Maryland, USA - “Completely submerged in music.”
That was how Jeremy Caesar, 23, of Beltsville described what it takes to become a good musician, and that was him this past Saturday night at the annual Christmas concert of First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville.
With the steelpans, or steel drums, placed at center stage, Caesar controlled the pulse of the orchestra, creating the heartbeat of the live performance. The Georgetown Chorale gave voice to the music, echoing throughout the church.
A heartbeat, a voice: This concert even had hips — the swinging and swaying, “wining” and wobbling of the Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra. Together, the ensemble brought the warmth and radiance of Trinidad and Tobago to Hyattsville, through the lush, vibrant sound that is the steelpan.
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