Andy Akiho takes the steelpan to the Yale School of Music
with Concerto for Steel Pans & Orchestra
Connecticut, USA - With the world watching literally from every corner of the globe through a live streaming internet broadcast, musician and composer Andy Akiho brought the steelpan instrument front and center to the collective consciousness of the prestigious Yale School of Music.
In a concert featuring new music for orchestra by Yale composers, Andy Akiho’s Concerto for Steel Pans, with Akiho as soloist was performed at Morse Recital Hall with the Yale Philharmonia, and Shinik Hahm as conductor. Akiho challenges the accepted boundaries and expectations for the steelpan instrument both in terms of music for the instrument and accepted performance techniques.
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I'm again claiming that those who are saying that this insrument is dead are probably those who don't realize the potential for Steel Pan's growth. Mr. Akiho is exampliary of this instrument's acceptance and possibilities for amalgamation with other instruments.
This was very interesting stuff Mr. Akiho.
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I am very proud of the work that Andy has and continues to do with the instrument. Keep up the good work.