College orchestra’s trip to Italy

Student members of the Uni­versity’s Junior College orchestra recently travelled to Italy as part of a cultural exchange with the Istituto Tecnico ‘Luca Pacioli’ of Crema, Lombardy. The orchestra gave a vocal and instrumental concert of popular...

Student members of the Uni­versity’s Junior College orchestra recently travelled to Italy as part of a cultural exchange with the Istituto Tecnico ‘Luca Pacioli’ of Crema, Lombardy.

The orchestra gave a vocal and instrumental concert of popular classics at the school.

In Crema, the students visited the Museo Civico, the Liuteria Artistica of Vittorio Formaggia – the renowned violinmaker’s shop. The exchange also included trips to various famous land­marks in Soncino village, Città Alta in Bergamo, and Cremona, where students visited the Museo Stradivariano.

The highlight of the visit was when the students attended a performance Aïda, a four-act opera by Verdi under the musical direction of Omer Meir Wellber at La Scala in Milan.

They also took part in a work­shop at La Scala Museum.

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