Sliema Youth Big Band in concert

A concert of lively and modern music by the Sliema Youth Big Band of the Sliema Philharmonic Society will be held on January 28 at 7.30 p.m. at the Sir Temi Zammit Hall of the University of Malta, Msida.

Special guest singers will include Claudia Faniello interpreting popular singer Madonna's You'll See; Ludwig Galea singing Angel by Robbie Williams and a special interpretation of Domenico Modugno's landmark song Volare; Daniel Cauchi, a leading singer and drummer with the Big Band Brothers interpreting Robbie Williams song Feel; Louisa Wirth and Petra Micallef, soloists with the Voices group, who will interpret popular selections from The Lion King, Ain't No Mountain too High and Beauty and the Beast; while Lello Ebejer, also of Voices, will interpret Sir Duke by Steve Wonder.

The Sliema youth ensemble, with its distinct direction style by Sigmund Mifsud, just fresh from conducting the National Orchestra Goes Pop, will also perform In the Mood by Glenn Miller, Lady Madonna by the Beatles, Minnie the Moocher by the Blues Brothers, California Girls by the Beach Boys, Papa's Got A Brand New Bag and Feel Good by James Brown.

Soundtracks from The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino and Mission Impossible by Lalo Schifren, One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge and Steve Wonder's Superstition will also be performed.

The concert will be presented by Xandru Grech and Moira Delia.

Tickets can be obtained from the Sliema Philharmonic Society, 34 St Trophimus Street, Sliema (tel. 9944 7434) and from Aqua Marina Dive Systems, The Strand, Gzira (tel. 2131 7137). Tickets hotline - 99443460.

Admission is against a donation in support of the society's culture performance hall project.