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  • In this scene from Anthony Davis' opera 'X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,' the civil rights leader performs hajj, a pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
    The Metropolitan Opera on WRTI: the complete 2023-24 schedule
    WRTI is proud to present the 2023-24 season of the Robert K. Johnson Foundation Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts, every Saturday at 1 p.m. Here is the full schedule.
  • The Philadelphia Orchestra returns to China for anniversary of historic 1973 trip
    NPR's Juana Summers speaks with violinist Davyd Booth, who was part of the Philadelphia Orchestra's historic 1973 tour of China.
  • Trombonist Henry Koban Payne
    WRTI Young Artist Spotlight: Trombonist Henry Koban Payne
    Meet 15-year-old trombonist Henry Koban Payne, winner of the 2023 Composition and Arranging Contest at the Jazz at Lincoln's Center's Essentially Ellington Competition.
  • Cellist Samuel Cao
    WRTI Young Artist Spotlight: Cellist Samuel Cao
    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.
  • On <em>Let The Soil Play Its Simple Part</em>, Caroline Shaw's new album with Sō Percussion, the hyper-flexible composer reinvents as a singer-songwriter.
    Caroline Shaw Is Not Here To Save Classical Music
    The Pulitzer-winning composer began her career with a creative blank check, but she's spent much of the past decade moving sideways. Her latest trick: reinventing as a songwriter.
  • Jazz Guitarist Pat Metheny: Unified as a Whole
    With the 2014 release of Kin (??), Pat Metheny adds one more notch—another restlessly searching album that marks the zone between all jazz, all rock and…
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    WRTI's Best of 2021
    Despite the challenging year we've all had, music has endured—elevating our lives during the darkest days and the brightest ones. Here's what our classical and jazz hosts/producers have selected as the best of the best for 2021. Check out picks from: Melinda Whiting, John T.K. Scherch, Mike Bolton, Kevin Gordon, Zev Kane, Susan Lewis, Bob Perkins, Matt Silver, Bobbi Booker, Maureen Malloy, and J. Michael Harrison.
  • Congress Passes Payroll Tax Extension
    The Republican-controlled House voted 293-132, followed quickly by a simple majority vote in the Senate. President Obama is expected to sign the bill.
  • Nurse Susan Peel gives a whooping cough vaccination to a student at Inderkum High School in Sacramento, Calif., in 2011. Now it seems likely such shots will become routine for senior citizens, too.
    Whooping Cough Vaccine Recommended For Seniors
    An expert panel is expanding an earlier recommendation that seniors be vaccinated if they have contact with very young infants. Now just about all seniors will be candidates for vaccination. Adults and teens have been on the recommended list for years already.
  • American Philosopical Society Adds Dance to Museum Exhibition
    Benjamin Franklin’s many gifts to Philadelphia and the nation include free libraries, fire companies lightning rods, bi-focals, and the University of…
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