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For the second consecutive time, SCJ is launching the project: ’Discovering Hidden Voices’.
Basically this is a call for youths and adults interested in learning music and getting the necessary training to perform high quality music. Once completed the programme, interested participants may join the SCJ family. The sessions will consist of theory of music joint with vocal training.
'Librat et evolat' - a motto, coined by the old Romans. In simple English it means "poised and soaring", an apt description of the 'restrained assertiveness' which affectionately but succinctly characterises the people of Xagħra. But alas! It is a world - known fact that due to the Neolithic Temples at Ggantija, the village of Xagħra goes much and much more back in time than the Graeco-Roman Era.
Children should not be pushed to sing Let It Go while dancing to the music with “ugly” gyrating moves and, instead, be encouraged to join choirs, according to a choral conductor.
Marouska Attard, 30, from Xagħra, choral conductor of youth choir Schola Cantorum Jubilate, believes primary schools are not attaching too much importance to voice training and choir singing.
“When we were kids we used to sing a lot at school but, nowadays, children sing along to a You Tube clip on an interactive whiteboard,” she said.
And these days, at school prize days, children sang along to CDs rather than performing as a choir, Ms Attard said, adding that the way they moved seductively on stage was “ugly”.
Dorothy Vella and Eman Agius got married at the Basilica of Blessed Virgin of Ta’ Pinu in Għarb. The mass was officiated by Mgr. Carmelo Refalo, Archpriest of the Basilica of Xagħra, from where the groom hails.
Having just successfully completed the ‘Discovering Hidden Voices’ short course I felt compelled to write this short post to express my gratitude to Marouska Attard and SCJ for the continuous support I have received these past 8 weeks.
