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11/10/2025

Exciting news, everyone! You're invited to join us on Monday, Nov. 24, at 11 a.m. at Temple’s Geasey Field as we cheer on the Temple University Diamond Marching Band rehearsing for their historic 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade performance! With over 200 talented musicians and color guard, this is a momentous occasion and sneak preview you won’t want to miss.

Be part of the celebration with classical host John T.K. Scherch and the WRTI and Temple community! Let’s show our support together!

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11/08/2025

Today is Opera Day on WRTI, and we've got 10 hours of opera lined up for you! Hear all the hits, and a very special classic 1968 performance by Luciano Pavarotti and Dame Joan Sutherland at 1pm.

The WRTI community makes special programming like Opera Day possible. Visit wrti.org to support opera on WRTI, then tune in from 8am–6pm at 90.1 FM, wrti.org or the WRTI app to sing along!

Tune in on Opera Day, Nov. 8 at 1 p.m., to hear a classic 1968 recording of Donizetti's 'La fille du régiment,' featuring Dame Joan Sutherland and a young Luciano Pavarotti.

11/01/2025

Arthur Ancelle and Ludmila Berlinskaya (shown here) join forces in a program of early 20th-century music for two pianos and orchestra on American Dream — one of a dozen albums featured on a special edition of Sunday Classical, hosted by Mark Pinto on Nov. 2 from 3-6 p.m.

Tune in at 90.1 FM or stream at wrti.org and the WRTI app. Piano Duo Ludmila Berlinskaia & Arthur Ancelle

Pianists Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle join forces in a program of early 20th-century music for two pianos and orchestra on 'American Dream' — one of a dozen albums featured on a special edition of Sunday Classical, hosted by Mark Pinto on Nov. 2 from 3-6 p.m. Here's the full list with hi...

11/01/2025

Join us on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you an encore presentation of a Baroque and Classical program from the 2024/2025 season, featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Franz Joseph Haydn.

Tune in on WRTI 90.1 FM, or streaming at wrti.org and the WRTI app. The broadcast will also be available Monday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2.

Join us on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a Baroque and Classical program from the 2024/2025 season, featuring works by Bach, Handel and Haydn. Masaaki Suzuki is on harpsichord and at the podium, and...

10/31/2025

Soprano Benita Valente, a singular talent who was beloved worldwide and in Philadelphia, died last Friday at her home in Rittenhouse Square. She leaves behind a legacy of musical excellence and cultural influence.

Sometimes unpretentious artists take a while to get noticed, especially if they are laser-focused on their craft, aren’t seduced by glitz, and don’t buy into traditional audience expectations. By all accounts, Valente fell into that category.

Read this deep-dive remembrance by Bruce Hodges.

Soprano Benita Valente, who died on Oct. 24 at 91, was a singular talent beloved worldwide and adored in Philadelphia. She leaves behind an interwoven legacy of musical excellence and cultural influence.

10/30/2025

Check out our latest Young Artist Spotlight featuring the incredibly talented Samuel Cao, a 17-year-old cellist from Philadelphia.

A PMAY Artist since 2020, Samuel has already made a mark in the music world with impressive achievements, including being a finalist in numerous competitions and winning the 2024 Warminster Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition and the 2025 Rowan University String Ensemble Concerto Competition. He participates in Settlement Music School's Advanced Study Chamber Music Program, showcasing his dedication to advancing his craft.

Read about his role as cello section leader in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and his advice for those aspiring to play the cello!

PYO Music Institute PMAY Artists' Initiative Settlement Music School

Meet 17-year-old cellist Samuel Cao, principal cellist in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the cellist in Settlement Music School’s Advanced Study Myer Schwartz Piano Trio, and a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist.

10/29/2025

Today is Public Radio Music Day. In the wake of massive funding cuts to public media, this year's celebration is more important than ever. 2025’s theme – Live. Local. Essential. – highlights the vital role public radio music stations play in communities across America, and presents one more opportunity for us to thank our community of supporters who make the work we do possible.

Check out some of our staff discussing public media and what we do here. Thanks to noncomMUSIC Alliance for this video collab!

If you have not joined the WRTI community yet, or would like to make an additional gift, you can always support the music at wrti.org

10/27/2025

WRTI is saddened by the passing of master drummer Jack DeJohnette, at 83. As Nate Chinen puts it in an obituary for NPR Music, DeJohnette was "one of the most daring and dynamic jazz drummers of the last 60 years, with a loose-limbed yet exacting beat that propelled a limitless range of adventurous music."

Listen to our jazz broadcast tonight on 90.1 FM, wrti.org and the WRTI app for an array of that music, in honor of Jack.

Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.

10/25/2025

Join us on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program pairing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Florence Price’s Piano Concerto. The Philadelphia Symphonic Choir and four superb soloists join the orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin in the Beethoven symphony, with Lara Downes as soloist for the Price concerto.

Tune in on WRTI 90.1 FM, or streaming at wrti.org and the WRTI app. The broadcast will also be available Monday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2.

Join us on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2, as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program pairing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Florence Price's Piano Concerto, featuring Lara Downes.

10/21/2025

Founded by members of Variant 6 and Night Music, the Philadelphia Bach Collective seeks to carve out a regular space for Baroque music and its community in Philly. Judging by an auspicious first concert, they're on their way.

Read Meg Bragle's story here.

Founded by members of Variant 6 and Night Music, the Philadelphia Bach Collective seeks to carve out a regular space for Baroque music. Judging by an auspicious first concert, they're on their way.

10/20/2025

🎬 The monsters are back — this time on your radio! Tune in for Meg Bragle’s Halloween soundtrack takeover on Flix@5 daily at 90.1 FM, wrti.org and the WRTI app.

From Oct. 20–31, WRTI’s afternoon host Meg Beagle is spinning her favorite spooktacular movie scores to get you in the Halloween mood. It all started with Creature Double Feature Saturdays she watched with her dad — now she’s sharing that love of eerie, epic film music with you. Don’t miss it! Catch Flix@5 daily at 5 p.m. and explore Meg’s picks here. 👻

With Halloween around the corner, Flix@5 becomes a parade of great horror scores. Here are Meg Bragle's picks (all treats, no tricks).

10/13/2025

We are growing our community, one person at a time. Today is New Member Monday, and we urge you to be a part of something amazing: the WRTI music community – with YOU in it! Your support is more needed than ever.

Join us and give at wrti.org or call 866.809.9784!