My new suite for steel band and choir, "in the Shadows of the Forest," will be performed May 7th at 7:00 p.m. at the Virginia Arts Festival "PANorama" steel band festival in Virginia Beach, VA, at the 24th Street Stage (as a warm-up for the Andy Nare
Happy Birthday to Panist, Arranger and Composer Robert Greenidge Global - He is simply one of the finest musicians to ever grace the steelpan instrument. Happy Birthday from When Steel Talks.
Clarke: Pan in Trinidad is at a standstill
Panist Don Clarke performing at a weddingTrinidad & Tobago, W.I.- Atlanta-based panist Don Clarke believes that, sad to say, pan in his native Trinidad and Tobago “is neither going nor coming.” Clarke was b
Roland says "Panorama has evolved and we need to embrace the change"
However the rules and criteria by which the panorama competition is adjudicated has not really changed over the years. Are the judges simply not with the times and incompetant or do
New York, USA - A shrewd move, it was, on the part of those who staked out seats in the Norman Johnson Lecture Hall at Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn for the initial New York screening of “Mas Man.”
Northern Illinois (NIU) Spring World Steel Band Concert a Huge Success
Lester Trilla honored for extraordinary contributions to steelpan students and program
Illinois, USA - From Tchaikovsky to Stevie Wonder - the NIU Steelband Concert did not miss
Antiguan and Caribbean pan maestro and arranger, Victor “Babu” Samuel tied the knot with Charmin Francois during a wedding ceremony at the Multipurpose Cultural & Exhibition Centre, Perry Bay, on Thursday, before a gatherin
MAST Academy recently became a finalist in the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge, one of six schools in the running to have President Obama speak at their 2010 graduation. And now we need your help to get the vote out. Please vote for Mast Acade
New York, USA - The UWI (University of the West Indies) Arts Chorale and the UWI Steel Ensemble from Trinidad appeared in concert as part of their international tour, at the Founders Hall at St. Francis Col
USSA WILL HOST A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, ON MONDAY APRIL 26TH, 2010 AT IS 68 (BILDERSEE) 956 E 82ND STREET BETWEEN AVENUE J AND FLATLANDS AVENUE, 7:30 TO 9:45 PM. EVERYONE IS INVITED, IF YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH A BAND OR NOT, TUNERS, ARRANGERS, PAN L
Pan Podium Magazine On The Pulse of Pan in the UK Winter 2009/Spring 2010
London, U.K. - 2010 marks the end of a very memorable decade for many. The official magazine for BAS (the British Association for Steelbands) - Pan Podium - celebrates its 10th
Utopia Pan Soul : next generation presents a "youth groove" featuring entirely the up and coming younger pan musicians and their friends in pan. They have planned a culturally rich program including various steel band artists, spoken word etc. If the
The NYU Steel Drum Ensemble, under the direction of Josh R. Quillen took the stage of NYU’s Frederick Loewe Theatre located in the heart of New York's Greenwich Village, and delivered a fascinating potpourri of music for the steel orchestra. click to
Just wanted to send out a reminder about the Northern Illinois University World Steelband concert this Sunday, April 25th at 3:00 pm cst in DeKalb, IL. For more information about concert details, make sure to check out www.niusteelband.
New York, USA - History was made this April 12 as South Africa’s St Stithians College Marimba Band traveled over 7,000 miles, performing at the prestigious Philippa Schuyler Middle School for the Gifted and Talented located in Brooklyn, New York. The
