Bridgeport drum ensemble performing in Trinidad
Connecticut, USA - Seven high school students from greater Bridgeport area are spending their spring vacation performing with drum ensembles in Trinidad.
The group of young musicians who comprise th
New York, USA - ....The near-capacity audience at NYU’s Frederick Loewe Theatre in New York city’s Greenwich Village was treated to a wide variety of musical pleasures that took them from the music works of Phillip Glass, through that of Len “Boogsie
New York, USA - He was smitten by the steelpan instrument at the very early age of eight when he first encountered this Caribbean beauty called Pan in The Bahamas. And similar to countless others, whose hearts have been pierced by the intoxicating so
Today's Trinidad Daily Guardian reported that the $1000 dollar stipend promised to Trinidad and Tobago's 2011 panorama players have not been issued. Early this year Trinidad and Tobago panorama players chose not boycott the 2011 panorama over this sa
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New York, USA - NYU Steel featuring students in the NYU Steinhardt Percussion Program gave the public a tantalizing glimpse of their steelpan music acumen when they performed in New York’s Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village yesterday afterno
Composer Andy Akiho continues music journey with Steelpan, Percussion & more
Connecticut, USA - New York’s own Andy Akiho, now a graduate student studying for his master’s degree in composition at the prestigious Yale School of Music in New Haven,
Happy Birthday, Lord Kitchener |
A Tribute to Kitchener, our Beloved Griot Pan, Calypso and Calypsonian New York: April 18, 2005 is the Grand Master’s birthday. |
Illinois, USA- NIU (Northern Illinois University) Steelband continues to remain at the forefront of steel ensemble performances as they added a new twist to their annual Spring Concert for 2011. This year the Miami University (Ohio) Steelband, under
From Mark Loquan
Good day all
When Steel Talks extends congratulations to you, Mia on your awesome performance at your Graduate Steelpan Recital this evening!
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For Steel pan to progress, they must learn to read music
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NYU Plans to ‘STEEL’ Washington Square Park and Frederick Loewe Theatre
Tuesday April 12th 2011
For two evenings, New York City will experience some of its most engaging encounters with
Caribbean musical expression. This privilege will be provi
UA Steelband 2011 Spring Concert - “The Carnival is We”
Arizona, USA - The UA (University of Arizona) Steel bands program is back this spring with its exciting new concert: “The Carnival is We,” featuring the University of Arizona World Music Gang.
When Steel Talks extends a very special Happy Birthday to Hueloy Lila Yip Young. Hueloy is one of the founding members of Harmonites Steel Orchestra.
here is the link to Hueloy's WST profile https://whensteeltalks.ning.com/profile/VINCENTHUELOYLILAY
Read more…Former United States secretary of states Colin Powell on the Tenor Pan which was presented to him by the Goverment yesterday at NAPA
Read more…Littlehampton Steelband Festival on Saturday 30th April
United Kingdom - The Littlehampton Academy Steelbands will be hosting the first Littlehampton Steelband Festival. Five guest bands travelling as far a Tyneside will be treating audiences to a
School of Music
celebrates the big 5-0
Jamaica, W.I. - It was a jubilant and festive crowd that gathered in the School of Music Auditorium to commemorate 50 strong years of the institution at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Art
“Hello Houston - We Have A Problem” – Brooklyn Steelband Takes Over MIT - Again!
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - There are very few things that can freeze a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate, student or professor in their tracks
THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON THAT I KNOW THAT DID THAT BEFORE, HIS NAME IS "CORDELL (SPONGY) BARBOUR" AND IT WAS A CLASSIC ON A TENOR PAN
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