A delegation from Chorus Urbanus recently held very fruitful talks with Dr. John Bethell, Head of the Erin Arts Centre in the Isle of Man and Dr. Simon Mercieca, Head of the Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta.
Various points of mutual interest and artistic collaboration were discussed between the parties involved. Further details will be posted on our website as soon as these are available.

John Bethell MBE, D.Mus (Hon), is a person highly-placed and appreciated in the world of music. Musician, administrator, conductor and archivist, he is widely experienced in all aspects of the arts, giving constant
encouragement, assistance and advice in a wide spectrum of activities, and creating a unique reputation for himself. During the years of his career with the BBC he travelled extensively throughout the world, particularly
with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and was privileged to work with hundreds of distinguished artists and conductors.

Dr. Bethell became Artistic Director and Conductor of the Philharmonic Choir of Manchester in 1989 and in 1990 and toured with the choir to Denmark, Sweden and Finland that year. The choir has performed in both the
Manchester and Salford Cathedrals and in the Concert Hall at the Royal Northern College of Music as well as at many other venues in the North West. He relinquished this position in September 2000. The choir has
joined with both the Oldham Choral Society and the Manx Festival Chorus (of which John Bethell is also Artistic Director and Conductor) singing in England and the Isle of Man and at the Latour de France International
Festival of Music and the Arts since its founding by John Bethell in 1993 in the village of Latour de France, in the Pyrenees, Southern France.