August is National Make-a-Will Month and the perfect time to consider including WRTI in your estate plans. Check out how students in the Philadelphia School District are benefiting from legacy gifts to WRTI. In partnership with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Musicopia, WRTI brought performances and music education to local Philadelphia schoolchildren this year.

WRTI will celebrate Tony Bennett's centennial on the air. Tune in to the Sunday Jazz Brunch, Big Band Jazz and Monday's Evening Jazz — and hear some Bennett banter between hosts Bob Craig and Nicole Sweeney.

Tune in on Saturday, August 1 at 1 p.m. to hear Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, a part of the WFMT opera series.

Tune into WRTI on Aug. 2 from 3-6 p.m. to hear Sunday Classical: New Releases. Host Mark Pinto will highlight pieces from new albums released during the month.

Herbie Hancock touches down in Philly, and Kamasi Washington joins Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin for Dinner Party. Plus the Steve Weiss Mallet Festival and more.

August is a quiet month for classical concerts, but IndependentSounds is lighting things up in its fourth year presenting a festival of opera and instrumental music.

Tune in on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on 90.1 FM, and streaming at wrti.org, for a new edition of The Late Set Radio Hour, featuring pianist, drummer, and bandleader Julius Rodriguez.

Tune in on Saturday, July 25 at 1 p.m., to hear the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's production of The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart's classic comedic opera.

Steven Bernstein is a known wildcard in the modern jazz game. His interrelated new releases, 'ResoNation Trio' and 'Ultra Resonance,' move him into an exciting new sonic area as a trumpeter and composer. He joined us to talk about it before a recent show.

This week: Ravi Coltrane and The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrate Coltrane 100, along with an Alice Coltrane book event, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sasha Berliner and more.