Martinsville Bulletin
Virginia, USA - It’s unlikely that it will be a white Christmas for the Virginia All-Steel Orchestra. This year, the group will spend Christmas Day performing at Universal Studios in Florida.
Shawn Thwaites, executive director
Read more…Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Championship band Supernovas Steel Orchestra will enthrall music lovers in Antigua for the annual Moods Of Pan festival being held in the twin-island country’s capital of St. John’s at the end of the month. The orchestra wil
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New York, New York - This is a magnificent music story that is so much more. It is a story about the human condition that allows one to grow, overcome, provide opportunity and affect change on a community.
The event was “Composers OutFront“ and the
Read more…The eyes of pan people through-out the world are on those responsible for pushing aside matters concerning the Governance of the Steelband.
You all have contributed greatly to the stagnation of steelbands thus creating an atmosphere of helpless and h
Read more…Marabella, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - So The semi-final round of Talent Expression, the leading performance art talent competition in the South, organised by the Southern Marines Steelband Foundation has set the stage for a tremendous final night.
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Read more…David Rudder Speaks! - Performing Artist, Composer, Musician Extraordinaire - UpClose!
Global - The name David Michael Rudder is synonymous with a thoughtful consideration for artistic integrity, an appreciation of culture, and an acute awareness
Read more…This is a story in todays Trinidad Express Newspapers, these are the words of Dr. Lennox Archibald a US based epidemiologist, he went on to say even the US isn't ready.
T&T Minister of Health Dr.Fuad Khan says the countrys' healthcare system is fully
Read more…I think it would be in the best interest of ALL steelbands in the Mecca if they organize themselves, reach out to one another so that they can benefit from each other. For too long they have depended on others to speak for them and look at where they
Read more…The New Visionaries Pan Foundation express and extend our heartiest congratulations to Mia Gormandy, Belmont Girl, SJC POS alumnus, Trinidad All Stars member,[currently enrolled at Florida State University]on the receipt of the award of the Howard Ma
Read more…So the race has started for Panorama 2015. Well this is an open invitation to all composers of 2015 panorama tunes; email me an mp3 file of your tune for broadcast on the RADIO SHOW entitled "For The Love of Pan" that is produced and hosted by me on
Read more…The New Visionaries Pan Foundation deeply express our condolences to the members and family of Republic Bank Exodus on the untimely passing of one of their stalwart tenor players Michael Lawrence BeharrySingh fondly called "Larry" by all.
Quite a num
Read more…How do we expect to create a Pan Industry when there is very little Pan music produced. I think our big break will come from the sale of Pan music.
We are blinded by the panorama mentality that we fail to see the big picture, who could play the best
Read more…As a quick recap I posted about a year ago that myself and two friends were going to Trinidad for pre-carnival in 2014 during pan prelims and semis. I am pleased and proud to say that my friends had such a great experience that they are going back...
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Co-authored by Cape and Jocelyne Guilbault, lecturer in ethnomusicology at University of California, Berkeley and scholar of Caribbean popular music, the book, says Cape, is about musicians, the forgotten contributors of our music.
Read more…As reported in the New York Daily News
Thomas Bailey, president of the West Indian American Day Carnival has returned from a medical leave to head WIADCA. Bailey re-took the helm acting president William Howard on Oct. 28.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - ...Ms. Solomon’s family moved to the Steel City in 1984. Leigh was 5 years old when her parents decided to settle here after moving to the Bronx in New York City from Georgetown, Guyana, on the
Roy Cape, for many, is best known as the saxophone player and leader of the Roy Cape All Stars. This iconic musician, however, is a walking encyclopedia of music history in Trinidad and Tobago and most of it is contained in a new book called Roy Cape
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Although only in its second year, Pan With The Saints is fast becoming one of the better quality pan productions. Patrons who attended this event last week Saturday at the St Mary’s College Big Ya
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