New York, NY -American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is pleased to announce that Kendall Williams will be the orchestra's Van Lier Emerging Composer Fellow for the 2013-2014 season. The Fellowship, established in 1999, offers a comprehensive and multi-f
This is a call to duty. I am asking ALL WST members to join me (the “Ghost”), in returning to Trinidad and Tobago, for Carnival 2014. I know some of us already packed and ready, but I am asking those of us who did not plan on go
The Pan World lost one of its iconic figures at 4:00 a.m this morning. David (QRC) was one of the "College Boys" who contributed to the greater social acceptance of pan in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1950's and beyond. He played second pan with Inva
Global - It’s a Christmas Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, It’s a Tale of Two Cities, all wrapped into one - but mostly it’s a tale of an improbable journey. A life’s journey that began in East Dry River, Port-of-Spain, on the island of Trinidad with it
As a citizen of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, a Pan person, and a Carnival Arts lover, I am appalled at the disrespect and discourtesy experienced by the Steelbands and their Players at the hands of Pan Trinbago, in the just concluded Pan Is B
Well, if you really love the pan it is time to step up and help remove the tyrant who is currently presiding over the affairs of PAN in a most ignominious manner. The re
The following, is a list of words and phrases, that I have created, and/or defined over the past few years. Hope you find a way to use them in their right contexts. More to come...
Panacite: A human parasite in the Steelband Movement, who uses the p
Dear Steve (I hope I may address you by your first name),
I would like to sincerely apologize for the hurtful and disrespectful comments that I have posted against you. Over these past two years or so, we became bitter enemies. As I look back, I real
Yesterday it was announced on none other than the Pan showed hosed by the president of Pan Trinbago, Keith Dias, that two prominent pan arrangers were pulled over by the Trinidad police, and ticketed for “playing a noisy instrument.” According to th
On the subject of pan tunes, my friends, a thought recently came to me.
Do you realize that the both the sound of modern soca and the creation of pan tunes were results of the diminished participation of the steelband on the road at carnival?
Justice will flow like Water and Integrity like an unfailing stream: That is our commitment.
Welcome to The New Visionaries Pan Foundation. We are an organization that is non-governmental, organized, independent and self-governing. Our aim is to pro
ON OCTOBER 27TH 2013, THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF PAN TRINBAGO WAS HELD AND NO FINANCIAL REPORTS WERE PRESENTED. STEELBANDS WERE ADVISED THEN, THAT THE REASON FOR THESE STATEMENTS NOT PRESENTED, WERE THAT TOBAGO AND THE EASTERN REGIONS DID NOT SUBM
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Members of the executive and players of Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars pulled off the steel orchestra’s annual Christmas dinner and dance last Saturday, despite the lack of electricity, at the
I'm an Antiguan who used to play pan for Pan Rebels but decided to quit because the arrangers here in Brooklyn didn't impress me till last year. At the Bomb Competition 2012 i firmly believe that Despers USA won that competition hands down. That musi
Tobago, W.I. - TUCO Tobago Chairman Ainsley King returned to Tobago last week after representing TUCO cultural events in London, England. King and Pan Trinbago’s President Keith Diaz were specially invited guests at the British Associ