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The Temple University Jazz Band, directed by Terell Stafford, performs at the National Collegiate Jazz Championship, at the Rose Theater in New York on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026.

Gilberto Tadday

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Hear the tunes that won Temple first place in the 2026 National Collegiate Jazz Championship

Nate Chinen

The Temple University Jazz Band took first place in the prestigious 2026 National Collegiate Jazz Championship. Read our coverage — and hear the three arrangements the band played in competition, recorded at their winter concert.

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Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand

Pete Checchia

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The Philadelphia Orchestra

Tugan Sokhiev leads Beethoven's 4th Symphony and 5th Piano Concerto, with Garrick Ohlsson

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you an all-Beethoven program from the 2024/2025 season, featuring the German master’s towering Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) and Symphony No. 4. At the podium is guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev, joined by soloist Garrick Ohlsson.
Allie Ippolito

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The Philadelphia Orchestra

Yannick leads Gustav Mahler's heartrending Symphony No. 6

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a single work: Gustav Mahler’s massive Symphony No. 6 in A Minor.

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Matters Unknown

The Late Set Podcast

Four Freedoms, with Dave Douglas

Freedom and form have always found active equilibrium in the music of Dave Douglas. His new album, Four Freedoms, considers that balancing act — along with an idea first voiced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and worth revisiting now.
Pass It Down, with Terell Stafford

Terell Stafford upholds a radically holistic ideal as a jazz educator. His insights on jazz education have implications far beyond the classroom, as you'll hear in this dynamic episode.

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Michael Mayo's jazz vocals take flight, on The Late Set Radio Hour

Nate Chinen

The new episode of The Late Set Radio Hour, airing Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, features a conversation with Michael Mayo, who is up for two Grammy Awards.
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Denyce Graves sings her swan song on Met stage

Michel Martin, Olivia Hampton

Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.
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Ralph Towner, influential guitarist and founding member of the group Oregon, dies at 85

Alexa Peters

As a member of Oregon, solo artist, and collaborator of luminaries like Keith Jarrett and John Abercrombie, Towner left an indelible mark on modern progressive jazz.