Ben Tempats concert, Cor de Pares i Mares de la UIB
Ben Trempats
Founded in 2013, Ben Trempats is a group whose members, although not professional musicians, all have extensive instrumental experience and solid vocal training. Over the years, they have performed at various locations across Mallorca, Menorca and Eivissa, taking part on several occasions in the havanera singing events in Port de Soller. Together with the UIB-affiliated choirs Orfeó and Cor de Pares i Mares, they have performed in Palma at Castell de Sant Carles and the cloister of Sant Francesc, in Llucmajor, in Ciutadella, and at the landmark Sa Nostra concert at Torrent de Pareïs, established by the painter Josep Coll Bardolet.
Discography:
• “Havaneres i conçons marineres” (2014)
• “La Mar de cançons” (2016)
• “Ben Trempats canten Bonet de Sant Pere” (2017): a selection of songs by the great Bonet to mark the centenary of his birth.
The members of Ben Trempats are:
• Macia Guasp – bass and vocals
• Pep Matas – keyboards and vocals
• Mariano Portas – percussion and vocals
• Paco Pozo – guitar, guitarró and vocals
• Miquel A. Prats – guitar and vocals
• Tolo Prats – guitar and vocals
Cor de Pares i Mares de la UIB
The Cor de Pares i Mares de la UIB is one of the affiliated choirs of the Coral Universitat de les Illes Balears (Coral UIB), alongside Corals Infantils i juvenil de Joventuts Musicals de Palma, Orfeó Universitat de les Illes Balears, Cor de Mestres Cantaires de la UIB, Cor de Majors de la UIB, Cor de Dones de la UIB and Poema Harmònic.
Its aim is to share a love of choral singing with the members’ children and to discover or practise vocal and choral activities with as much enjoyment as possible.
It was founded in October 2004 on the initiative of the parents of singers in the Corals Infantils de Joventuts Musicals, under the direction of Maria Antònia Riera. It made its debut that December at the traditional Christmas Concert of the Universitat de les Illes Balears at the Auditòrium de Palma.
Over these 20 years, it has given numerous concerts, on its own or together with other choirs from the UIB choral family or other …
