For almost 50 years the Imperial Male Voice Choir (IMVC) has entertained audiences and been successful in competitions at home and on tours to France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Slovenia and Russia.
Their eclectic repertoire spans almost 1000 years from plainchant and sacred through folk-song, classical, opera, musical theatre and popular genres.
Musical director, Deborah Miles- Johnson, and accompanist, Brian Parsons, are alumni of the Royal College of Music and both have many years of professional experience in performing, directing and teaching music. Our concerts usually raise money for charity.
The IMVC takes its name from Imperial College, University of London, where the founder members met in the 1970s. Although Imperial is renowned world-wide for its tuition and research in the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine, its students and alumni also have a notable enthusiasm and reputation for music-making.
The IMVC’s four planned concerts in Malta will focus particularly, but not exclusively, on sacred music and arrangements of traditional/ folk song harmonised for male voices.
Tuesday 15 October at 7pm: Sir Temi Zammit Hall, University of Malta, Msida. Secular music, especially male voice arrangements of English folk songs arranged by composers such as Vaughan Williams, Holst and Elgar. A mix of American traditional songs and Broadway musicals or popular hits. In aid of RIDT – University of Malta Research Trust https://researchtrustmalta.eu/
Wednesday 16 October 6:45pm: Basilica, Triq il Victoria, Senglea. An evening of sacred music covering more than 500 years from plainchant and Tallis through Schubert, Fauré and African-American spirituals to the 21st century within the glorious inspiring setting of the Basilica of Senglea. In aid of Foodbank, Senglea.
Friday 18 October 7.30pm: Parish Church, Għasri, Gozo. Hosted by the renowned Gozitan choir Schola Cantorum Jubilate and directed by Marouska Attard, each choir will sing some of its favourites and will join forces in some powerful, uplifting choral pieces by composers such as Bruckner and Vaughan Williams. In aid of Arka Foundation https://www.crpd.org.mt/directory/fondazzjoni-arka/
Saturday 19 October 11:30am: Seminary of the Sacred Heart, Triq Enrico Mizzi, Victoria, Gozo.The final concert, in Victoria, will feature predominantly secular music. Marouska Attard (soprano) will join Deborah Miles-Johnson (mezzo-soprano) in duets by Dvorak and Rossini and combine with the choir in the finale. In aid of Gozo Diocesan Caritas – a church charity helping the needy on Gozo.
Admission to each concert is FREE. Donations at the end of the concert will go towards the chosen cause.
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