4 November 2007 Rating 232% No Comment  

Batista Leisure Group recently organized two activities to celebrate the first anniversary of The Mediterranean Vocal Studio (MVS) Malta. A Speech Level singing (SLS) Showcase was held at The Manoel Theatre in Valletta with the participation of 26 Artists. Two Personalities from the British Music Industry, Sir Harry Cowell and Ms. Lou Mullen were Amongst the special guests, families and the general public who attended this showcase. The day following the showcase, a seminar was held at The Coastline Hotel, in Salina Bay. Here many ideas and important issues concerning Maltese Artists were discussed with the British guests, who hail from the 'Private and Confidential Music Group' in London. Subjects tackled included PRS and Artist development past and present. The participation of numerous local Artists made it a very interesting seminar for all. At the end of the seminar the British duo announced that they were so impressed by the MVS Malta showcase performances, that they decided to collaborate with Batista Leisure Group on a number of projects. Local Boy band 'Naykid' will be working on a song produced by PNC Music Group, and the British duo will be returning to Malta to work with the boyband in the studio in November 2007. David Mario Fenech from Gozo and Rebecca Debattista from Bugibba will also be working on projects with with PNC music group. They will both be travelling to UK in December where they will record a song each. PNC music Group's aim is to support Maltese singers training at MVS Malta. In fact Batista Leisure Group have concluded a deal with PNC Music group where by there will be full collaboration by both parties to the benefit of Maltese Artists. Before leaving Malta International Airport Sir Harry gave us his comments. "I am pleased to announce that the overall winner of the SLS Showcase in Malta was David who will travel to the UK later this year to record a song produced by Private and Confidential Music Ltd. We were all excited to find such great talent in Malta. in fact so much so, that we have offered a runner-up prize to Rebecca and this prize will be the chance to record a new song by Private and Confidential Publishing Ltd. Rebecca will also be travelling to London in December for the recording. We are also hoping to help advise certain other acts we saw on the night. Thank you all so much for making Lou Mullen and I so welcome and thank you to all the sponsors." The showcase was sponsored by The Ministry of Arts and Culture, M.T.A., The Manoel Theatre, Mirabelle Enterprises, Coastline Hotel, Island Hotels Group, Air Malta, John's Garage, Fotoclassic, Where's Everybody, Twilight Sound, Overview and Creafics. MVS Malta are currently accepting applications for Term 2 in SLS training starting in December. More info on mvsmalta@gmail.com... and www.batista-leisure.com...