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WKU Steelband immerses students in ‘Sounds of the Caribbean’

College Heights Herald Lane Bibb looks at his sheet music while he plays the steel drum during WKU’s Steelband concert at FAC on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025   Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA - Loud, energetic music filled the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center recital hall as audience members tossed beachballs and clapped to the beat of the cultural steel pan music of the Caribbean Wednesday. The band, comprised of six different steelpan instruments, performed eight songs. In between each song, director…

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Congratulations to Michael Hospedales, Marc Brooks, Wilfred Wiz Kieal, Shawn

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to panists Michael Hospedales, Marc Brooks, Wilfred “Wiz” Kieal, Shawn "Mastamind" Noel and Markus Garceran on their performance at the The One World One Family Symphony Concert, The One World One Family World Cultural Festival 2025, marking the 100th birth anniversary of Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

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TnTeague shines at PASIC50

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Liam Teague, a professor of music and director of steelpan studies at Northern Illinois University, right, with son, Jaden, during a recent performance   DeKalb, Illinois, USA - The thunderous applause that echoed through the Indiana Convention Centre, in the US, on November 15 was more than just appreciation for a masterful performance; it was a celebration of legacy, family, and the boundless potential of the steelpan. Liam Teague, the internationally renowned…

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Single Pan Bands - Order of Appearance - 2026 Finals - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The twenty-five Single Pan band finalists in the annual National Panorama competition now know the order in which they will take the stage come Saturday November 29, 2025, as twenty-four of them vie to dethrone the category’s defending champions, San Juan East Side Symphony and Duvone Stewart, arranger. One of those is certainly Chord Masters, which copped both the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 titles, as they mount a challenge to get back on top. The band returns to…

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Single Pan Bands - 2026 Preliminaries Results - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Chord Masters, Hope Pan Groovers, New Age Trendsetters and La Creole Pan Groove single pan bands topped the category in national preliminary competition, clinching the top three spots, with the last two bands tying for third place. Pan lovers can expect defending champs San Juan East Side Symphony to determinedly work their way up from their present sixth position when they next perform, in an attempt to keep their title and trophy. see results

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Metro Steel Orchestra - ‘Cool Down’ version - 2025 - “The Greatest Bend Over”

Vanessa Headley-Brewster - Arranger Metro Steel Orchestra during their recording session   Brooklyn, New York, USA - Basement Recordings captured Metro Steel Orchestra on Thursday August 28 as they prepared in their Brooklyn, New York panyard before going to Panorama on Saturday August 30, 2025. Vanessa Headley-Brewster is the arranger, and the first woman arranging for the New York steelband music competition. The band’s tune of choice was Yung Bredda’s The Greatest Bend Over. This is the…

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