Taking pan to the world

[Pan Times]

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Hadad brothers team up with conductor, tuner...

AT THE HELM: Directors of MITTCO John Hadad, from left, Akua Leith, Mario Joseph, David Hackett and Robert Hadad, at the launch of the pan factory on the Diamond Vale Industrial Estate in Diego Martin, earlier this month

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - PAN isn’t just for Panorama.

Akua Leith, the artistic director and conductor of the National Steel Symphony Orchestra of T&T, is set to commercialise production of the national instrument.

He has accomplished the first phase of his dream of building a pan manufacturing facility in T&T, very distinct from the cottage industry that has sprung up around the instrument.

It’s been Leith’s dream to push steelpan to the forefront of local culture and consciousness.

If Leith has his way, there will be a pan in every home.

And pan will be taught in the classrooms of all schools.

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