By South Florida Caribbean News
MIAMI – Caribbean American musician and steel pan protégé, Kobie Alleyne, was selected as a Presidential Scholar at Berklee College of Music commencing this fall, September 2018.
Kobie is a first generation college student of Trinidad & Tobago descent. Kobie was raised in a family of steel pan musicians and played a role as a member of the Steel Away Ensemble.
Kobie was selected for this honor out of a pool of more than 5,000 applicants to the fall class of Berklee, involving an extensive international talent search via our World Scholarship Tour. A final group of twenty candidates were reviewed, resulting in just five U.S. recipients and two international recipients.
Kobie Alleyne
With this honor comes a responsibility and commitment to your development in a challenging artistic environment and a future filled with limitless potential.
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Congratulations Kobie ! I am so honored to have you as a friend in my life. Over the years, watching you grow up, you have continued to amaze me with your incredible Steel Pan Talent ! This Presidential Scholarship could not have been given to a more deserving and talented student ! I look forward to being witness to all the amazing future accomplishments I know you will make ! Play on Kobie ! Patricia, “Woman on D Bass”
congrats
Congratulations Kobie..
Well done, congrats!!!