Gozitan choir Schola Cantorum Jubilate, is currently busily rehearsing new repertoire for its upcoming concert, which is part of the Modern Music Days.

Modern Music Days is a new initiative committed to promote the performance and understanding of 20th century and contemporary music in Malta.

MMD is organised by Teatru Manoel and the Malta Association for Contemporary Music (MACM) with the support of the Valletta 2018 Foundation and the Ministry for Finance.

The events for 2014, which are under the artistic direction of Ruben Zahra will take place between October and December 2014

The programme includes four concerts which will be held in the coming autumn. October will include two of these concerts – Modern Music Days | Powerplant (UK) and Modern Music Days | Choir & Organ (UK / Malta).

The first concert will be held at the Teatru Manoel on Saturday, the 11th of October at 8pm. The concert will feature percussion and eletronica collective led by British percussionist Joby Burgess, incorporating sound design by Matthew Fairclough and visuals by Kathy Hinde.

The following day, Sunday, the 12th of October, it is the turn of the Schola Cantorum Jubilate, to perform its concert, which will be held at St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral in Valletta.

Prior to the concert, the choristers will have Master Classes with Glen Dempsey who is an organ scholar at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor. The repertoire includes 20th century and contemporary works mainly by Bernstein, Britten, Glass, Lang, Chilcott, Massiaen, Muscat and Zahra.

The other two activities will present the Brno Contemporary Orchestra that will hold also a series of master classes leading to a recital of 20th century and contemporary music under the direction of Pavel Snäjdr.

Later on, there will be also workshops and improvisation classes and inter-active sessions for students between the ages of 8-12. Children will explore the world of prepared piano, recycled percussion, sound sculptures and electronic music leading to a collective composition and performance.

For more information please see here. Tickets are available from the Teatru Manoel Office.

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