'The Fusion of Steelpan with Other Art Forms in the 21st Century'
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New York, USA - Vēnērunt, vīdērunt, vīcērunt - They came, they saw, they conquered. Looking back a little over one year ago, it was indeed by the fifth thunderous standing ovation any doubt the organizers of this historic event may have had about th
Read more…All 15,000 members so swear they love the PAN but they are NOT POSTING; and the one man who looks at the MUSIC and the INDUSTRY askance, working overtime to keep the forum active. Salmon Cupid invent this big, fancy, state-of-the-art instrument and h
Read more…In this 11 minute video, we have a perfect example of a major problem that persists in the pan world today. Judge for yourself and decide whether this not so stellar student has unapologetically passed his place in the presence of a pan master:
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August 13, 2016
I sometimes come across videos from the Hang Playing He
Riveting Chamber Music Northwest performances showcase an exemplary 21st century composer
August 12, 2016 // FEATURED, MUSIC // Oregon ArtsWatch
By MATTHEW ANDREWS
Andy Akiho joined other Chamber Music Northwest musicians at Alberta Rose Theatre. Pho
Brent & Kilburn Times -- London24 news network
St Michael and All Angels Steel Orchestra, part of the St Michael Youth Project SYMP), enthralled audiences in Hillside last night with their eclectic mix of pan music.
Trinidad & Tonago Newsday
ANA-LISSA JACK (NYLO INTERN) Wednesday, August 10 2016
ON THE second day of pan month, birdsong Academy Steelband and Music School received an eviction notice to vacate its Tunapuna base. The band has until August 15 to vaca
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - A slate of nine steel orchestras vied for the title of Grenada’s national Panorama champion for 2016. Commancheros Steel Orchestra turned the musical tables on Angel Harps (who beat them into second place last year) and
by Deborah Jowitt — Dance Beat
New York Theatre Ballet performs a new work and a classic at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
New York Theatre Ballet in Song Before Spring by Zhong-Jing Fang and Steven Melendez. Clockwise from R: Melendez, Amanda T
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8 August 2016
Andy Narell
Read more…We received this article from our 2016 Panorama arranger Andy Narell. Andy is a highly regarded jazz musician and composer specialized in the steelpan and a renowned soloist who has played in hundreds o
Trinidad Guardian
A special space was reserved in the VIP section for the members of Beijing’s Ritan High School, hosted in Trinidad by Panland T&T Ltd. Ritan is one of the very few schools in China with a steel orchestra and Panland invited the scho
Read more…The internationally revered music education organization was recently served notice that the landlord was advising of the scheduled demolition of their premises of 28 years on Monday August 15, 2016. The birdsong institution has been serving their co
Without a National Policy for Pan, situations like the eviction imbroglio that is presently confronting Birdsong are bound to occur. If the steelpan is the national instrument then we have to set up the national infrastructure within which steelbands
St. George's, Grenada, W.I. -- Kirk Seetahal, CEO of Spicemas, under which Grenada's National Panorama currently takes place, is under fire for the unprecdented and gross disrespect and contempt experienced by the steelband players and community in t
Read more…Many negative things going against the Steelbands and Panplayers in the mecca of PAN, BIRDSONG facing eviction, one wonders which Steelband will be next. Asami murder is unsolved, Panplayers unpaid for 2016 Panorama. With four months before the year
Read more…The steelpan via the hang/handpan is not the only sacred, cultural institution of an instrument that has been co-opted, colonized and corrupted by Europeans on a wide scale. As I have discussed this particular matter in previous blog posts as it per
Read more…It would be nice to know how the forum is leaning on this issue (especially the sideline readers). Personally, I have been oscillating; I would like to know how the other members see it.
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From land owners
Why should there be
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Merchant
Birdsong had a show of solidarity on Sunday with Prof Clement Imbert, Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah, former Tunapuna MP Eddie Hart, Pan Trinbago
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