Music Director Andrew Constantine and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic have announced their 2024-25 season, featuring some old favorites and something new.
On top of expanded Masterworks and Pops Series concerts as well as the familiar Freimann and Family Series, the orchestra will introduce their Coffee Concert Series at their home at Purdue Fort Wayne’s Auer Performance Hall.
The season kicks off Oct. 5 with Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 at Auer Performance Hall.
That show will be a part of their Masterworks Series, which also includes Tango Rhythms and Latin Dances (Nov. 9), Sibelius and Shostakovich (Jan. 18), The Romance of Brahms: Part 2 (Jan. 31), Lucille Chung plays Clara Schumann (Feb. 8), Fanfare for the Common Man (March 8, 2025), Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique (April 5, 2025), and Garrick Ohlsson Plays Rachmaninoff (May 10, 2025).
The Pop Series, also at PFW, will include Queens of Soul (Oct. 19), Elf in Concert (Nov. 14), Holiday Pops (Dec. 19-22), Dancing Queen: The Music of ABBA (Feb. 1), The Music of Harry Potter (March 29, 2025), and Country Hits: Songs from Nashville (April 26, 2025).
Among the special events will be The Sound of Innovation at the GE Club at Electric Works on Nov. 2, Feb. 15, and March 15, 2025; Messiah by Candlelight on Nov. 22 at Auer Performance Hall; A Symphony of Steel on Dec. 12 at Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum on Dec. 12; and Bach in the Barn on May 1-3, 2025, at Joseph Decuis Farms.
Other performances include:
Coffee Concert Series at Auer Performance Hall
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 on Nov. 7
Copland’s Symphony No. 3 on March 6, 2025
Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique on April 3, 2025
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances on May 8, 2025
Freimann Series at History Center on Wednesdays and Rhinehart Recital Hall on Sundays
Freimann 1 on Oct. 23 and Oct. 27
Freimann 2 on Feb. 19 and Feb. 23
Freimann 3 on March 19, 2025, and March 23, 2025
Freimann 4 on April 9, 2025, and April 13, 2025
Family Series at Auer Performance Hall
Fables and Fairytales on Oct. 26
We Are One on Jan. 25
Across the Stars on Feb. 22
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra on March 22, 2025
“We are thrilled to present a season that showcases the diverse talents of our musicians and the richness of the repertoire,” Constantine said.
ArtRageous Gala returns March 1
The ArtRageous Gala and Auction will be Friday, March 1, at 6 p.m. at Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
Donations are being accepted to the ArtRageous fund to help FWMoA fulfill their mission of adding value to the community through art for everyone.
For more information, go to fwmoa.org/event/gala2024.
Cinema Center hosts Oscar Party
Fort Wayne Cinema Center will host their annual Oscar Party on Friday, March 9, from 6-10 p.m.
This fundraiser features a red carpet, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction curated by the Cinema Center Board of Directors. Punch Films adds a touch of magic with their high-speed camera, capturing slow-motion videos of attendees in their party attire.
For tickets, go to cinemacenter.org.
Junior Achievement opens shop at Parkview
The Fort Wayne TinCaps have officially opened their JA BizTown storefront.
They aren’t old enough to drive, work, or be the boss, but at JA BizTown, students are allowed to run the bank, manage the restaurant, and control the government. As they operate the lifelike community, they also earn a paycheck to spend and save as consumers.
The Fort Wayne TinCaps storefront will have a sports marketing focus with student employees creating game recaps for the town’s radio, print, and television media outlets, a social media campaign, group ticket sales, and a retail storefront selling sports themed items.
JA BizTown is a capstone program of Junior Achievement. JA BizTown combines in-class learning with a day-long visit to the simulated economy of the life-sized town.
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