Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The recent Birdsong annual Scholarship Benefit Concert was one of the best productions staged at the Lord Kitchener Auditorium of the National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA) since its opening. Staged by the Birdsong Academy, an academic appendage of Birdsong Steel Orchestra, the institution reaches beyond Pan to include teaching its young students in other instruments, including keyboard, string, wind, brass and percussion. Stage managed by Maria King and Calvin Bartholomew, the programme ran seamlessly, featuring celebrated US panist Andy Narell, academy faculty member and keyboardist Raf Robertson, US-domiciled Vincentian keyboardist Frankie McIntosh, sight-impaired Berklee College vocalist Nyol Manswell, jazz singer Vaughnette Bigford and Birdsong Small Ensemble.
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