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A WST Review -- Broad Horizon - Billy Cobham and Frankfurt Radio Big Band

And with the greatest of reverence and bravado they boast… “Yuh hear big band?”

Anyone remotely associated with Pan, Steel Orchestras, Panorama and the Caribbean understands the special meaning and emphasis of that phrase. And in the same vein one c

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Meet Khan Cordice - Director, Educator, Performing Artist and Arranger - UpClose!

Global - ....Even at a younger age, Khan Cordice’s talent was set in stone, when as a mere teenager he surpassed veteran musicians in the field of arranging in the Moods of Pan festival in his country back in 2008, triumphing that night. Months late

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Meet Nyana Price - Brooklyn, New York

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

New York, USA - “I remember going to Sesame Flyersְ’ Saturday program, I was 9 years old. Thatְ’s where I met Marc Brooks, K.J., and a few others who are still around now. I started off playing tenor

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Meet Indira Amaya Lizárraga - Xalapa, Mexico

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Xalapa, Mexico - “...everything else, is played in a different way, and that makes steel pan really more interesting. Movements you make playing this instrument reminds me of practicing tai-chi... Pan

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Meet Ashley George - New Jersey, USA

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

New Jersey, USA - “I’m always proud to see the steel pan being used all over the world. For instance, going to ICP and seeing a steel band from Japan was amazing...

“My experience at ICP was definite

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Meet Shelly George - New Jersey, USA

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

New Jersey, USA - “Finding a place for steelbands to practice is one of the greatest challenges this current generation is facing. Not only is this a problem in New York but also in New Jersey where m

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Revisited - Meet Dr. Miho Takekawa - Seattle, Washington

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Seattle, Washington, USA - “When I heard Ray Holman play on the double-seconds, I could not believe my senses. This was clearly beyond what any words could express.”

“....I start from the origin of t

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Meet Oriana Estrada - Seattle, Washington

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Seattle, Washington, USA - “What captivated me at first was the uniqueness of the instrument and the beautiful sounds it makes....” says founder of Seattle Women's Steel Pan Project, Oriana Estrada.”

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Meet Lakeisha Danglade - Brooklyn, New York

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

New York, USA - “....now I just love to play; it's in my blood. I feel like I'm a part of this somewhat secret society because there are many people in the world who still do not know about Steelpan t

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Steelpan Mom and Daughter - Then & Now

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Reboot - Happy Birthday -- Meet Alexis Schloss - Brooklyn, New York

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

New York, USA - “...challenges. There is so much to learn, from music theory to Kendall's offbeat phrasings. There's always something to do or something I don't know about as yet. Music is infinite.”

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Beyond 'Pan In Danger - Death lurking for Meyer Levin and Steelband Program

Death lurking for Meyer Levin and Steelband Program

 

New York, USA - The temperature was rising. The affected community residents were there in force - emotional, and very vocal on their positions as it relates to the matter at hand. And as the phr

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Meet Giselle Desir - Brooklyn, New York

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

New York, USA - “It’s just such an amazing instrument to say you know how to play....I feel like the community doesn’t welcome steel pan....The community needs to be more understanding and welcoming t

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Meet Danielle Gamory - Brooklyn, New York

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

New York, USA - “....It's not noise, it's music. Bring a chair, sit down and listen; trust and believe you're gonna enjoy it. You might even jump up out of your chair and start dancing - or come back th

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Meet Leah Wilson - Brooklyn, New York

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

New York, USA - “*Sigh and smile* Bass is BAE! I must admit when I first was introduced to steel pan, from an optical perspective the bass was the pan I did NOT want to play. It looked so “obzocky” an

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Revisited - An Evening of Calypso Jazz, Afro-Caribbean Music and Global Jazz

with Étienne Charles and Frankie McIntosh, special guests Garvin Blake and David “Happy” Williams, and Grammy Award-winner Arturo O’Farrill and the Brooklyn College Big Band

 

New York, USA - If you were anywhere near New York there was only one pla

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Louise McIntosh - Trinidad & Tobago - WST Spotlight

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “She was a former student of the great music phenom, Winifred Atwell. And as the founder of and an educator at the Pan Pipers Music School, she provided the entree point and s

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Meet Fatima Wilson - Montréal, Canada

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Montréal, Canada -  “Growing up, most little girls would spend their time playing with dolls, throwing a tea party with their teddy bears etc. I on the other hand was given a pair of pan sticks… thank

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Play One for Asami -- Memorial Ceremony for Asami Nagakiya.

Play One for Asami

On February 10, 2016 the local steelpan fraternity (and by extension our global family) were thrown into a state of shock and despair on the discovery of the lifeless body of one of our own Ms. Asami Nagakiya a Japanese national. A

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Meet Alanna White - Trinidad & Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My biggest challenge is people (mostly men) underestimating my ability to “handle it.” To this day before I even sit behind a drum, when they see that I am a female and I am

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