Des Moines Symphony Season Debut: UNITY – American Mosaic & West Side Story

When

Sep 26th, 2026

7:30pm - 9:00pm

Where

221 Walnut StreetDes Moines

Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary in this unforgettable evening! Kevin Puts’ Heartland and Iowa’s Linda Robbins Coleman’s reflective In Good King Charles’s Golden Days set the stage for Peter Boyer’s sweeping American Mosaic, complete with historic narration and dramatic images of American life on a giant screen above the Orchestra. The Harlem Quartet brings Michael Abels’ Urban Legends to life before Bernstein’s electrifying Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.

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