The 3-hour masterclass will focus on working with participants on their choice of song. During the live-coaching sessions, attendees can also learn through observing techniques and performance skills implemented by their peers to perform their piece. The session will help participants improve their performance by working on voice technique, stage presence, song delivery and interpretation.

The event is open to the general public and will focus on contemporary music.

The workshop is open for singers from 14 years up ranging from beginners to more advanced levels.

Discounted early bird tickets are available until the 8th September 11:30pm. 

About the tutor:

Pamela Bezzina is one of Malta’s leading female singer-songwriters, mostly known for her soul and gospel style, and also a highly respected vocal director, vocal arranger and voice coach. She started studying music and classical singing from a very young age, and later shifting to contemporary music studies, which led her to make a professional career as a performer. She is nowadays considered as one of Malta’s top female vocalists and sings with various popular Maltese bands including Versatile Brass, The Residents and Big Band Brothers.

Pamela’s passion for song writing has also given her several beautiful opportunities. Apart from her most popular compositions such as “B’qalbi kollha … għal ħajti kollha” and “Sliem għalik”. Pamela also won the national song festival Għanja tal-Poplu 2017 as a composer of the song “Meta r-Ramel jitħallat mas-silġ” sung by Jessica Magro. She also had several songs in the finals of the most popular Maltese song contest Mużika Mużika 2022 and 2023, which she composed and written lyrics to herself.

Apart from becoming a successful artist and songwriter, Vocal Coaching and Choir Direction were always Pamela’s satisfaction and her impeccable musicality and interest in musical creativity led her to be entrusted many prestigious vocal arrangements including all the vocal arrangements by Animae Gospel Choir, which choir Pamela founded together with Glen Vella and Leontine Spiteri in 2008 and also directs and mentors; Junior Eurovision Vocal Arrangements; Valletta18 European Capital City of Culture grand opening original musical symphony; and other original released songs with popular Maltese bands such as Wintermoods, Red Electric, the New Victorians, Chogm celebrations, and Rockestra. She had the opportunity to direct her choir in Assisi during Gospel Connection and also at the Malta Day in the United Kingdom in the presence of Her Excellency the President of Malta Marie Louise Coleiro Preca. She was also invited to sing abroad several times, in countries such as Romania, China, Bulgaria, Italy, Russia, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, Australia, Canada, Monte Carlo and in Dubai at the Expo 2020, where she was invited as a solo artist for the opening ceremony of the Malta Day at this prestigious event.

Pamela is the founder and director of VocalBooth Studios, one of the top Voice and Singing Tuition entities in Malta. She graduated as a Speech and Langauge Pathologist from the University of Malta and practises Voice Therapy with singers who encounter any voice difficulties and together with several Otolaryngologists and ENT specialists in Malta she plans and administers a rehabilitation programme for singers with voice disorders. She is also trained in the Estill Vocal Technique – a singing technique which is very scientifically oriented and helps understand each individual’s voice in much more detail.

Throughout the years Pamela coached many of Malta’s leading pop and contemporary singers, including artists like Ira Losco, Amber, Firelight, Gaia Cauchi, Brooke and many more. During her sessions, Pamela focuses mainly onvocal technique and performance, where she helps singers explore their own voice with its abilities and limitations and guide them to use it in the healthiest yet most artistic manner. Pamela is also a certified Vocal Massage Therapist, a method she studied with Mr. Jacob Lieberman and Mr. Stephen King, which helps singers and voice clients release muscle tension around the vocal tract and thus ensuring better vocal health and performance.