Music Makers, a music school directed by Merle Albino de Coteau, celebrated its annual anniversary with an Achievement Day earlier this month at City Hall Auditorium, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain. The lively, entertaining programme included choral selections, parang, recorder, pan ensembles and dance choreographed by Anthony John.
Music Makers students received London certificates in Theory of Music and Practical—Piano and Recorder at the Local Steelpan Solo Examinations run by the Creative Arts Centre of the University of the West Indies (UWI).
Merle Albino de Coteau and Immanuel Lashley helped accompany students on keyboard and guitar, together with George Carter and Junior Howell. Claude Griffith played drums. Christopher “Tambu” Herbert with his usual dynamism had everyone singing along with him as he performed several gospel selections.
Radio personality Vanessa Herbert and former King of Carnival Tony Alleng hosted the event.
Each year Music Makers honours a music icon. This year’s recipient was renowned pannist/arranger, virtuoso Robert Greenidge, the former Panorama arranger for Desperadoes Steel Orchestra who is this year arranging for MHTL. Like Music Makers, Greenidge is a product of Laventille. He has helped bring international recognition to the steelpan as a solo instrument. A long standing member of the world renowned Jimmy Buffet Band, he has done some film work and his recordings are critically acclaimed.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2016-01-27/music-makers-honours-pannist-robert-greenidge
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Ok, folks where is the clip for "Just the Two of US' with Bill Withers and Grover Washington, this took PAN to the main stream
Robert Greenidge - Tan Tan
A rare gem from Youtube and WST poster Curtis Betaudier
Published on Dec 17, 2015
Bernadette Paul sings "Musical Volcano", composed by Robert Greenidge, whose arrangement of this song, allowed WITCO Desperadoes to take the Panorama championship in 1991.