This week, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis collaborate with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Adams’s The Chairman Dances, Shostakovich’s Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, Prokofiev’s Selections from Romeo and Juliet, and Marsalis’s “All American Pep” from Swing Symphony. In between, we hear Ellington’s “Big Fat Alice’s Blues”, “Amad”, and “The Mooch”.

Aaron Copland leads the orchestra in an abridged version of his opera The Tender Land, recorded in 1965.

Every library could use more books! Here are our top books about music for the young and the young at heart.

The special bond between jazz and classical is growing closer by the day. So let’s appreciate these incredible renditions of timeless classical favorites!

Stunning renditions of contemporary works, stirring early music performances, and more.

As we look forward to the festivities, we have compiled some of Chicago’s most enticing holiday offerings!

Wanderers, farewells, and sightseeing; people are always on the go. This week, Bill calls up, “A Little Traveling Music, Please” from the pens of Handel, Smetana, Duke Ellington, and more. Reflections from such travels infuse themselves into their works, as we will discover throughout the week. We will hear selections from Beethoven’s Les Adieux, Schubert’s Die Schöne Mullerin, and Haydn’s …

The Gateways Brass Collective, an all–African American quintet, was founded in 2018 to inspire artists from all backgrounds.

Bennett’s early career peaked in the 1960s as he topped the charts with “San Francisco” and became the first male pop solo performer to headline at Carnegie Hall, releasing a live album of the 1962 concert.

Special events, dance, and more are on deck for the Auditorium.

The Chicago International Film Festival is back for a 58th year, and as ever, there is an embarrassment of cinematic riches.

The Great Chicago Fire began on October 8, 1871. Here’s some music that takes inspiration from flames.

From Duke Ellington to Tamar-kali, these 12 composers have shaped what movies and TV sound like.

Take this quiz to find out which dean of American music you’re most like! Are you sparse and minimal like Philip Glass? Or do you prefer the sis-boom-bah John Philip Sousa? Do you prefer Samuel Barber’s sonic landscapes of America, or Scott Joplin’s Ragtime portraits of American life?

In observance of Juneteenth, WFMT is sharing music by Black composers and performers throughout the day.

Though African Americans have faced oppression throughout American history and the arts, Black composers’ contributions to music have been nothing short of history-changing.

Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music, making history as the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the prestigious prize.

As you fire up the grill, we have the perfect soundtrack for you: some of our favorite American works, from classics like Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to modern masterpieces like John Adams’ City Noir.

Net proceeds from the remaining ticket sales will benefit St. Sabina’s Strong Futures employment program, which currently serves 50 young people ages 17-26 by providing training, mentorship, and other services.

A fourteen-time Grammy Award winner, Cuban-born saxophonist and clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera is revered in both the jazz and classical worlds.