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🇲🇹 ✨ Wasal! Ejja għal Kunċert tat-Tnedija tal-album tiegħi “Pieces of Malta” 🗓️ Il-Ħadd 19 ta’ Ottubru 🕓 4PM 📍 Għaqda Mużikali San Leonardu, Ħal Kirkop 🎶 Dħul bla ħlas! 🎵 Trid kopja tiegħek? Numru limitat ta’ LPs u CDs disponibbli! 📦 Ibbukkja tiegħek minn hawn 👉 forms.gle/keppzsBULLab1MYz9 Ejjew niċċelebraw il-mużika Maltija flimkien 💙 🇬🇧 ✨ It’s finally happening! Join us for the Launch Concert of my album “Pieces of Malta” 🗓️ Sunday 19th October 🕓 4PM 📍 Għaqda Mużikali San Leonardu, Ħal Kirkop 🎶 Entrance is FREE! 🎵 Want your own copy? Limited LPs & CDs available! 📦 Pre-book yours here 👉 forms.gle/keppzsBULLab1MYz9 Let’s celebrate Maltese music together 💙 Video Created by: Mandy Nina Vella Isabella Borg Josefa Muscat Kenneth Galea Mark Vella Gia Lazze Arts Council Malta melisma.mt

🇲🇹 Diffiċli niddeskrivi x’qed inħoss, illi issa l-album li ktibt jien qiegħed f’idejja, u li dalwaqt ser inwettaq kunċert biex iniedu. Għalhekk, ippruvajt nesprimi ruħi hawn b’storja qasira dwar kif wasalt s’hawn. Tnedija tal-album "Pieces of Malta" 📅 Nhar il-Ħadd, 19 ta’ Ottubru 🕓 Fid-4:00 PM 📍 Fil-każin il-ġdid tal-Għaqda Mużikali San Leonardu, Ħal Kirkop 🎟️ Dħul b’donazzjoni ta’ €15 📀 Kull min jibbukkja minn qabel jirċievi CD b’xejn 💿 Min jattendi l-kunċert ikun intitolat għal prezz imraħħas ta’ €20 fuq il-verżjoni LP tal-album Nota: Il-kopji tal-CD u tal-LP huma limitati 📌 Ibbukkja l-post tiegħek billi timla din il-formola: 👉 https://forms.gle/gkB3dACDPpycAzJC8 🇬🇧 It isn’t easy to describe what I’m feeling right now, holding in my hands the album I’ve written, and preparing to perform it live in concert very soon. So I tried to express myself through a short story about the journey that brought me here. 📀 Album Launch: "Pieces of Malta" 🗓️ Sunday, 19th October 🕓 4:00 PM 📍 Newly inaugurated premises of Għaqda Mużikali San Leonardu, Ħal Kirkop 🎟️ Entry by donation: €15 🎁 Includes a free CD of the album 💿 Attendees will also be entitled to a special discounted price of €20 for the limited LP version—available only at the concert. 📌 Reserve your seat by filling out this form: 👉 https://forms.gle/gkB3dACDPpycAzJC8 🎥Filmat u Muntaġġ @in_ninah @isabellaborg_29 @josefa_muscat @vella_m_ark @kenny_giii @artscouncilmalta @melisma.mt

🎶 Big news! 🎶
We’re thrilled to welcome the brilliant Kris Spiteri to our platform! A renowned composer and songwriter whose work has captivated audiences far and wide, Kris now joins the Melisma.mt family.
✨ Explore his bio and discover his stunning catalogue of scores and songs—now available on our site. https://www.melisma.mt/composers/kris-spiteri
📲 Visit melisma.mt and experience the artistry of Kris Spiteri like never before.

With enormous pleasure and a lot of humbleness we present to you our latest addition of Maltese Composers to our platform, the late but never forgotten, Pawlu Grech. On the brink of Pawlu's 3rd anniversary of his demise, we are honoured and proud to have his work, and more will be added throughout the coming weeks.

check out his bio and works by visiting www.melisma.mt

🇬🇧 It's that time of the year...

Have you checked our 50+ listings of funeral marches and other music for Lent season from our Maltese composers?

Go to https://www.melisma.mt/lent-music

🇲🇹 Reġgħa wasal dak iż-żmien tas-sena

Itħol u ara l-fuq minn 50 marċ funebru u siltiet mużikali relatati ma dan iż-żmien min kompożituri Maltin?

Mur fuq https://www.melisma.mt/lent-music

Music for Lent | melisma.mt Lent music for various types of setups.

🚨🚨🚨 New Composer Alert 🚨🚨🚨

On our 2nd year anniversary, we welcome aboard a new composer to our catalogue:

Tano Monseigneur

Tano Monseigneur, born in Malta in 1973, started his first music lessons at an early age with the St Gaetan Band Club of Ħamrun. He continued his studies in euphonium under Mro Paul Borg. Furthermore he studied harmony and at a later stage composition under the supervision of Mro Ray Sciberras, obtaining the A(Mus)LCM and the L(Mus)LCM diplomas in 2003 and 2009 respectively. In 2023 he obtained the fellowship (FLCM) in Composition from the University of West London with Melita Invicta, a suite for orchestra and choir (SATB), inspired by Ġużè Chetcuti’s patriotic poem bearing the same name.

Currently he forms part of the Ca****la Diacono and the Mirabitur choirs as a bass singer, but dedicates most of his time to composition. His repertoire includes several festive, funeral and processional marches, concert pieces for wind band and orchestra, piano and chamber music, and sacred music for choirs many of which were performed in a variety of settings.

Being a teacher of Maltese language by profession, Tano Monseigneur manages to bring Maltese poetry and music together in several of his compositions such as in Dun Karm Psaila’s Presepju ta’ Tfuliti (2017) for wind band and female voice and his orchestral piece for baritone L-Għanja tal-Imnikket (2018) by Rużar Briffa. In 2019 he composed music for the poems L-Għajn fil-Misraħ by Joe Friggieri, Aqta’ Fjura u Ibni Kamra by Immanuel Mifsud and Ġejja x-Xita by Mary Meilak for female choir and piano. Other works include a set of humoristic poems by Anselm Sciberras, composed in 2020 for pop singers, keyboards, woodwind and brass ensemble; and his song cycle Ħsus (2021) including nine poems of Professor Oliver Friggieri, composed for soprano, tenor and baritone voices, string quartet and piano.

In 2021 his processional march Sultana tal-Ħolqien Kollu placed third in a competition organised by the Soċjetà Mużikali Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema of Mġarr, Malta.

In 2022, Tano Monseigneur’s work for wind band, Under Siege, was one of the award-winning compositions in a competition organised by the Cottonera Foundation in collaboration with the National Band Clubs Organisation, judged by international composers. This work was recorded by the Malta Armed Forces band in January 2023.

His piano piece Game of Fourths, was chosen by an international jury to be performed during the International Piano Festival held in Malta in August 2023, in a competition organised by the Malta Piano Academy.
Tano Monseigneur is a teacher-librarian at Saint Nicholas College, Dingli Secondary School, Malta.

https://www.melisma.mt/composers/tano-monseigneur

🚨🚨🚨 New Composer Alert 🚨🚨🚨

📣Welcoming onboard melisma.mt: Luke Vella

My inspiration for composition depends on the medium I am writing for, but having a performer already in mind helps the creative aspect of the piece. I like to explore with different mediums especially contemporary music and music for film. I consider innovation within composition as a key element in any composition. Melisma is an excellent music platform that offers an important stepping stone for young, emerging and established composers alike.

Who is Luke? 🤷

Born in Rabat in 1997 Vella started music lessons at Count Roger Band Club in Rabat in 2003. In 2016 he obtained he obtained the Dip.Mus LCM in music theory and Dip.LCM in clarinet performance. In the same year his prelude Friendship was premiered in the Czech Republic by the Dechovy Orchestr zus Zabreh wind band during a student festival in Dolni Studenky which he conducted himself.

In March 2018 he won the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Clarinet Competition and later that year he graduated with a B.A. (Hons) in Music Studies specialising in composition as well as the A.Mus LCM in music theory. In 2021 he achieved his ALCM in clarinet performance and LLCM in composition in 2022 with full marks.

He regularly discusses his compositions with composers Alan Cassar and Stefano Torchio, studies the clarinet with Godfrey Mifsud and conducting with Roderick Bugeja and Peter Stark. Vella has performed in the UK, Sicily, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain and France.

Vella is currently a Primary Music Teacher at St. Francis Cospicua and Music Knowledge and Understanding teacher at the Malta School of Music. He is also a clarinet teacher at Nicolo Isouard Mosta, and assistant conductor and teacher at Banda Sagra Familja Kalkara and Banda Santa Marija Ħal Għaxaq as well as conductor at Count Roger Band Club and musical director for Tikka Banda. Furthermore, Vella is following an M.MUS in contemporary music composition at the University of Malta.

He is a composer of various marches and concert music, most of which has been premiered and recorded by local wind bands. In 2021 he worked on the music for the short film In Arden, a production by Roarding Voices within Teatru Salesjan.

His Danzon was premiered on the 22nd of September 2022 in Prague alongside his work Magnam Portum on the 24th of September in Malta by Nicolo Isouard Band which has been selected by an international Jury as part of the Kottonera Foundation and later on recorded by the AFM Band. Early in 2023 his concert March On Parade and Ave Maria were premiered in Australia.

https://www.melisma.mt/composers/luke-vella

🎈And just like that our first year has passed.🎈
We look forward to providing you with further music, and more composers to choose from in the coming weeks ... 📣so stay tuned. www.melisma.mt

📣Wishing our clients, composers, and musicians a great year in 2023!🥳

.. have you checked our latest additions yet? www.melisma.mt

📢 Thanks to Encore for the interview with our founder...🙏

Check out the publication on:

http://encore.com.mt/

🚨🚨 New Composer Alert 🚨🚨

Ray Magri

I find the art of composing music, the best medium for expressing my internal emotions. The process that takes off with an idea transforming into a composition and finally ending up in the performer’s hands is very rewarding to me.

Who is Ray Magri? 🤷

find out more https://www.melisma.mt/composers/ray-magri