Vanessa’s pan ecstasy

[Pan Times]

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Vanessa Headley is the vice-president and artistic director of the Golden Hands Steel Orchestra and Music School

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Vanessa Headley may not be a hard taskmaster in the panyard.

But she’s no pushover either.

“My approach to teaching music in the panyard is based on a good balance between discipline and fun,” the San Fernando-born arranger told WMN.

“Playing music should never feel like a chore. It will never flow. But excellence requires dedication and discipline.

....Vice-president and artistic director of the Golden Hands Steel Orchestra and Music School, Headley, 34, believes that in order to inspire her charges, they must be able to share her passion and excitement.

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