Music plus film

The Chamber Music Society of Colombo along with the Goethe Institute and Concerts Norway will present 'Chamber Music Plus' V on June 9 at 7 pm. Goethe-Institute Hall.

The CMSC will perform Beethoven's Piano Trio op. 11 and Robert Schumann's Piano Trio op. 88. This music will be the inspiration for an original short film The Adventures of Ricky Deen by the New York City trained award winning film director Boodee Keerthisena. The concert/screening will be followed by an open discussion on the creative process between musician and film director and the natural symbiosis between moving images and sound. The event will be moderated by Lakshman Joseph de Saram. Participating will be Soundarie David Rodrigo, Cynthia Fernando, Lakshman Joseph de Saram, Peter O'Reilly and Boodee Keerthisena.

Tickets at the Goethe-Institute. Fairway Holdings is the premier sponsor of the Chamber Music Society of Colombo.

Youth and Children's Choirs :

Methodist College Choir ranks 18

The latest World Ranking List released by the German based Interkultur (www.interkultur.com) has ranked Methodist College No 18 in the world among all Youth and Children's Choirs. It also ranks 67th among the top 1000 choirs in the world.

The singular achievement follows on the heels of its achievements at the Xinhai International Choir Competition held in Guangzhou, China, last November where it became the first-ever Sri Lankan choir to win a Platinum Medal in international competitions.

The judges at the competition praised the Methodist College Choir for "its energy, tone, and musicianship'. The choir participated in the competition on an invitation of the organisers who were impressed with their performance at the first international outing at the First Vietnam Choral Competition, in Hoi-An, in 2011, where they won in their category, a gold and a silver diploma. It was a first by any school choir from Sri Lanka.

The Methodist College Choir has been conducted and directed by Sanjeev Jayaratnam for the past three years. Under his training and leadership, Sri Lanka's celebrated all-male vocal ensemble 'The Revelations' had the distinction of being ranked No 4 in the world among male choirs in 2010. It also became the only double World Champions from South Asia, at the World Choir Games held in Austria in 2008.

The Principal of Methodist College Mrs. Shanthi Dias said, "This great achievement is solely due to the professionalism and dedication of the choir director Sanjeev Jayaratnam, and of course, the hard work and commitment of the choristers.

Our girls didn't have the required time to train for the competition and so it is certainly a reflection of Sanjeev's rigorous training, that they could have this success in such a short space of singing together".

Nari Burathi : June 2 at 3.30 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. at Namel-Malini Punchi Theatre, Colombo 8.

Balloth Ekka Be : June 1 at 3.30 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. at Namel-Malini Punchi Theatre, Colombo 8.

Angara Ganga Gala Basi: June 2 at 3.30 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. at Tower Hall, Colombo 10.

Mathura Shethra, Bharata Natyam recital of Subashini Pathmanathan: May 31 at 6 p.m. at the Indian Cultural Centre Auditorium.

Balloth Ekka Bahe : May 31 at 6.30 p.m. in the New Town Hall Theatre