The Feel the Magic Production Team invites any artists, both local and foreign, who are keen to participate in future events for 2022-24, to contact us on chorusurbanus@gmail.com or contact the artistic director Dr John Galea on john.galea@um.edu.mt. This is an excellent opportunity for exceptional budding ensembles or companies as well Read more…
A repeat performance of the 22nd edition of ‘Il-Kuncert tal-Milied’ took place in Lija Parish Church on Friday 27th December 2019 at 7.30pm. The Urbanus Festive Orchestra together with the Chorus Urbanus and the Urbanus Junior Section created an homogenous sound that ranged from tender and hushed velvet sounds Read more…
The Chorus Urbanus Productions Feel the Magic of Christmas concert drew a full house at Saint George’s Basilica on a relatively calm winter night on Sunday 15 December . Smiles were plentiful as patrons came out of the cold into a warm and inviting sacred enclave that was buzzing with Read more…
Il-Kuncert tal-Milied 2019 – Chorus Urbanus Chorus Urbanus Juniors and Chorus Urbanus, along with Urbanus Festive Orchestra, under the direction of Dr John Galea, always indulge the festive character with the local artists, musicians and voices that make this concert a formidable experience for the Gozitan and foreign audiences that Read more…
The Akathistos is the most beautiful hymn by which the Byzantine Church celebrates the divine motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary, solemnly proclaimed at the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D. It celebrates the Virgin ‘s role in the mystery of the Incarnation. Over the years, this hymn has been Read more…
“Magic” may be the key word in Chorus Urbanus’ 3-year project title. However “Magic” was surely on everyone’s tongue after the excellent spectacle that Chorus Urbanus presented as part of the ‘Feel the Magic’ Project. ‘Feel the Magic of Musical Theatre’ is without any doubt the grandest concert ever organised Read more…
If the inaugural Feel the Magic concert opened with a big bang, the second event of the series was no less spectacular and stunningly impressive! The concert featured a well-knit Sicily Ensemble performing a representative selection of Astor Piazzolla’s tango-inspired oeuvre in a truly thrilling and riveting performance. The ensemble was under Read more…
The second event in the Feel the Magic series is being held on 4th July 2019 at 8.00pm in the Internal Courtyard at the Ministry for Gozo. The concert, “Feel the Magic of Piazzolla” had originally been scheduled for the 4th of May as part of the Gozo Alive events Read more…
Feel the Magic of Piazzolla is the next event in the Feel the Magic series that will be presented on the 4th May 2019 at Independence Square, Victoria. The Sicily Ensemble under the direction of Mro Franco Foderà will be the guest performer for this event that will take place Read more…
“Feel the Magic”, Chorus Urbanus’s new cultural project spanning three years, kick-started with a sonorous bang with “Feel the Magic of Brass” featuring BrassTubes Ensemble under the direction of Mro. Mark Gauci. The well-attended inaugural concert was held on Saturday 23rd March 2019 at Hotel Kempinski San Lawrenz. It Read more…