The 250th birthday of the United States will bring many celebrations this year, both patriotic and artistic. One of the most captivating will surely be the Pacifica Quartet’s concert, featuring works by Dvorak, Ives and Korngold, to be held on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Kutztown University’s Schaeffer Auditorium as part of the KU Presents! Performing Artists Series. When the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak visited the United States from 1892 to 1895 to direct the National Conservatory of Music in New York City, he was famously quoted by journalist James Creelman as saying: “I am now satisfied that the...