Birthday:
8th November 1977

Location:
San Gwann, Malta (Europe)

Musical Background:
Christa acquired an appreciation for music from an early age. She was exposed for classical music and Italian opera by her father with whom she would spend many blissful hours soaking up Tchaikovsky and listening to Puccini and Verdi. Classical compositions and the emotional opera always fascinated and intrigued her.

At school she formed part of the school choir and she was always looking for opportunities to use her musical talents. In fact, from early childhood with relatively little effort, she would manage to coax a melody out of any instrument she came across: harmonica, flute and even piano. When she was 12 she picked up a classical guitar and with the help of a couple of books she was soon plucking some very good tunes.

On turning 18 she joined her first band as a vocalist. In the main, this band animated Sunday youth mass with rock music at L-Ibragg Church but also gave some live gigs amongst which were their ‘Christ Buzz I & II’.

The group broke up and in 2000 Christa auditioned and was chosen to perform with the ‘Voices Choir’. This experience broadened her perspective as her voice continued to develop its expressive melodious quality.

In June 2001, Carlo, who had heard her sing as a soprano with ‘Voices Choir’, invited her to meet for some jamming sessions. She blended very well with the style and soon joined the line-up as the main vocals of the band.

Main instrument:
Main & backing vocals

Current equipment:
Shure Beta 58A

First album bought:
Help! (Beatles)

Favourite Albums:
Come now is the time (Vineyard music group)
Hemispheres (Rush)
Wishmaster (Nightwish)
Crazy World (Scorpions)
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (Dire Straits).

Favourite musicians:
Nana Mouskouri
Demis Roussos
Sarah Brightman
Celine Dion
Tarja Turunen
Marty Friedman
Yngwie Malmsteen
Joe Satriani.

Other interests:
Song writing, cooking, sports, playing guitar and reading a good book.