Prof. John Galea

Malta

John Galea Studied with Fr Albert Borg at the Seminary and privately with Carmelo Pace and attended specialised courses in orchestral practice and conducting with Julius Kalmar in Vienna and Franco Ferrara in Siena. Between 1965 and 2000, he directed the St. Julian's Choir. Since 1990 he has directed the Cappella Diacono and between 1993 and 2000 was the Metropolitan Cathedral's maestro di cappella. He has been Musical Advisor to the Malta Tourism Authority since 1998 and is presently Artistic director of the Local Committee of the Malta International Choir Festival. He is council member of the World Choir Games (Choir Olympics) organised by Interkultur Foundation. He is an international judge in choir competitions, edits and performs old Maltese works and his compositions include oratorios, cantatas, Masses, motets and psalms.