn't realize that this simple act of kindness would change Brianna Perez's life.

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