Andy Akiho is Busting Out... Taking the Steelpan Instrument to Uncharted Zones
New Stories and Conversations for Pan
Princeton, New Jersey, USA - On a cool and crisp spring Friday evening, When Steel Talks (WST) finds itself at the prestigious Princeton University to catch up with the young gifted panist, performing artist, composer and educator Andy Akiho. Andy is currently a PhD candidate at Princeton University where he is pursuing his doctorate in composition.
WST is on hand to take in a performance by Andy and his group—the Foundry Ensemble—at the Infini-T Café on the Princeton University campus, preceding his big gig at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. the following evening. Besides Andy on tenor Pan, his band is made up of some stellar musicians in their own right - Vicky Chow (piano), Ian Rosenbaum (vibes), Mariel Roberts (cello), Kenneth Salters (drummer) and Samuel Adams (bass).
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Lovely!!!
Lovely...it just goes to show that the steel pan can be integrated among many types of instruments (xylophone , cello, piano, bass guitar) and hold it's own. Congratulations to you Andy and all the musicians with you...keep up the good work!
GP
Nice.....