Michael Pulis, trumpet and John Aquilina, organ, play some of the most popular works arranged for this combination in the resonant acoustics of Mdina Cathedral.

All files are 96kbps MP3Pro format.  File sizes vary between 2 and 6Mb.  Download times may vary according to Internet connection speeds.  Total playing time: 31 minutes.  (c) 2006, John Aquilina. 

J CLARKE	The Prince of Denmark's March	2'53
JS BACH	Arioso	3'27
GF HANDEL	Hornpipe (from Water Music Suite)	3'50
T ALBINONI	Adagio in G minor	8'34
J STANLEY	Trumpet Voluntary	3'23
E MORRICONE	Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission)	3'02
P MASCAGNI	Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana)	3'27
G Verdi	Marcia Trionfale (from Aida)	3'11

Michael Pulis, trumpet

Michael Pulis was born in Luqa on 4th June, 1973 from Nicholas and Jane nee Spiteri. He began his trumpet studies at the St. Andrew’s Band Club (Luqa) under the supervision of Carmelo Baldacchino and then continued his musical studies under Mro. John Calleja, ex-Soloist of the RMA Band. In 1991, he became the Solo trumpet player of the St. Andrew’s Band Club, and with other Maltese band clubs. As a solo player, he played amongst other works the Theme & Varations on the famous “Carnevale di Venezia” of J.B. Arban with the St. Andrew’s Band in 1995.

Michael continued his training with Mro. Roderick Begeja (FLCM) and he gained the ALCM diploma in trumpet practice from the London College of Music in the year 2000. He also graduated with the A(Mus)LCM diploma in the theory of music from the same College in the year 2002. Besides these diplomas, Michael completed the BMus degree with Fairfax University (USA) focusing on music education and graduated in the year 2003.