When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family of musician Dave Marcelin
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Global - ....It has been brought to our attention that works of Dr. Jeannine Remy which were written exclusively for When Steel Talks (WST) upon our request - to share with our
New York, USA - He was smitten by the steelpan instrument at the very early age of eight when he first encountered this Caribbean beauty called Pan in The Bahamas. And similar to countless others, whose hearts have been pierced by the intoxicating so
New York, USA - The spirited discussion and widespread interest generated by the Trinidad & Tobago Folk Arts Institute’s symposium earlier this year on the
Read more…The late Jomo Wahtuse was awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest steelpan in the world - the Jomoline. His claim for the Largest steel pan / steel drum - Claim Number: 313592 with the Guinness Book for Records has been successful and confi
Read more…“Hello Houston - We Have A Problem” – Brooklyn Steelband Takes Over MIT - Again!
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - There are very few things that can freeze a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate, student or professor in their tracks
New York, USA - NYU Steel featuring students in the NYU Steinhardt Percussion Program gave the public a tantalizing glimpse of their steelpan music acumen when they performed in New York’s Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village yesterday afterno
Global - Steel pan music lovers - particularly those of Single Pan and Small Conventional Bands - will be pleased to know that respective DVD recordings from the 2011 National Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Finals, are now available. It is the first tim
by Dalton Narine
Henry “Bendix” Cumberbatch, who succumbed to heart failure Feb. 29, arranged for three steel bands in the 1980s. He reached his peak with an arrangement of Chalkdust’s “Ash Wednesday Jail,” which placed Casablanca
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Global - ....I returned to Trinidad in October 2000, specifically to play tenor with Skiffle Bunch, but I had only a week to learn the two pieces “In the Rainforest” and “Pan By Storm” before the finals. What a monumental effort. I remember learning
Illinois, USA- NIU (Northern Illinois University) Steelband continues to remain at the forefront of steel ensemble performances as they added a new twist to their annual Spring Concert for 2011. This year the Miami University (Ohio) Steelband, under
A British Pan Woman
by Rachel Hayward
United Kingdom - This March marks the 25th anniversary of my involvement with pan. Forty years ago pans were introduced into British schools through the efforts of renowned pan pioneers such as Gerald Forsyth a
Michelle Huggins-Watts
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - She is one of the world's foremost experts, educators and promoters of the steelpan instrument. Her name is synonymous with inspiring and guiding young musicians to achievement, greatn
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Global - ....The Pan movement utterly lacks humility amongst its peers and supporters; conversely, it lacks audacity and a sense of community against its offenders.
....Boogsie”had it right ... “Do something for Pan”. Not for your ego. Not for the
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago has announced that Registration forms for Trinidad & Tobago’s annual National Panorama 2012 Competitions are ready for distribution.
Steel Orchestras – Single Pan Bands, Small, Medium and Large Conventional Ba
Read more…Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form
Dr. Dawn Batson
Trinidad - She is one of the world's foremost experts, educators and promoters of the steelpan instrument. Her name is synonymous with inspiring and guiding young musicians to achievemen
Neal & Massy T’dad All Stars scored another victory, this time in the “Bomb” competition.
The Panorama 2011 winner copped the Pan Trinbago Northern Region’s J’Ouvert Bomb Competition on Carnival Monday morning at Victoria Square, Port of Spain, wit
Read more…Destra, Iwer and Blaxx are among the “champs” featured this Saturday (March 12th) as Pan Trinbago stages its annual Champz of Steel +Plus at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, from 8:00pm.
The popular soca stars, champions in their own right
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Germany - In 1999, the managing board of the steel pan association pan-kultur e.V. from Dortmund asked music pedagogue Werner M. Weidensdorfer if he could offer courses for children on their premises. Being an absolute pan novice, he was confronted
Panorama 2011 in Living Color "When SteelPan Pictures Talk"
Global - When Steel Talks has had both the good fortune of having within our organization (C.Phillips, R. Pope), and/or being associated with the finest steelpan
