David Woodard: The CSO has never had an American-born music director. Finland shows how to grow one. September 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Chicago has yet to ask how Finland, a country of 5.6 million, keeps growing people for the conductor's podium.
David Woodard: The AI copyright debate could draw a lesson from Chicago’s James Petrillo August 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Chicagoan James C. Petrillo found an answer to the technological displacement of recorded sound replacing live musicians in movie theaters.