About American Mosaic
American Mosaic is a bold new live concert event that celebrates the people, places, and spirit of the United States in the lead-up to its 250th anniversary. Created by composer Peter Boyer and photographer Joe Sohm, the project blends sweeping orchestral music, spoken narration, and vivid 4K video drawn from all 50 states.
Commissioned by leading American orchestras and anchored by a premiere at the Kennedy Center in 2026, this 32-minute multimedia experience will tour cities across the country. Each performance features Boyer’s original score and Sohm’s decades of Americana photography, presented together in 11 continuous movements.
With 18 performances scheduled and more in development, American Mosaic invites audiences to take part in a live celebration of the American story — told in sound, image, and spirit.
COMMISSIONED BY:
National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C., Gianandrea Noseda, Music Director, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for the Cincinnati Pops, John Morris Russell, Conductor, Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, Music Director Laureate; Alexander Shelley, Music Director Designate, Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, Michael Butterman, Music Director
Performance Schedule
As of July 27, 2025. Dates and details subject to change.
February 19, 21, 22, 2026
National Symphony Orchestra
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
March 13–15, 2026
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
May 7 & 9, 2026
Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra
Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
May 28–30, 2026
Pacific Symphony
Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa, CA
July 3 or 4, 2026
Des Moines Symphony
Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, IA
July 10, 2026
National Symphony Orchestra
Wolf Trap, Filene Center, Vienna, VA
Fall 2026 (Sept–Nov)
Des Moines Symphony
Des Moines Civic Center, Des Moines, IA
Peter Boyer
Peter Boyer is one of the most frequently performed American orchestral composers of his generation. His works have received over 800 public performances by more than 300 orchestras, and tens of thousands of broadcasts on classical radio stations around the U.S. and abroad. He has conducted recordings of his music with three of the world’s finest orchestras: the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
His Grammy-nominated work Ellis Island: The Dream of America has received more than 300 performances and was nationally televised on PBS’ Great Performances. Boyer has received commissions from prestigious American institutions, including the Kennedy Center for the National Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Pacific Symphony, and the U.S. Marine Band. Other orchestras that have performed his music include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
Joe Sohm
Joe Sohm’s Americana imagery has been published more than one million times in major publications such as National Geographic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, on television—NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, MSNBC & Fox TV—in Al Gore’s Oscar-winning film An Inconvenient Truth, and 24 hours a day worldwide on the Internet.
The Boston Pops, Philly Pops, New West Symphony, and the Kansas City Symphony have featured Joe’s imagery, scripts, and editing. His “photo-symphonies” have featured narrations by Clint Eastwood and William Shatner, and his Presidential music video was featured during President Clinton’s 1993 Inaugural on worldwide television on MTV. Sohm’s work was featured in the “Concert for America” at the Kennedy Center on 9/11/02, attended by President George W. Bush and broadcast on NBC.
In 2013, Sohm co-published, with Reader’s Digest, his award-winning Visions of America tabletop book, featuring an introduction by Paul Theroux.
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