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Join Meg Bragle from 3 to 6 p.m. on March 8 — International Women's Day — for a special focus on music by a sweeping array of women composers.

Philly Made is a new WRTI initiative featuring artists whose lives and music have been shaped by the culture of Philadelphia — including Featured Artists like up-and-coming pianist Jordan Williams, who just released his debut album, Playing by Ear.

Mark Turner is a modern master, a tenor saxophonist whose influence on the jazz tradition can hardly be overstated. So we're thrilled to talk with him about his new ECM album, Patternmaster, and some of the speculative fiction (and actual music) that inspired it.

March is here, and with it we kick off Women’s History Month in high style, while welcoming some marquee talent from out of town.

Even though it seems like winter just won't quit, our region always enjoys a spring rush of concert activity. Fanfare has the latest, including a Baroque devotional program from Variant Six and Filament.

Every Monday through Thursday in March, Nicole Sweeney will focus on a different artist for her Women's History Month spotlight on Evening Jazz. Here's the rundown.

John Szwed wrote the definitive biography of Sun Ra almost 30 years ago. As a new documentary revives interest in the visionary artist and interplanetary being, Szwed revisits his subject, considering what he means today.

Every day in March, with the exception of Sundays, a different woman composer will take the spotlight at WRTI, with her music played at the start of the 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. hours from Monday through Friday, and to begin the 10 a.m. hour on Saturdays.

Renaud Capuçon playing Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, Neave Trio performing Clara Schumann, and Boris Giltburg tackling Rachmaninoff — just a few highlights from the March edition of Sunday Classical: New Releases. Join host Mark Pinto on Mar. 1 from 3-6 p.m.

Meet 17 year-old operatic soprano Katherine Gilchrist from Allentown, PA, a three-time CS All-State singer for Pennsylvania and a featured artist on NPR’s From the Top Daily Joy series.