Complete Summary of Results of all Conventional Steel Orchestras - 2020 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  At a glance and on a single page, access the comprehensive summary of results for the Small, Medium and Large conventional steel orchestras that participated in their respective categories in the 2020 Panorama. 

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Pan Trinbago -- Closure of Offices in the wake of COVID-19

                                                   

 

Bulletin – Closure of Offices in the wake of COVID-19

 

As the world and Trinidad & Tobago adjust to the impact of the COVID-19, Pan Trinbago Inc. T.C. is being guided by recommendation of the Off

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IMPORTANT NOTICE - from the Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton

IMPORTANT NOTICE Due to health concerns over COVID-19, all steelpan and parang classes scheduled at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre have been cancelled until April 5th. We have also decided to postpo

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Trouble in the Morning - A Moment in Pan

A song from and for better times

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Live Stream Brazil 2020 Carnival

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Congrats to Joylanders Steel Orchestra the 2020 Medium Panorama Winners

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Couva Joylanders Steel Orchestra and arranger Stefon West

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Large Band Panorama 2020 Finals Results - Desperadoes Steel Orchestra Cops 12th Championship

Panorama 2020 Results - Desperadoes Steel Orchestra Takes 12^th Championship with Arranger Carlton “Zanda” Alexander

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Desperadoes Steel Orchestra is the Panorama 2020 champion, copping the orchestra’s twelfth title, along wit

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Medium Band Panorama 2020 Finals Results

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Ten steel orchestras in the Medium band finals of Trinidad & Tobago’s annual National Panorama had their musical say on the night of Sunday February 16, 2020.  They faced judges Joanna Ragbir, Lennox London, Roger Sardinha,

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Results - Small Conventional Steel Orchestra Finals - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2020

Tobago’s Uptown Fascinators With Arranger Ojay Richards Capture Title

Uptown Fascinators Steel Orchestra out of sister isle Tobago bested thirteen co-competitors to clinch the championship and trophy in the 2020 Small conventional steel orchestra fi

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From Ray Holman's Mom to Girl Pat ------Beryl, Pat and Pat by Von Martin from his book “Voices of Pan Pioneers of Trinidad & Tobago”

The girls in ‘Girl Pat Steel Orchestra’ did feel proud of their contributions to the advancement of the steel band movement. They mastered an instrument no one ever thought would accomplish such stature in today’s world of music. “It is sad though,

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Christmas with CrossFire Steel Orchestra

A Steelpan Music Wonderland - No Place for the Grinch

Brooklyn, New York, USA - “Nah it’s cold out there - can’t go” -- were words that were never entertained or spoken by the full-house crowd that turned up for the CrossFire Steel Orchestra ‘We Th

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1000 Shades of Kendall Williams - Composer, Arranger, Performing Artist and Educator

Faculty Recital Kendall K. Williams, Pan in Motion

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Kendall Williams is an unadulterated triple threat - composer, arranger and performing artist. And of course you can throw educator in there if you like.

Quiet and unass

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New Zealand Experiences Steelband Love Through The Passion Of Marion Titmuss

by Marion Titmuss

A WST Exclusive

New Zealand - What is a white, middle class, classically-trained flautist doing trying to get Pans going in New Zealand schools and how did she get the first University in Australasia to agree to Pans being introduc

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To Hell and Back to Pan by Dalton Narine

Veterans Day Embraces 2 Trinis who served in Vietnam and elsewhere

Global - ....Veterans Day is officially observed on November 11.  So, it’s the memory of the Vietnam War and how Gerry and I both fought it as soldiers of the First Infantry Division

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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Carl Chase and wife Susan on their passing

Our sincere condolences to the Pan community of Maine, USA on the death of the man who brought steelpan music and the artform to the state. 

See WST interview Carl Chase

Carl and Susan Chase, pillars of local arts, die by choice

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The Steel Orchestra and the Immersive Audio experience - a match made in audio heaven?

When Steel Talks through our recording wing Basement Recordings, has had the good fortune of being associated with some of the best steelpan and steel orchestra recordings ever produced. Part of that fortune has been a keen understanding of the Pan i

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Revisited' Pelham Goddard - The Quiet Giant

PELHAM GODDARD was born in Clarence Street in St. James, Trinidad on December 12, 1946.  The son of a seaman and a school teacher, he attended St. Crispin’s EC school.  His love affair with music began early, with the first instrumental object of h

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A Moment in Pan - Honoring All Pan Tuners - Yesterday and Today November 7

International Pan Tuner Day

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Meet Mustafa Alexander, Panist and Performing Musician - UpClose

New York, USA - Mustafa Alexander, who started playing pan in New York during the Bradley-Pantonic years, experienced special moments in New York pan first-hand as he learned and expanded his skill set as a steelband musician under the great Cl

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Meet Nigel Byam, Director of Marketing, New Dimension Steel Orchestra, Grenada - UpClose!

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