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The Graduates in Pan

Greetings everyone,

Within the last decade and a half, a group of pan enthusiasts opted for a call in the pursuit of higher education. The steelpan movement in many ways has lacked the scholarly approach towards its development. Simply put, there are

RIP Bill Russell

RIP Bill Russell

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Music event celebrating the Windrush generation brings the sound of reggae and steelpan drums to Peterborough

Peterborough Telegraph

Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ could be heard in the city over the weekend as live music celebrated the Peterborough’s Windrush generation

Windrush event at Cathedral Square. Steelpan musician Mr. Octavius playing at the event

Engla

St. Kitts and Nevis 2021 Panorama Competition Winner to take Home EC$15,000

December 18, 2021

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The winner of the 2021 Panorama Competition has the chance to walk away with EC$15,000 this year.

Seven Steel Pan Bands including the 2020 champions, EBJ Harmonics, will compete for t

Pan Elders Youth Steel Orchestra Concert - tribute to Dr Leroy “Black Stalin” Calliste

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

A special tribute to Dr Leroy “Black Stalin” Calliste at San Fernando Naparima Bowl

Band arranger Kevan Calliste leads the band with a song

San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....The Pan Elders Youth Steel Orchestra

Panorama champs Desperadoes Steel Orchestra installs board of directors

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Members of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra’s new board of directors installed on June 12. Missing: Chantal Esdelle, and Russell Huggins

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - National Panorama champion Desperadoes Steel Orchestra has ins

Making, Playing & Tuning Steel Pans” by Carl Smith and Justin Petty of Boston - Explore the ins and outs of acoustic instruments at fest’s Folk Craft area this Saturday

Boston Herald

The Folk Craft area includes “Making, Playing & Tuning Steel Pans” by Carl Smith and Justin Petty of Boston

Boston, USA - Discover how a range of acoustic musical instruments are made in this year’s Folk Craft area of the Lowell Folk

Legendary band leader helped popularize steel pan in Toronto, taught thousands of students

Toronto.com

Earl La Pierre leads Afropan band in Toronto Caribbean carnival’s premiere pan event

One of the founding members of Toronto’s Caribbean carnival, Earl La Pierre, shows his steel drum after a meeting at Spade Bar and Lounge in Scarborough

Artist Nicholas Huggins, and others team up for Google Doodle steelpan collab

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Global - ....Nicholas Huggins (pictured) was initially approached by Google in June 2020 and the project was intended to be a static image to be used the following month.

But he felt TT's culture was too rich to be repre

Google dedication to the Steel Pan renews calls for official proclamation as the National Instrument

i955fm

Not the ‘national instrument’ [of Trinidad & Tobago]

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Google’s dedication to the Steel Pan renews calls for an official proclamation of Steel Pan as the National Instrument in Parliament.

....And Minister of Culture,

OSA: Pan Alive 2022

Time: July 29, 2022 at 7pm to July 30, 2022 at 12am
Location: Lamport Stadium
Street: 1155 King St W,
City/Town: Toronto, ON M6K 1E9, Canada
Event Type: showcase
Organized By: Ontario Steel pan Association

Technology Giant “Google” Celebrates the steelpan instrument via Google Doodle

Celebrating Steelpan - Illustration by artist Nicholas Huggins

Doodle of steelpan instrument ‘live’ on Google’s web site

Global - On Tuesday July 26, 2022 the steelpan instrument of Trinidad and Tobago is featured and celebrated on the site of tech

Republic Bank Pandemonium beyond ‘pan-tastic’

Loop News Barbados

Barbados National Youth Steel Orchestra on stage at the Republic Bank Pandemonium

Bridgetown, Barbados, W.I. - ....Hundreds, matter of fact, thousands congregated at the new Waterford, St Michael venue to enjoy the sweet sounds of

It’s Caribbean carnival time in Canada!

CBC Kids

Afropan Steelband of Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada - Every summer, over one million people come to Toronto to celebrate Caribbean culture and tradition. It is North America’s largest street festival, this year it runs from July 28 to Aug

Pan Masters Groove - A Maryland Original

Maryland, USA - The formation of many a Steelband has historically evolved from another existing band. Such is the case of Pan Masters. Some of the founding members of Pan Masters had previously performed with the Trinidad and Tobago Steelband of Was

July 26 is one of significance in steelband history - TASPO at the Festival of Britain

Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO)

The date July 26 is one of significance in steelband history; it commemorates the performance of TASPO (Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra) at the Summer Festival of Britain seventy-one years

Google recognizes and celebrates the steelpan instrument

Google recognizes and celebrates the steelpan instrument with it own GoogleDoodles

Back-Ah-Yard mentoring Point Fortin youth through the arts

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Point Fortin, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Back-Ah-Ya

PanJam: The SteelBand Jamboree slated for today, Sunday July 24

Kaieteur News

Saxophonist Roy Stewart performing with the steel band at the last year’s concert

Georgetown, Guyana, S.A. - The creators of PanJazz Concerts have announced the 2022 edition of the annual event dubbed “PanJam: The SteelBand Jamboree,”

Marvel Studios released the first trailer for Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever