When Sun Ra asked NASA to send his music to space.

Sixty years of making and sharing contemporary music at UChicago and beyond.

A writer's diary.

How the University of Chicago Folk Festival built its own tradition.

David Fulton, SB’64, has owned some of history’s most treasured violins, violas, and cellos. Now he’s telling their stories—and his own.

Barbie Army, which broke up in 1991, releases a retrospective album.

Jeri Lynne Johnson, AM’05, joins art and activism in her Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.

New research identifies a cognitive characteristic associated with perfect pitch.

A selection of books, films, and recordings by UChicago alumni.

Eileen Southern, AB’40, AM’41 (1920–2002), rewrote the history of American music.

Lyrics from one of the tunes on Songs of the University of Chicago. 

Songs of the University of Chicago, an unexpected pleasure in a difficult year.