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09/13/2025

Up-and-coming folk artist Sam Robbins joins the Folkstage audience for a live broadcast, tonight at 8 pm CT.

Up-and-comer Sam Robbins plays live on WFMT from St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Skokie. Eloquent songs, elaborate guitar stylings, and bottomless charm ensure that Sam’s star will continue to rise. Join us in person at 7PM at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church. Live broadcast at 8PM/Central.

09/13/2025

Today at 4 pm CT: have your calendar handy and mark down these recommended events by local and touring ensembles in upcoming months!

Grab your calendars for recommended events by local and touring ensembles in the upcoming months!

09/12/2025

Saturday at 11 am CT: Introductions on WFMT welcomes the winner of the 2024 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition for a LIVE performance at WFMT!

The winner of the 2024 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition brings his steelpan to the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

09/12/2025

New commissions share the bill with larger collections of works, including a box set celebrating Andreas Scholl and a collection of various Finnish composers.

09/11/2025

The Chicago Immigrant Orchestra celebrates 5 years with an album release that highlights members from all corners of Chicago’s immigrant communities: from Balkan to North African, Middle-Eastern to Chinese.

This weekend, the ensemble celebrates five years with an album reaching across cultural barriers.

09/11/2025

Happy 90th birthday to Arvo Pärt!

Known for his choral work and film soundtracks, the Estonian composer is one of the most performed contemporary composers in the world! What is your favorite work by Arvo Pärt? Let us know in the comments below.

Pictured here with his wife Nora Pärt. Photo: Rene Riisalu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

09/11/2025

Some great folk music to inspire you as the leaves begin their transition from green to gold and red.

As leaves change from green to gold and red, we are inspired to harvest a bounty of wonderful folk music for fall!

09/10/2025

Known as the “Spanish Palestrina,” Tomás Luis de Victoria has been called the greatest of all Iberian composers. Discover more on Baroque&Before with Candice Agree at 10 pm CT.

Known as the “Spanish Palestrina,” Tomás Luis de Victoria has been called the greatest of all Iberian composers.

09/10/2025

Today at 12:15 pm CT: listen live as cellist William Suh and pianist Kyung Lee perform works by Florence Price, Claude Debussy and Francis Poulenc!

Cellist William Suh and Pianist Kyung Lee perform works by Florence Price, Claude Debussy and Francis Poulenc, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Cellist William Suh has been recognized for his engaging musicianship, dynamic tonal color and artistic sincerity in concerts...

09/09/2025

A fantasy composed by David Ludwig – Dean of the Julliard School of Music. Then later, it’s the Trio No. 1 in D minor by Russian composer Anton Stepanovich Arensky. 10 pm CT.

Intimate works for piano and strings make up tonight’s program. First, enjoy the Aria Fantasy for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, composed by David Ludwig – Dean of Music at the Juilliard School. Then later, it’s the Trio No. 1 in D minor by Russian composer Anton Stepanovich Arensky.

09/09/2025

To celebrate a new school year, Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin dives into the music of young composers, children's songs, and more. Weekdays at 7 pm CT.

Celebrating the excitement of a new school year, we dedicate a week to children’s songs, young composers and performers. We will hear compositions from Felix Mendelssohn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as travel down the Mississippi with Huckleberry Finn and composer Ferde Grofé. Additionall...

09/09/2025

Concertos have been wrriten for nearly every instruments, from piano and violin, to the timpani, saxophone... and even water!

Craziest concertos for all instruments: from concert hall classics to obscure (but challenging) showpieces.