Rob Nylund
Host, Classical ConnectionRob Nylund is the host of WBOI's Classical Connection every Saturday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
He is a retired Imaging Processor for Kaman Industrial Technologies. A native of San Francisco, California, Nylund holds a Bachelor of Arts from San Jose State University in San Jose, California, and a Master of Arts from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne.
He previously was a broadcaster on KSJS in San Jose and WOWO in Fort Wayne.
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The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by music director Andrew Constantine, presented music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Peter Tchaikovsky in the Masterworks Series concert at Purdue Fort Wayne on April 5. The Philharmonic’s final Masterworks Series concert of the 2024-25 season is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Purdue Fort Wayne. -
Music by Anna Clyne, Maurice Ravel, and Aaron Copland was featured in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra’s Masterworks Series concert at Purdue Fort Wayne on March 8, with Andrew Constantine conducting. Johanna Bourkova-Morunov was concertmaster for this performance.
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Also featured were the works of Sibelius, Respighi, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
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The music focused on the composer's Third and Fourth Symphonies -
Music by Jean Sibelius and Dmitri Shostakovich was featured in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic’s Masterworks Series concert on Jan. 18, in Purdue Fort Wayne’s Rhinehart Music Center. Music Director Andrew Constantine conducted the orchestra.
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Andrew Constantine conducted the orchestra in colorful and exciting music by Alberto Ginastera, J.P. Jofre, Astor Piazzolla, and Manuel de Falla. Johanna Bourkova-Morunov was concertmaster for this concert.
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The program featured works by Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, and Mahler.
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The Phil wrapped up its Masterworks 2023-2024 season earlier this month with music from Sir William Walton and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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Performance focused on Sir Edward Elgar's Falstaff, some music by Beethoven, and a tribute to late Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry.
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Andrew Constantine conducted the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Clarice Assad, Samuel Barber, and Antonin Dvorak at Purdue Fort Wayne's Auer Performance Hall in the Rhinehart Music Center on Saturday.
