Steel panist wins Young Musician award

CaymanCompass.com

Winner Ethan Whittaker has been interested in the steel pan since he was 11, owing in large part to his mother’s Trinidadian heritage.Cayman Islands, W.I.  -  Sixteen-year-old Ethan Whittaker has been honored as Butterfield Young Musician of the Year 2014 for his performance on steel pan.

At the Young Musician of the Year competition at the Harquail Theatre last week, 13 finalists ages 15 to 18 performed for judges. The finalists were chosen from a series of auditions over three weeks at schools across the island that drew 150 participants.

“I’m thrilled,” Ethan said after the show. “Steel pan has been a major influence in my life.”
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  • Congrats man it's starting to happen many more to come peace
  • Congrats Ethan!!!  Pan In Good Hands and hard work pays off...

  • Congrats to 16yr old Ethan Whittaker Steel Panist for being honored as Butterfield Young Musician of the Year. I get Goose Bumps whenever I hear these young Panist receive  these accomplishments,  

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