The Imperial Male Voice Choir of London, will be holding a series of concerts in Gozo and Malta on the 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th of October.

All four concerts will be open to the general public with free entrance and donations for local charities to be collected on the way

The Imperial Male Voice Choir 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.

For almost 50 years IMVC has entertained audiences and been successful in competitions at home and on tours to France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Slovenia and Russia. Its 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.The concerts usually raise money for charity.

The choir said that it is very much looking forward to visiting Malta and Gozo between 14th and 20th October 2024. The four planned concerts will focus particularly, but not exclusively, on sacred music and arrangements of traditional/ folk song harmonised for male voices.

The concerts dates are as follows:

Tuesday 15th October 19:00 Sir Temi Zammit Hall, University of Malta, Msida.

Wednesday 16th October 18:45 Basilica, Triq il Victoria, Senglea

Friday 18th October 19:30 Parish Church, Ghasri, Gozo (jointly with Schola Cantorum Jubilate)

Saturday 19th October 11:30 Seminary of the Sacred Heart, Triq Enrico Mizzi, Victoria, Gozo

Repertoire for the concerts:

Tuesday 15th October

This concert at the University of Malta will focus on secular music, especially male voice arrangements of English folk songs arranged by composers such as Vaughan Williams, Holst and Elgar. The choir will mix things up using American traditional songs and Broadway musicals or popular hits.

Wednesday 16th October

In recognition of the opportunity to sing in the glorious, inspiring Basilica of Senglea, we will present 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

Friday 18th October

At the Parish Church of s-Salvatur in Ghasri, Gozo the choir will again draw on our sacred repertoire but this time we will be hosted by the renowned Gozitan choir Schola Cantorum Jubilate directed by Marouska Attard. Each choir will sing some of its favourites and the UK choir said that it is excited to have the opportunity to join forces in some powerful, uplifting choral pieces by composers such as Bruckner and Vaughan Williams.

Saturday 19th October

The final concert in Victoria will feature predominantly secular music in English and Marouska Attard (soprano) will join Deborah Miles-Johnson (mezzo-soprano) in duets by Dvorak and Rossini and combine with the choir in the finale.

Each concert will be free to enter with a retiring collection for local charities.

More information about IMVC can be found on its website: www.imvc.org.uk

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