Musical performance

Organist pulls out all the stops to bring Bach to UChicago

For ‘Bach at Bond’ concert series,’ music scholar Jacob Reed performed 30 recitals in eight months

UChicago Presents celebrates 80 seasons of extraordinary music

From Renaissance lutes to Latin jazz—concert series brings intimate performances to University community

A bold first season for U. of C.'s contemporary music center

<p>Article examines inaugural performances from groups in Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition</p>


'I had to learn to play that organ'

World-renowned instrument at Rockefeller Chapel inspires College student’s music studies

Combining math and music

Leaders in disparate fields explain what unites them

WHPK hosted Common/Kanye faceoff—before they were stars

Common and Kanye West knew each other as aspiring rappers growing up, battle in 1996 at UChicago radio station WHPK.

Troupe toasts 50 years of musical merriment

With wit and good cheer, Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company draws new converts to comic operettas.


Angela Roberts

Urinetown: From Chicago to Broadway and back

The hit musical has its roots at the University, creators tell students.


Michael Drapa

Augusta Read Thomas

Title: University Professor of Composition; Director, Center for Contemporary Composition

Expertise: Musical performance

Departmental website: https://music.uchicago.edu/people/augusta-read-thomas