Augustana College Department of Music presents Aaron Dworkin’s “The American Rhapsody”
Aaron Dworkin will perform his spoken word composition, “The American
Rhapsody,” on April 8 with the Augustana Symphony Orchestra, Fernanda Lastra conducting.
The free public performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Centennial Hall. Tickets are not required
at this time.
Dworkin was a member of the Obama National Arts Policy Committee and is the founder and
president of the Sphinx Organization, a group that focuses on bringing diversity into the arts.
“The American Rhapsody” tells the story of the U.S. through the life and words of George
Washington. The work is set to Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s “Symphonic Variations on an African
Air.”
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“The American Rhapsody” integrates and weaves together the literary content with the music
through a process Dworkin calls “musetry.”
Named a 2005 MacArthur Fellow, Dworkin served as dean of the University of Michigan’s
School of Music, Theatre & Dance and is currently a professor there.
The Augustana Symphony Orchestra is a full-size symphonic orchestra of 70-80 members that
has an active and diverse performing schedule throughout the year.
This event is free and open to the public. Masks are required.
For additional information, please contact the Ticket Office at tickets@augustana.edu or 309-
794-7306.
