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Scholar, educator, exceptional musician and champion Panorama arranger Beverly Griffith has passed

When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Beverly Griffith on his passing.

Champion arranger Beverly Griffith

Griffith was a pianist with the Clarence Curvan Orchestra when he made his mark in the steelband wor

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Gas price gone up and Panorama In Danger; Pan men need to be paid at least $2000 each round.

Gas price gone up and Panorama In Danger; Pan men need to be paid at least $2000 each round.

Could anyone imagine a steel band of 45 players (single pan band), and pans, and their management team, practicing every day for six weeks and then get a

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Yes, ORTT for Kitch -- Editorial

Trinidad Express

Awarding the nation’s highest honour to the late calypso great, the Lord Kitchener, should be a no-brainer. Indeed, many would be forgiven for assuming that the Order of Trinidad and Tobago (ORTT) had already been bestowed upon the

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Kitchener - King of de Road by Garvin Blake (in homage of the Grandmaster’s 100th Birthday)

Aldwyn “Kitchener” Roberts

April 18th, 2022 marks the centennial of Aldwyn “Kitchener” Roberts’ birth. The Grandmaster in the art of calypso, Kitchener’s music provides unique insights into Trinidadian culture. He was a griot, singing colorful tal

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Kernal: “Give my father the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago” - Keeping Kitchener’s legacy alive

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Kitchener’s family appreciates that people cherish Kitchener’s memory. Although Kernal Roberts misses his father, Kitchener’s music provides him with comfort.

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The achievements of Aldwyn “Kitchener” Roberts are many and widely known. Even as generations pass, many know the name Kitchener is of extreme importance to this country’s cultural identity and

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Kitchener Cari-Jazz

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Lord Kitchener and Pan Music: A Match Made in Heaven

Presentation from the Kitchener symposium held at Medgar Evers College - Brooklyn, New York, USA

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“I made the steel band a real study. I know the runs and the notes that mean something to the sound of the

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Lord Kitchener and Pan Music Have A Thing Going

When Steel Talks - Reboot

Ken Philmore and Lord Kitchener

Lord Kitchener and Pan Music Have A Thing Going

by Les Slater

Panorama reviewer: “Almost everything else was some version of the simple chord structure abundant in the music of Lord Kitchen

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2007 - DeFosto - Pan Lamentation

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Well, ANDY NARELL DID IT!!! HE MADE THE SYNTHESIZED PAN TONES I have been anticipating and waiting to hear for over a decade ...

ANDY-MANNETTE STEELPAN TONES

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SFA’s Jacks of Steel to perform music of Trinidad, Tobago

SFA News

The SFA Steelband aka Jacks of Steel in 2014

Nacogdoches, Texas, USA - The Jacks of Steel at Stephen F. Austin Stage University will present the traditional soca and calypso music of Trinidad and Tobago, along with versions of rock and pop

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Clive Bradley, Ken “Professor” Philmore, Pelham Goddard -- with Nicholas Mohan

MEETING OF THE MASTERS

ARRANGERS bare some of their feelings at a Forum at Basement Recordings

What do you get when, for the first time in history, Pan arrangers par excellence agree to meet at an impromptu rap session? What comes out are Insigh

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Dow Foundation to host concert in Indianapolis

Isidore “Mighty Dow” York during his recent visit to Indianapolis.

PHILIPSBURG--Dow’s Musical Foundation plans to take steelpan music to Indianapolis, Indiana.

Foundation founder Isidore “Mighty Dow” York shared his exciting plans for taking stee

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Watch Live Stream - NIU Steelband, Steelband Studio, All-University Steelband, and CSA Steelband

Ensemble Recital Series
NIU STEELBAND
Liam Teague, director
Assisted by: Yuko Asada
ALL-UNIVERSITY STEELBAND
Joshua Bedeau and Jalen Charles, co-directors
CSA STEELBAND
Yuko Asada, director
Assisted by:
DEKALB HIGH SCHOOL STEELBAND
Steve Lundin, director
DEK

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Congrats to PanDe All Stars for winning the 2022 Jam Yeh Set! In De Rama steelpan Competition.

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Remembering the late great Nestor Sullivan aka ‘Solos’ or ‘Sully’

[Eulogy at the funeral of iconic steelband leader, researcher and ambassador, Nestor Sullivan delivered by Andre Moses, his long-time friend and steelband co-conspirator]

Nestor Sullivan

In an original, the pieces of the puzzle may often seem cont

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Music departments at 3 secondary schools receive steel pans - NCF assists students with music practicals

Music students of the Christ Church Foundation School practicing the steel pan

The National Cultural Foundation has assisted the music departments of three secondary schools across the island with access to steel pans for their students.

Singing a

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Steel Drum Construction Workshop - Sunrise Spotlight – SKY Science Festival’s Steel Drum Construction Workshop

Workshop area at Mannette Musical Instruments, with tools for constructing a pan drum from a 55-gallon barrel

The 2022 SKy Science Festival feature a Steel Drum construction workshop.

During three day workshop (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Apr

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Diversity is a key element in Sō Percussion’s contemporary chamber works

Scott Iwasaki

Sō Percussion, from left, Adam Sliwinski, Josh Quillen, Eric Cha-Beach and founder Jason Treuting, is known for creating new music through rhythmic experiments. The contemporary chamber-music quartet will perform Saturday at the Eccles

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The Funeral Service of Nestor Sullivan - Live Stream

Funeral Service for the late Nestor Sullivan will take place at 10:00am on Thursday 7th April, 2022.

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Scholar, educator, exceptional musician and champion Panorama arranger Beverly Griffith has passed

Gas price gone up and Panorama In Danger; Pan men need to be paid at least $2000 each round.

Yes, ORTT for Kitch -- Editorial

Kitchener - King of de Road by Garvin Blake (in homage of the Grandmaster’s 100th Birthday)

Kernal: “Give my father the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago” - Keeping Kitchener’s legacy alive

Kitchener Cari-Jazz

Lord Kitchener and Pan Music: A Match Made in Heaven

Lord Kitchener and Pan Music Have A Thing Going

Lord Kitchener and Pan Music Have A Thing Going

2007 - DeFosto - Pan Lamentation

Well, ANDY NARELL DID IT!!! HE MADE THE SYNTHESIZED PAN TONES I have been anticipating and waiting to hear for over a decade ...

SFA’s Jacks of Steel to perform music of Trinidad, Tobago

Clive Bradley, Ken “Professor” Philmore, Pelham Goddard -- with Nicholas Mohan

Dow Foundation to host concert in Indianapolis

Watch Live Stream - NIU Steelband, Steelband Studio, All-University Steelband, and CSA Steelband

Congrats to PanDe All Stars for winning the 2022 Jam Yeh Set! In De Rama steelpan Competition.

Remembering the late great Nestor Sullivan aka ‘Solos’ or ‘Sully’

Music departments at 3 secondary schools receive steel pans - NCF assists students with music practicals

Steel Drum Construction Workshop - Sunrise Spotlight – SKY Science Festival’s Steel Drum Construction Workshop

Diversity is a key element in Sō Percussion’s contemporary chamber works

The Funeral Service of Nestor Sullivan - Live Stream

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