…while vocal group prepares for public debut
Earlier in the newscast we looked at an upcoming DJ competition… and while that type of music is topping the local charts, it’s not the only genre being explored by Belizean artists… as News Five’s Jacqueline Woods discovered at the Bliss.
Jacqueline Woods, Reporting
The group has been around for only four months, but the young men and women of Via Vocalité have been making waves at a number of private functions. Today, the group is getting ready for their first public appearance.
Enrique Pech, Director, Via Vocalité
?Basically we were thinking about what is there that has not yet been done in Belize by young people in particular. Now we know there are many wonderful schools and little groups out there that do wonderful music. We have Grace Primary that really is well known for its music programme among other schools, so we decided that we wanted to do something that?s a little different to show the talents of young persons and how diverse the genres of music are that we were capable of actually producing.?
?Moments and Moods, which is actually a cross section of different genres of music from Disney to Broadway, such as Jesus Christ Superstar, selections from those, Phantom of the Opera, Jekyll and Hyde, to something a little bit more classical, a little bit more daring like Donizetti?s ?L’Elisir d’Amore?, we?ll being doing ?Una Furtiva Lagrima.? We?ll be doing traditional spirituals as well… and also a few contemporary songs ranging from Beyoncé to Celine Dion and Paul Anka. We also hope to do something from Andrea Bocelli, so it?ll be definitely creating moments and moods.?
Moments and Moods promises to be a multicultural production as the performances will be in different languages including English, Spanish, Italian, and Garifuna.
Jacqueline Woods for News Five.
Moments and Moods is scheduled for the night of August nineteenth at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets will be on sale at the door or in advance from group members or at C.Y.’s Music for twenty dollars.
