classical music Archives

Contact Information

Music Director: Sybil Augustine – musicdirector@wortfm.org (for music submissions, charts and tracking, promotional exchanges for music events and following up on volunteer applications or other requests. Please include specifics in your subject line, such as “Hiphop Music Submission” etc, )

Music Assistant: Aaron Scholz – musicass@wortfm.org (for record donations and sales, promos recording volunteers, etc.)

Music Calendars: Submit your events online here or send by email to calendar@wortfm.org

How do I get my music played on WORT?

We accept submissions in most genres and styles of music, focusing on noncommercial, out-of-the-mainstream, independent releases (check out our playlists and music charts for more information.) It may take up to a few weeks for us to review and process your submission so we appreciate your patience, and feel free to contact us to follow up. Please send your music, indicating any tracks with language that needs to be aired after 10 pm and including a one-sheet description and any biographical and tour information, to WORT Music Director, 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI 53703 and/or to musicdirector@wortfm.org.

We do accept digital files on .wav or mp3, but currently we still prefer CDs to digital submissions because it’s the quickest way to get it into the hands of our programmers and onto the airwaves, though we have a growing digital library. Digital submissions should be .wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s [128-320 kbps.]

You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 608-256-2001 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting—e.g. light, medium, heavy or charting. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

WORT Music Playlists

What was that song I heard? Who was the artist, what is the album title, where can I get it? Where can I find the entire playlist for a show?

Click on the Playlists button to bring up a calendar where you can choose any date to find the playlists for that day. If you can’t find the right playlist or the song you’re looking for, your best bet is to call the station the next time that program’s on and ask the host yourself. If that’s not possible we may be able to help you, but please have as much information as possible at hand when you contact us, such as: approximate day and time the music was played, what type or genre of music it was, who hosted the show and any other information you remember about the selection and we’ll do our best to track it down.

Once you figure it out, there’s a “Buy It!” link next to each track in online playlists that leads you to a place where you can buy songs and albums, and by doing it that way a small portion of each purchase goes to support WORT.

Atom String Quartet – acoustic jazz and classical fusion from Po...

December 28, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Atom String Quartet is one of the most intriguing string quartets in the world, and also one of best Polish jazz bands. The band has recorded six albums and this time is touring in the support of their two latest releases: classical music CD dedicated to works of Poland’s contemporary composer Krzysztof Penderecki and jazz […]

SistaStrings: Classical Music & The Black Experience

December 22, 2019 by Music Department

SistaStrings are sisters Chauntee and Monique Ross, classically trained violin and cello musicians from Milwaukee. In this interview with Helena White, SistaStrings discuss how and why they infuse their classical music with influences from Black culture: Gospel singing, Blues and Jazz improvisation. This interviewed was recorded live during ‘On The Horizon’ on December 1st, 2019. […]

WORT Seeks Monday Classical Music Host

October 28, 2019 by Sybil Augustine

Do YOU love listening to and sharing classical music? We have an immediate opening for a Monday morning volunteer host from 5-8 am. You don’t need radio experience, just passion and knowledge and the desire to share your love of classical music with the public. Monday’s format is open in terms of types of classical […]

Manic Monday in Madison @MurfieMusic

October 9, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

On Monday October 14th, every Madisonian who hand-delivers their CD collection to Murfie Music and signs up for a new annual Platinum ($99) or Double Platinum ($149) subscription will get unlimited white glove, lossless uploads into your personal Murfie CD Player in the Cloud. New Subscribers will receive a free hardcover copy of Neil Young’s […]

Duo Klavitarre – classical music on piano and acoustic guitar

September 18, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

DUO KLAVITARRE is a married couple of musicians – Joanna Ziemska playing piano and Maciej Ziemski on acoustic guitar, both from Poland where they studied at Lodz Academy of Music and now they are based in Bremen, Germany. They have been performing as a duo for last 15 years, touring around the world, including several […]

Opera on the Point

September 8, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Fresco Opera will thrill you and fill you with fantastic terrors. Sharing dreams no mortal has dared to dream before. Walk through the forest to the tip of the point. We will peer into the darkness as we sit around a flame of wonder and magic and bring to life the music of the Gods. […]

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