Kedrick Armstrong conducting

29-Year-Old Kedrick Armstrong Named Oakland Symphony Music Director

Keegan Morris | April 10, 2024

Armstrong is the first music director since the unexpected death of Michael Morgan in 2021.

Encore broadcast | Ma’ayan Kertcher, 18, cello

Robbie Ellis | January 27, 2024

Ma’ayan Kertcher plays the music of Reena Esmail and Johannes Brahms, joined by Shirley Trissell on piano.

Reena Esmail in a black pantsuit with a generous, deep red scarf on a park bench, gray, natural background.

New Choral Music for the Season

Oliver Camacho | December 16, 2023

Discover new music including Reena Esmail’s A Winter Breviary and Roderick Williams’s O Adonai.

a green Christmas tree leans through an open red door

Playlist: Modern Music for Holiday Merriment

Adela Skowronski | December 12, 2023

From totally fresh arrangements of old tunes to new winter works altogether.

Ma’ayan Kertcher, 18, cello

Robbie Ellis | July 15, 2023

Ma’ayan Kertcher plays the music of Reena Esmail and Johannes Brahms, joined by Shirley Trissell on piano.

Marin Alsop

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Live from Ravinia

Keegan Morris | July 14, 2023

Opening night of CSO’s annual summer residency at Ravinia features Marin Alsop leading the chorus and orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Of All US Orchestras, Chicago Sinfonietta Has Programmed the Highest Percentage of Works by Women

Stephen Raskauskas | March 8, 2018

The Chicago Sinfonietta has been devoted to diversity and inclusion since it was founded by pioneering African-American conductor Paul Freeman, and that legacy continues to this day.