Despers USA Steel Orchestra - “Wining Queen” | Odie Franklin | Brooklyn, NY Panorama 2013|

When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live the Experience

Despers USA Steel Orchestra - “Wining Queen” | Odie Franklin | Brooklyn, NY Panorama 2013|

Tempo Version - Basement Yard Recordings 2013

Brooklyn, New York, USA - It’s the annual New Yor

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Sonatas Steel Orchestra - “Fantastic Friday” | Leon Foster Thomas | Tempo Version | NY Panorama 2013

Leon Foster Thomas - arranger - panyard Tempo performance

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HERE’S WHY BOOGSIE WILL REBOUND FROM HELLO

Remember What More Love Did To Smooth's Bounce and Drive?

Back to the Archives - The Year of 2013

by Dalton Narine

...More props, too, go to Sharpe and his band of merry men, the final night graveyard performance having pushed them to exhaustion foll

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A Night to Remember - Bravo, Bravo, Bravo - Kendall Williams ACO, NYU, BSO, Crossfire and the Steelpan

New York, New York - This is a magnificent music story that is so much more. It is a story about the human condition that allows one to grow, overcome, provide opportunity and affect change on a community.

The event was “Composers OutFront“ and the

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Pan Trinbago owes panists $2m for Pan is Beautiful XII

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago still owes $2.1 million in prize money and trophies to steel orchestras and participants of the Pan is Beautiful XII national steelband festival, held in November 2013. Now five months

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Congratulations to The Codrington Pan Family - Pan Is Beautiful XII - Orchestra Class - 2013 Champions

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to The Codrington Pan Family - The 2013 Pan Is Beautiful XII Orchestra Champions!!

 

 

• 1  ***  577 -- The Codrington Pan Family
• 2  ***  571 -- Invaders Steel Or

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Another Side of Northern Illinois University (NIU) Steel Band

DeKalb, Illinois - Under the vision and direction of Liam Teague and Clifford Alexis the steelpan, the music of the steelpan instrument and by extension “Pan,” the culture and experience, have grown, been disseminated widely across the world, and mo

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Rum pum pum pum - CCHS (Campbell County High School) Steel Drum Ensemble

Gillette News Record

Wyoming, USA - Daniel Brenner Sophomore Austin Alexander, center, pays the drum set as sophomores Andrew Tyson, left, plays the double seconds and Devon Kline, right, plays the bass drum with others during the Winter Steel Band

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Golden Hands wins Pan is Beautiful XII

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Building on its memorable performance two weeks ago, the youthful band, Golden Hands, narrowly won the ensemble segment of the National Steelpan Music Festival’s Pan Is Beautiful XII at the Nation

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In Memoriam 2013 - Global Steelpan Music Fraternity

In Memoriam

WST remembers the musicians, arrangers, tuners and other pan supporters whom we lost in 2013. Please add any names that have not been listed.

• Tony Lewis of Renegades Steel Orchestra
• Cyrus Busby - Despers USA, D'Radoes Steel Orchestra
• N

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The Achaiba’s annual Christmas Concert

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Achaiba's Steelpan and Piano Musical Arts school on December 14 hosted its annual concert at the concert hall at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. The concert heard performances on pan, drum, pian

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Pan is Beautiful Finals begin

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Eight soloists and six ensembles will compete in the finals of the National Steelband Music Festival Pan Is Beautiful XII at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port-of-Spain to

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The birdsong Experience

by Dr. Kenyon Williams

 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In the spring of 2012, Andy was invited by the band to come down and play in their June benefit concert at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA

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Phase II goes to Africa

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove leaves for Nigeria, Africa on November 19 for this year’s Abuja carnival.

The reigning National Panorama champion is the latest of steel orchestras to make this cultura

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Phase II Pan Groove Panorama champs off to Nigeria

Trinidad Express

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Reigning national Panorama champion Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove will make a four-day tour to the African continent later this month as part of its first prize.

Arranger Len “Boogsie” Sharpe will lead a co

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135th AES (Audio Engineering Society) Convention - Tools and Knowledge for Capturing the Steel Orchestra

Click for AES 135th International Convention - in Pictures

 

Jimmy Jam delivers Friday’s Opening Keynote at AES

New York, USA - The Audio Engineering Society (AES) is holding its annual convention at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.  The fo

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The International Steelpan Jazz Challenge – 2013 - Trinidad & Tobago - RESULTS

RESULTS

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Antigua & Barbuda Independence School Steelband Panorama 2013 - RESULTS

Antigua Grammar School dethrones St. Joseph Academy, 3 in a row for Villa Primary

Antigua & Barbuda - Beautiful weather was the backdrop to the 2013 Antigua & Barbuda Annual School Panorama on October 30th in the country’s capital of St. John’s. The

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Indigisounds - Alternative Steelpan Solutions - debuts in New York

New York, USA - Indigisounds - Alternative Steelpan Solutions - debuted in New York City earlier today, Saturday September 28 at IMSTA FESTA NYC 2013, utilizing keyboards, and also the PanKAT as a controller with a tenor-pan layout in fifths - as the

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Varied music, snazzy outfits at Pan Royale

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The musical repertoires were varied, as were the outfits worn by band members taking part in Pan Royale at Queen’s Royal College’s (QRC) courtyard on Saturday evening. The event kicked off the 201

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