‘Evening of Music’ with Dr. Manella Joseph
View(s):‘An Evening of Music with Dr. Manella Joseph’ will come alive at the auditorium of Allince Francaise DE CEYLAN, popularly known as Alliance Francaise DE COLOMBO, the Leading French Language Center on Saturday, 11 August at 6.30 pm.
Dr. Manella Joseph will be backed by a team of talented and experienced musicians Nihal Jayawardena (Guitar /Saxophone/Harmonica), Sudesh Fernando (Piano /Keyboards), Denver Barnes (Bass), Isuru Senanayake (Acoustics Guitar-Percussion). Evenings line up will include her original songs as well as some popular songs.
Dr. Manella Joseph, a consultant Pathologist, believes in a life of service and significance and not in a mere circumstantial existence or a preoccupation with the usual mundane concerns of the professional classes. This is reflected in her attitude to her work and to her music. Nurtured in western popular music at home in Moratuwa and light classical music in school she went on to sing Sinhala songs composed by Clarence Wijeywardene as the leader of the ‘Winslow Six’ along with her five siblings.
She now focuses on a solo career. Dr. Joseph is a prolific songwriter and lyricist in both English and Sinhala, having 30 original songs to her credit some of which have been composed in her teens.
Dr. Joseph believes that the 60’s and early 70’s were the golden age for popular music because there were fewer conflicts in the world then, less anxiety and more hope and this fact was demonstrated in the songs of that time.
Entrance is free by Invitation, please pick up your Invitations at Alliance Francaise at 11, Barnes Place, Colombo 7. Call 2694162 / 2693467 for more details.