Mro SOnny Galea is the new bandmaster of the St Joseph Band of Ghajnsielem. He succeeds Mro Joseph Sammut who was bandmaster for 20 years. Mro Galea was a clarinet soloist with La Stella Band of Victoria for 25 years after joining in 1955.

In 1960 he started studying harmony with Mro Carmelo Pace, and was awarded a diploma in Composition (ALCM) from the London College of Music. He was a music teacher at local primary and secondary schools for 16 years.

Mro Galea also distinguished himself through the composition of various band marches and popular hymns.

Recently he also composed a hymn, Lill-Madonna ta' Loreto, for the forthcoming feast at Ghajnsielem in August. He also wrote four arrangements for clarinet solo and band.

In 1998 Mro Galea started to hold music lessons and training sessions for the students of the La Stella Band. He also conducted the band in the absence of its musical director, Professor Joseph Vella.

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