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 Chorus was joined by the DePaul University Concert Choir from Chicago, and pianist Jon Kimura Parker -
The concert at PFW featured music by Joseph Schwantner and Sir Edward Elgar.
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Conductor Andrew Constantine also directed the orchestra in the music of Lili Boulanger, Edgar Meyer, and Maurice Ravel.
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The concert featured music by George Gershwin, Ernest Bloch, and Michael Daugherty.
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The All-American concert series opened with a work honoring Ellis Island.
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Fort Wayne Philharmonic Music Director Andrew Constantine led the orchestra in a special program honoring the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Constantine, opened the Masterworks Series of the 2025-26 season this past Saturday with music by Claude Debussy, Bela Bartok, and Johannes Brahms. Constantine named the concert “From Elegance to Decadence.”
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Performance garnered a standing ovation and an encore by pianist Garrick Ohlsson.
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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.
