Year of the Horse: A Lunar New Year Celebration (FREE!)

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am UTC-05:00

Purdue FW Music Center | Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Publisher/HostFort Wayne Philharmonic
Year of the Horse: A Lunar New Year Celebration (FREE!)
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Troy Webdell, conductor
Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, Jonathan Busarow, executive director
Xiao Dong Wei, erhu
It’s time for this year’s Lunar New Year Celebration – The Year of the Horse! Featuring the bilingual book The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac by Ling and Eric Lee, traditional music for the Chinese New Year, Erhu Master Xiao Dong Wei, the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, and the world premiere of Dashing into the Horizon by Korean composer Caroline Ahn.
This concert welcomes all, including individuals with sensory sensitivities and diverse abilities. We provide the following resources: social story PDF/video, sign language interpreter, narrator, calming area, pre-concert activities, sensory fidgets, noise canceling headphones (while supplies last), and a feedback survey for patrons to share their thoughts.
Registration is required for this event.

LI HUANZHI
Spring Festival Overture 6′
QINGXI
The Moon Represents My Heart 4′
NIE ER
Selling Newspapers Song 3′
CAROLINE AHN
Dashing into the New Horizon *World Premiere* 6′
LIU TIANHUA
A Pleasant Night (Xiao Dong Wei, erhu) 3′
YAO XING CHEN
Galloping War Horses (Xiao Dong Wei, erhu) 4′
YONGCHEN
My Motherland and I 3’
MENG WEIDONG
Same Song 3′
LI WENPING
Chinese Yangko 4′
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Purdue FW Music Center, 2101 E Coliseum Blvd,Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

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