Steelpan Music Composer and Panorama Arranger Amrit Samaroo is doing just "PHIne"

Steelpan Music Composer and Panorama Arranger Amrit Samaroo is doing just "PHIne"
 

Global - Amrit Samaroo was born and raised into a musical family being the son of renowned arranger, Jit Samaroo. He started playing steelpan at the age of six with S

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Panorama's Ill-Advised Drift Away From Carnival

Panorama's Ill-Advised Drift Away From Carnival
Symposium tackles the Panorama question: Is there a need to revisit the Steel Band Panorama Format?

by Les Slater
 

Brooklyn, New York - It was the Carnival celebration that gave rise to the steel band,

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Single Pan Band Preliminary Results: North Region

Trinidad & Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra and Scrunters Pan Groove both tied for the top spot in the recent Single Pan Band preliminaries for the Northern Region. The two bands and twelve others now join other semi-finalis

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Free Entrance to "Drag" area for Trinidad and Tobago's Panorama 2011

Free Entrance to "Drag" area for Steelband Trinidad and Tobago's Panorama 2011
 

Trinidad & Tobago - Entrance to the ever popular 'Drag' area in the Queen’s Park Savannah will be free to the general public.

KeithDiaz, President and his Executive have

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Conventional Small Band Prelims Panorama Results

First time entrant, St. Margaret's Superstars, a mixture of current and past pupils and parents of St. Margaret's R.C. in Belmont, surprised
many with their classy performance of a Shenelle Abraham's arrangement of
Calling Me. That performance ea

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Single Pan and Small Band Order of Appearance

Single Pan and Small Band Order of Appearance

Global - It’s show time for twenty seven (27) steelbands as the blink/bmobile National Panorama Small & Single Pan Bands Finals take centre stage this Thursday at the Larry Gomes Stadium Car Park, Arima,

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The Steelpan Revolution will be Televised - And Then Again Maybe Not...

The Steelpan Revolution will be Televised - And Then Again Maybe Not...
Symposium tackles the Panorama question: Is there a need to revisit the Steel Band Panorama Format?
 

Brooklyn, New York - The recent events in Tunisia, Egypt and other parts o

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Katzenjammers top Medium Band Prelims

Katzenjammers top Medium Band Prelims

Two Tobago bands emerged at the top of the Medium Band Category after the National Panorama Preliminaries ended on Monday 14th. Katzenjammers, from Blackrock, was first playing an Edwin  Pouchet arra

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Pan Trinbago Responds to the Power Stars Steel Orchestra Complaint

Mr. Gregory Lindsay

Manager/Delegate

Power Stars Steel Orchestra

Western Main Road

St. James

Trinidad.

 

 

Dear Mr. Lindsay,

 

Pan Trinbago takes umbrage to the letter posted on “When Steel Talks” website.

 

The Organization is guided by a Constituti

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The Business of Panorama

The Business of Panorama
Symposium tackles the Panorama question: Is there a need to revisit the Steel Band Panorama Format?

by Dalton Narine
 

Brooklyn, New York - ...No cheap shot this, but Pan used to ride high and mighty; now, alas, no direction

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Over 400 people sign petition in support of pan players

Over 400 people signed the petition championed by international panist, arranger and educator Mr. Salah Wilson, calling for the protection of the funding to participating 2011 Trinidad and Tobago panorama players.  You are all to be commended for tak

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Grammy Winner Esperanza Revisted --

The Thwaites and Esperanza Spalding
hook up via Steelpan

Maryland, USA -  The University of Maryland Black Honors Caucus & Pan United Youth Movement (the latter led by Shawn Thwaites), was proud to host composer, vocalist and virtuoso bassist Espera

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Pan gorn clear!

Pan gorn clear!

Ontario, Canada - Oh goooode! I get christen over again! Dem pan jumbie hole me in a full Nelson and douse my head in holy water till ah ketch de power an bawl for murderation. Hear nuh man. Talk bout bess? Steupse....it was more dan

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UK Pan Tuners appoints Executives

UK Pan Tuners appoints Executives
 

UK - The UK Pan Tuners Guild held its Annual General Meeting on Sunday 12th December 2010 at the Percy Centre in Bath. The Guild was set up by steelpan craftsmen who wish to support the development of their craft a

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Renegades files an injunction against Pantrinbago

BP Renegades files an injunction against Pantrinbago

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

By Jamaal Greenidge

BP Renegades says the noise from the north stand during the panor

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Facebook, When Steel Talks, and the Steelpan Music Community

Facebook, When Steel Talks, and the Steelpan Music Community
Social plugins add power to internet Steelpan music experience


Global - When Steel Talks (WST) is committed to ensuring that the global steelpan music community remains a dynamic environm

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More on the late Carlyle Roberts Angel Harps of Grenada

Composer Carlyle Roberts who has been involved in teaching young kids to play the steelpan for a number of years with Grenada’s Angel Harps, feels that the support that young girls get from their parents, especially their mothers, is a big reason why

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Single-Pan Band Finalists: Trinidad & Tobago Panorama - 2011

Single-Pan Band Finalists: Trinidad & Tobago Panorama - 2011
 

Trinidad & Tobago - San Juan East Side Symphony continued its winning streak with 277 points at the end of the National Single Pan Semi Finals last Saturday evening.

The San Juan band und

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2,001,014 and Rising Pan People Visit WST network

According to the stats more than 2,001,000 unique visitors came to the When Steel Talks network and more than 9,507,600 pages were viewed.

Thanks Family

WST

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National Junior Steelband Festival 2010: Results Trinidad and Tobago

Performing for Trinidad & Tobago's 2010 Junior Steelband FestivalTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Results are available for the 14th Biennial National Junior Steelband Music Festival held at the Jean Pierre Complex in Port-of-Spain and the Rudranath Capilde

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