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American Dreams (Celebrating America 250)

Name: American Dreams (Celebrating America 250)
Start: 2026-02-07T19:30:00
Location: Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne Philharmonic

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The second celebration in our America 250 series begins with Peter Boyer’s ELLIS ISLAND: The Dream of America. This work was released in 2002 and tells the story of the immigrant experience of searching for new life in the New World. Leonard Bernstein’s non-traditional Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety, inspired by Auden’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry, brings the evening to a jazzy close.

Program

Leonard Bernstein - Symphony No. 2

Peter Boyer - Ellis Island: The Dream of America

Participants

Joyce Yang

Piano

Andrew Constantine

Conductor

Fort Wayne Philharmonic

Producer

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1 dates (7 Feb - 7 Feb)