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Point Counterpoint II Book

This is the story of a boat, possibly the most unusual boat in the world. Throughout its pages flows the poetry of a crew of troubadours endeavoring to deliver a cargo of artistic surprises to folks along the waterways – very special people who had worked long and hard to prepare for their arrival.

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The Messengers & the Music Book

The remarkable story of the world’s largest commissioning program for wind orchestra, including intimate insights into the lives of the composers from all over the world who wrote works for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra.

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Historic Tours

The American Wind Symphony Orchestra has been making cultural waves on the waterways of the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and northern Europe for 58 years. In the late ‘50s and ‘60s the AWSO ‘s floating concert stage was not self-propelled, and had to be towed from tour city to tour city.

About AWSO

The American Wind Symphony Orchestra has been making musical headlines along the waterways of the United States, the Caribbean and Northern Europe. Called “a remarkable cultural phenomenon” by New York Magazine’s music critic Alan Rich, the group continues to perform under the baton of Maestro Robert Austin Boudreau.

Obituary: Robert Boudreau

Robert Austin Boudreau, founder and music director of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, died at the age of 97 on July 4, 2024... Read More

Random Facts: Robert Boudreau

Mr. Boudreau’s friendship with the late architect Louis I. Kahn, a man of world-renown, resulted in Kahn’s designing for him the extraordinary and beautiful boat, Point Counterpoint II, which was launched in 1976 as part of America’s bicentennial celebration.

MY ARCHITECT – A Son’s Journey

Nathaniel Kahn, Louis Kahn's son's cinematic exploration of his fathers life and work. The movie has a segment devoted to Point Counterpoint II.

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American Wind Symphony Orchestra
550 Plains Church Road
Mars, PA 16046

Phone: (724) 779-8334

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