Viva Italia!

Zoe LaFemina, Reporter

On Nov. 21 at 8 p.m., AACC’s Symphony Orchestra will be presenting “Viva Italia.”

Conductor of the upcoming “Viva Italia”, Anna Binneweg has a double master’s degree in conducting and music education and has conducted across the U.S. and in Ukraine.
Courtesy of Anne Binnewig
Conductor of the upcoming “Viva Italia”, Anna Binneweg has a double master’s degree in conducting and music education and has conducted across the U.S. and in Ukraine.

 

The performance will feature Verdi’s commanding overture to La Forza del Destino, Paganini’s virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 2, and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 “Italian”.

“The concert will feature students, faculty, as well as professionals,” said Anna Binneweg, Music Director/Conductor of the AACC Symphony Orchestra. “They’ve been working on it since the beginning of the semester.”

The concert will be held in the Robert E. Kauffman Theater, and ticket prices are as follows: $10 general admission, $7 senior citizens, groups, students and AACC employees, and $5 students with valid AACC student ID.