The Gozo Children’s Choir

This April saw the formation of The Gozo Children’s Choir. The choir was created by popular singer and musician Miriam Christine who had been dreaming about such an initiative for several years. It was set up to encourage singing talent for both newcomers as well as children who have been singing for some time and to give the children another outlet with which to express themselves and gain confidence.

The response so far has been very heartening, with over 50 children from around Gozo enrolled so far for the weekly sessions, which the children are really enjoying, especially as Miriam Christine has been very careful in choosing a repertoire that includes a lot of pop music, popular local songs and Eurovision hits, all of which goes down well with kids.

Members of The Gozo Children’s Choir are now busy preparing for their first public performance, which will take place during popular TV show “Showtime” on TVM, Saturday 23 June. Miriam Christine admits that the children are very excited about their first performance and also about a busy summer ahead which is going to see them performing both in Malta and in Gozo.

The choir sessions are held on Saturday mornings at Lumen Christi Media Centre in Victoria. There are only a few places available in the Gozo Children’s Choir so any parents of children, who are interested in joining the choir, please click here to contact Miriam Christine

Performance at XFM Music Festival

MC will be performing in the R&B Arena of the XFM Music Festival on 23rd July.

Gates open for the event at 18:00 at Gianpula Fields and tickets are going fast.

The R&B Arena will be hosted by popular XFM celebrities Carlo Borg Bonaci, Colin Fitz, Jason Zammit and Nick Gatt. Other artists performing in this section include Jo & Dre, Baresine and Glen Vella.

The festival is made up of other arenas including Ethnic, Rock, House and the Fuego Arena with a packed programme of performances and much more.

For more information about the XFM Music Festival, click here.

MC to present football award

Miriam Christine will be presenting one of the coveted awards at the fifth edition of the Melita Digital Malta Football Awards. The event will be held on June 7th at the Corinthia Palace, Attard.

The event, which will be screened live on Melita Sports 1/Channel 47 and the Information Channel, from 8.30pm, will be presented by Mario Micallef and Miriam Dalli.

For more information, click here.

MIRIAM CHRISTINE TO PERFORM BEFORE THE BIG MATCH

Miriam Christine is going to be one of the top local artists performing at ta' Qali Football Stadium on Sunday 14th May. She will be singing some of her popular singles before the kick-off of the football match between Birkirkara & Sliema. The performances are part of the celebrations for the closure of the MFA 2005/2006 Premier League Football Season as well as Birkirkara FC winning the League. The show starts at around 1.30pm. Miriam Christine will be performing between 3pm and 3.30pm.

MC represents MC!

R&B singer / songwriter, Miriam Christine, has just entered an agreement with Media Consulta in Malta that sees the agency handling the artist’s public relations.

The local office of the pan-European agency network has a wide ranging portfolio that includes advertising, translations, team-building and event management, new media and TV & film production along with the PR services.

The partnership between Miriam Christine and Media Consulta is an ideal one, given the agency’s background in music and youth marketing on an international scale, managing the PR for various bands and solo artists through radio, TV and other media promotions and events.

Since October 2004, Miriam Christine has been Malta’s ambassador for the pan-European campaign “For Diversity. Against Discrimination”, an initiative that is coordinated and managed by Media Consulta International on behalf of the EU. Andrew Warrington, the Managing Director of Media Consulta in Malta stated, “We are looking forward to continuing to collaborate with Miriam Christine. She has been a pleasure to work with in the past and she is a talented professional… just the kind of artist Media Consulta seeks to align itself with”.

For further details, contact mcm@media-consulta.com.

MC Penned Song in Song for Europe Final

The song ‘I Promise You’, with music and lyrics written by Miriam Christine, has qualified for the finals of the Malta Song for Europe contest.

MC wrote the song specifically for the increasingly popular singer Manuel Xuereb. Manuel, who also co-hosts the successful Saturday night TV show ‘Show Time ma’ Aceline’, is a good friend of Miriam Christine. The song’s author, who has previously represented her country in the Eurovision, says; “When Manuel asked if I’d write him a song for the competition, I couldn’t say no. He’s a good personal friend of mine and a talented singer with plenty of charisma. I think that, given the chance, he can woo the audience on a big stage. Hopefully I can also offer Manuel a bit of humble advice based on my experience as a singer… and as a past winner. Not that he needs that much, mind you; he’s quite a performer.”

Manuel will be performing ‘I Promise You’ at the final to be held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre on 4th February along with the other 17 finalists. The voting system is 100% televoting… which means that the decision is solely based on the public’s opinion.

Asked about her thoughts on the voting system, MC said “I agree with it. Of all the options, I think this is the fairest. I have faith in the public’s vote and, at the end of the day the winner goes to represent the Maltese and Gozitan public… so why shouldn’t they decide?”

Miriamchristine.com wishes Manuel all the best of luck.

WORKER OF THE YEAR

Miriam Christine will be performing during the Worker of the Year Award ceremony on Saturday 12th November.
MC has participated in previous editions of this award and will be performing in a line-up that includes other top local artists. This year’s ceremony will be held at Robert Sammut Hall in Floriana.

Charity Sports Marathon

Miriam Christine is going to participate in this year’s sports marathon held at the Sacred Heart Seminary Gym in Victoria, Gozo. This year, the 36-hour marathon will start on Friday 28th October and end on Sunday 30th October and is in aid of the Missionary Movement “Gesu fil-Proxxmu” and the Sacred Heart Seminary.

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, there will be top local Maltese and Gozitan artists performing.

Miriam Christine will host the Saturday evening show, during which she will also perform songs from her album Little Zee.

MC Live in August

Miriam Christine will be performing live with her band at the Gozo Garden Beer Festival on Saturday 6th August from 9.30pm onwards.

MC will also be hosting the Delicata Nadur Wine Festival on Friday 19th August from 8pm onwards, where she will also perform songs from her CD 'Little Zee'.

Awaken Events Rock Parade 2005

Awaken Events, MC's international management company, will be presenting the Rock Parade 2005.

The festival was going to be held at "Signals" Rock Bar (Tal-Qroqq) but has had its venue changed due to the enormous response from the local music fans.  The Awaken Rock Parade 2005 will be held on the 23rd July at the Basketball Pavilion in Ta Qali (In front of the newly built millennium stand). Doors will open at noon while the first band will kick off at 13.00hrs.

The event will play host to rock bands from Malta, UK, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

For more information click here.

MC & Band: Live Performances Coming Soon

MC will be performing live with her band at the following venues:
- Friday 22nd July @ Farson's Great Beer Festival, Ta' Qali (on the alternative / rock stage).
- Saturday 30th July @ TGI Friday's, Sliema (The XFM Band Night) from 11pm onwards. Entrance is FREE.

WATCH THE ‘MYSTERY MAMA’ MUSIC VIDEO

Click here to see the video for Miriam Christine’s latest single, ‘Mystery Mama’.

The video’s concept mixes reality with fiction. Miriam Christine explains, “Even though I met my biological mother, the video takes a step back in time in a way… and is about a girl who has located her mum, but is putting material together… home video stuff… photos of her growing up… to show her who she is. It’s a kind of introduction of herself. The song’s lyrics are part of that message, too.”

Talking about the shoot, director (and husband) Mark Warner says, “We were going to the UK close to the release of the song… so we thought we’d take the opportunity, like we have in the past, to make use of different locations. Setting the shoot away from Malta also enabled us to blur reality and fiction, even though we used locations in the UK that are significant to [Miriam] Christine on a personal basis, like the use of Southend United’s football ground [Roots Hall] for which we were very thankful”.

The video was filmed in Malta and in the UK, directed by Mark Warner and produced through Visual Impact’s Legwork Productions who provided production and post production facilities and services.

To find out where to buy a copy of the album ‘Little Zee’, click here.

Miriam Christine Releases New Single “Mystery Mama”

April 26th sees the release of Miriam Christine’s latest single “Mystery Mama”, from the album ‘Little Zee’.

Speaking about her latest release, Miriam Christine said, “Mystery Mama has always been a special song to me for very personal reasons, which many people are aware of, but I was reluctant to release the track as a single because I thought it might be seen as being a bit self-indulgent. There were a couple of other tracks from the album in contention, but the popular opinion was in favour of ‘Mystery Mama’. In the end, I believe you have to listen to other people because they’re the ones that count. When a prominent radio broadcaster also voiced his opinion in favour of ‘Mystery Mama’ my mind was made up.”

Meanwhile, filming for the music video which will accompany the new single has already started. Keep logging on to find out more info about the video which will be launched soon.

See how you can request the song on radio below:

Request ‘Mystery Mama’ On The Radio

You can make a request for ‘Mystery Mama’ to be played on selected radio stations.

Following are details of how you can make requests:

Xfm (100.2fm) Contact the show’s presenter by sms on: 50619400 or email: studio@xfmmalta.com
A3fm (101.8fm) Log on to the website www.a3fm.com.mt and click on ‘hot5@5’. You can also phone the station to make your request on 21 578 020 or via sms on 50611018.
Capital Radio (88.7fm) You can call the station and request ‘Synchronised’ on tel: 21 237 373.

As always, thanks for the support.

The yellow and blue information truck, used in the EU anti-discrimination campaign with the motto “For Diversity. Against Discrimination” will be visiting Malta during it's second tour across Europe. The giant truck, weighing close to 30 tons, will visit 23 different cities between March and July.

Miriam Christine will be hosting a show and performing during the truck's visit, on April 23rd, and staying on to lend her support as Malta's ambassador for the campaign.

The 17 metres long truck is fully equiped to offer an extensive action and entertainment programme, including a 50 sqm-large stage which is fully equipped with the latest technology.

The truck is scheduled to visit Malta on the 23rd and 24th April.

For further information, click here.

Live Performance in Luxembourg

Miriam Christine will be performing a live set with her band at Neumunster Abbey in Luxembourg on 1st May during an event entitled ‘Magie d'un Soir’. The set will include songs from her latest album ‘Little Zee’.

The singer has been chosen to perform as part of the celebrations for the 1st anniversary of the enlargement of the EU. She will be one of two acts selected to represent Malta, with Etnika joining her.

Artists from other countries that joined the EU last year will also be participating.

Two of Miriam Christine’s music videos will also be shown on big screens at the venue during the show.

“I’ve always followed football with a passion. My first love was Brazil because that’s where I was born, but on the international scene, I also follow the fortunes (and misfortunes) of Malta, my adoptive country, and England. At club level, I’ve followed English and Italian football for a long time, but it wasn’t until I met my husband, Mark, that I watched a team play live… and that team was Southend United (also known by their nickname as ‘The Shrimpers’). Ever since then, we’ve taken every opportunity going to travel back to England and watch The Shrimpers. They may be in League 2 (for now), but I was captivated by the team and inspired by the dedicated support they get. The Premiership and Serie ‘A’ have never been quite as appealing since!”
MC explained; “That’s why performing at Roots Hall meant so much. It was fantastic news to find out that the club had agreed to me doing a couple of numbers, and it was a thrill to step out on the pitch of the team I support… and with my music. If the chance comes around to repeat this experience, I won’t hesitate in accepting.”

For further information on Southend United, MC would like to suggest visiting; www.southendunited.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home , www.shrimperzone.com or www.theshrimpers-online.co.uk

Click here for pictures of MC performing at Roots Hall.

More Live Performances in December

MC has added two dates to her live performances in Malta, both at Rookies in Bugibba.
First, on Monday 13th December MC and band will be performing live and un-plugged at the Rookie’s music marathon in aid of charity.
On Friday 17th December MC and band will be playing live at Rookie’s from 10.30pm onwards.
Hope to see you there!

MC to participate in Solidarity Walk

As Malta’s ambassador for the EU campaign “For Diversity. Against Discrimination”, Miriam Christine will be taking part in a walk that is being organised to mark Human Rights' Day and to give a voice to all minority groups who are discriminated against on different grounds.

Anybody can join in the event, which will be taking place on Saturday 11th December.

When the walk reaches its destination at Freedom Square, Valletta, MC will perform the song ‘Little Zee’, the title track from her new album which fittingly deals with prejudice and the importance of individuality.

Check press for further details.

“Synchronised” is the latest single to be released by Miriam Christine; another track from her critically acclaimed album, “Little Zee”

The song can be heard on radio stations across the islands and the accompanying video will also be shown on various programmes on local TV stations as well as online on Miriam Christine’s official site and on di-ve.com.

The track follows the release “Hush”, which came out at the beginning of summer. “Hush” proved to be a hit with its strong contemporary R&B vibe, but “Synchronised” has a very different feel.

Miriam Christine explains, “This new song is more along the lines of R&B funk. I think that with this and the previous singles I have released so far from the album (including ‘What We Really Mean’ and ‘Hush’), there’s a good example of the variety of styles on the album “Little Zee”. This track has more of a ‘live band’ feel… and that’s something we wanted to show in the video… so the band members feature heavily.”

Speaking of the video, the singer continued, “The video is very different to the ones I’ve done up to now. I’ve never had a video with a band before. We went with quite a natural feel, with some humour. We were lucky, once again, to have the co-operation of a great crew, a fantastic location (Olympus Music) that suited the concept perfectly, and great clothes from the designer Joseph Grima (Mugi).”

The video, along with previous videos, will be used in promoting Miriam Christine to contacts abroad.

Request ‘Synchronised’ On The Radio

You can make a request for ‘Synchronised’ to be played on selected radio stations.

Following are details of how you can make requests:
Xfm (100.2fm) Contact the show’s presenter by sms on: 50619400 or email: studio@xfmmalta.com
A3fm (101.8fm) Log on to the website www.a3fm.com.mt and click on ‘hot5@5’. You can also phone the station to make your request on 21 578 020 or via sms on 50611018.
Capital Radio (88.7fm) You can call the station and request ‘Synchronised’ on tel: 21 237 373.

Thanks for the support.

MIRIAM CHRISTINE CHOSEN TO BE MALTA’S AMBASSADOR FOR THE EU CAMPAIGN – FOR DIVERSITY. AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.

The campaign, with the slogan "For Diversity. Against Discrimination", is being developed in close co-operation with EU governments, trade unions, employers' organisations and NGOs, and was launched on 16th June 2003 and will run till 2006.

Media Consulta is responsible for the implementation of the campaign. The agency has a network of agency correspondents in every EU Member State, including Malta, and has chosen local personality Miriam Christine to be the ambassador and spokesperson for the campaign for Malta and Gozo. The popular singer and songwriter will be spreading the word for this campaign during various shows, concerts and TV programmes.

Miriam Christine explained, “This campaign is aimed at combating discrimination, and I’m proud to have been asked to be part of it. Discrimination exists in many ways: because of racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age and disability and I think it’s a big issue that needs highlighting. I hope I can assist in making people more aware of it.”

The campaign aims to communicate a positive message on diversity to help prevent people from being discriminated against in any way. It is being publicised through a wide range of channels, such as TV or print adverts, website, seminars and media events. Brochures, flyers and posters will provide information about new EU rules against discrimination in the various Member States.

Born in Brazil but raised in Gozo, Miriam Christine was all too aware of her ethnicity when she was young. “My upbringing was very good, but I did suffer from bullying at school,” Miriam Christine revealed. “In some ways, I was looked at as being ‘different’. This left a mark on me and I went through stages when my self-esteem was very low. It was through music that I feel I overcame prejudice and earned respect. I re-discovered my true self, and belief in myself was restored. I was also lucky to grow up within a society that, on the whole, is very warm and welcoming, so my experiences were more isolated, and I think they were a product of a lack of education and awareness; something this campaign is tackling brilliantly.”

And by pure coincidence, the title track on Miriam Christine’s latest CD album ‘Little Zee’ is about the racial prejudices she suffered as a child and how she managed to overcome them. “This EU campaign will help a lot of people, both victims of discrimination… and people who don’t understand the value of diversity… and I’m glad to be part of it.”

For more information about this story, click here
For general information about the campaign, visit: www.stop-discrimination.info

Talking about how the music video to the song ‘Ain’t Afraid’ happened, Miriam Christine explained, “We thought Ain’t Afraid would be a single when we were in the early stages of producing the album. When my husband and I went to Brazil we decided to take this song and the other planned single, ‘What We Really Mean’, with us and shoot music videos of them. ‘What We Really Mean’ was released earlier this year, but we decided to release different songs afterwards and it seemed that the promo for ‘Ain’t Afraid’ was never going to get seen. We then chose to release it through the Internet. The web is perfect for these special kind of releases.”

The video was filmed in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil’s original capital. The unique qualities of the colonial city are captured in the production, and parts of the video were filmed in the same main square as Michael Jackson’s promo to ‘They Don’t Care About Us’.

For more information, visit: www.awakenevents.com

MIRIAM CHRISTINE: LIVE PERFORMANCES IN OCTOBER
Miriam Christine will be performing live at the following venues this October:

Miriam Christine Releases New Album, Single and Music Video

Miriam Christine’s new album, ‘Little Zee’ is out on release and is available through various retail outlets (including Exotique and D’Amato) and online through sites such as di-ve.com.

Describing the album, Miriam Christine says “The style has an R&B influence, but R&B is a very generic term nowadays. There are influences such as funk, soul and even a hint of rock music here and there. We wanted to give ourselves plenty of room for experimenting and exploring different styles to marry with R&B and I’m very satisfied with the results”.    

Producer and musician Boris Cezek developed the tracks after Miriam Christine had written the music and Miriam Christine is keen to point out that “Boris added a lot to this album. He took my desire to explore R&B and did something different to the norm. We were constantly surprised with how the tracks were developing… and that was such a great feeling of excitement. He brought a lot of musical knowledge and character to the project”.

The latest single to be released from the album’s 15 tracks is ‘Hush’, an up-tempo summer tune. The song is playing on radio stations now and a music video has been produced to accompany the release.

“We were very lucky to receive the support we did for this video; Westin Dragonara Resort allowed us to film within the hotel (visually, this was the ideal location), Muscat Motors let us use a BMW Z4 sports car and Ray Ashley made a dress to our requirements. Through Sarah Camilleri, members of the Funkadelic dance company worked hard to provide us with the choreography we needed… and the rest of the cast and crew worked their socks off. As I said… we were very lucky.”

Miriam Christine would like to thank her sponsors; Artist(e) hair products, Nee Make Up, Spikes hair salon, Unitel, and Visual Impact production company for their support.

Request ‘Hush’ On The Radio

You can make a request for ‘Hush’ to be played on selected radio stations.

Following are details of how you can make requests:

Xfm (100.2fm) Contact the show’s presenter by sms on: 50619400 or email: studio@xfmmalta.com

A3fm (101.8fm) Log on to the website www.a3fm.com.mt and click on ‘hot5@5’. You can also phone the station to make your request on 21 578 020 or via sms on 50611018.

Capital Radio (88.7fm) You can call the station and request ‘Hush’ on tel: 21 237 373.

NEW SINGLE RELEASED

‘Hush’ the new single from Miriam Christine’s album ‘Little Zee’ has been released.

Miriam Christine commented that “being an upbeat song, it has a strong summer-feel, so given the fact that the new single was coming out in July, it seemed the natural choice was to release Hush.” She added, “Hush is probably the most mainstream and contemporary style R&B track from the album. Whilst other tracks are routed in R&B (which is such a generic term nowadays), we gave ourselves room to explore influences of funk, groove and soul. There’s even a hint of a rock music influence here and there on some of the album tracks.” 

‘Hush’ can be heard on Malta’s radio stations (and look out for the music video on TV and on this site!).

WHAT'S 'NEW'?

The coming weeks are going to be busy for Miriam Christine… and the by-word seems to be ‘new’… with a new single, new music video, the release of her new album and live performances with the new band.

Here’s a run-down of what’s going on:

Tuesday July 13th:            
Miriam Christine releases her latest single ‘Hush’. Like the previous releases ‘Hold On’ and ‘What We Really Mean’, the new song will be accompanied by a music video.

Monday July 19th:            
This is the big day Miriam Christine has been planning for, as this is when her new album, ‘Little Zee’ will hit the shelves of record shops and online stores. There will also be some major changes to this site, giving you the low-down of the album.

Thursday July 22nd:  
Miriam Christine will perform a number of tracks from the album at

The Blues Room, Bugibba, in what will be the first live performance with her band. Everyone is welcome.

Monday July 26th:           
The first official live show will take place. Miriam Christine and the band will be the evening’s main performance at the Farson’s Beer Festival, Ta’ Qali. Here’s hoping for a good crowd.

Please keep checking back as more information will be added soon.