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Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic: Fantastical Explorations




Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic

Sunday, October 6, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:15pm (EDT)

George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, VA, United States

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$35 ($30 senior, $5 ages 18 & under)




Come hear this exploration of musical fantasies! This accomplished orchestra once again performs a program celebrating living composers while blending in classical repertoire and including a work by a female composer.

Scott Christian and Glenn Paulson are the fabulous guest timpanists. While any drum enthusiast will say the concert highlight will be Philip Glass's Concerto Fantasy, the program offers much more:

Dai Wei's The Dancing Moonlight fuses traditional Chinese music with Western orchestration.

Philip Glass's Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists puts two drummers in the spotlight, with a massive setup of 14 timpani for a powerful percussion experience.

Leoš Janáček's Symphonic Fantasy from Jenůfa weaves in folk influences from his Czech heritage.

Josef Suk's Scherzo Fantastique is a playful and imaginative piece, with Czech humor and mystery with colorful orchestration.

Following the concert, stay for the free "After Chat With Anna."


WMPA is a 501 c (3) organization dedicated to bringing high-quality innovative and classical live music to the greater Alexandria community. For more information about the WMPA, our TWO youth orchestras, our Summer Sunday Chamber Music series at the Lyceum or our bi-lingual children's story concerts, visit https://www.wmpamusic.org/.


About Scott Christian, timpani

About Glenn Paulson, timpani


Glenn Paulson is the former timpanist of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, has been a member of The American Symphony and the Bard Summer Music Festival. He has also performed with The EOS Chamber Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic, The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and in many Broadway shows. n 1997, he won a position with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C. He also performs with the Washington Ballet Orchestra, The Lyric Opera Orchestra of Maryland, and is the owner of Drumhome Rentals.


About Anna Binneweg, conductor


Overwhelmingly selected as the new Music Director of the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic following a nationwide search culminating in June 2023, Dr. Binneweg brings her enthusiasm for fine community orchestras and innovative programs. Binneweg has worked with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Daniel Barenboim, Robert Spano, James Paul, Michael Morgan, Duaine Wolfe, Nurhan Arman and David Effron through various engagements sponsored by the League of American Orchestras, the Conductors Institute of New York and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She was elected to the board of directors of the International Conductors Guild (2021).

Earning a doctorate degree of music in orchestral conducting from Northwestern University where she studied with Victor Yampolsky, Binneweg has also served on the conducting faculties at Loyola University, the Sherwood Conservatory of Music, and American University.​


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101 Callahan Dr


Alexandria, VA 22301


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