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Meet Ayana “YaNz” Garcia - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Ayana “YaNz” Garcia
Trinidad & Tobago
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
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inidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Those eight minutes are magical - it’s what I wait for 364 days of the year. The emotion you feel telling this music story is like
Meet Etsuko Tajima - New York/Japan - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Etsuko Tajima
New York/Japan
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
New York, U.S.A. - “...It is a magical instrument. Especially when you play as a band, I can’t even describe how my spirit is lifted. The only way is to experience it.”
Read more…Meet Sheleen Baynes - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Sheleen Baynes
Trinidad & Tobago
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “What keeps my passion for the instrument and art form going, is having people walk up to me and express their appreciation for my skills
Read more…Meet Ke Shari J’knysa Caesar - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Ke Shari J’knysa Caesar
Trinidad & Tobago
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My vision is for Trinidad & Tobago to embrace the steelpan instrument and we can make the steelpan industry become as lucrativ
Read more…Meet Ivor Shatal Francis - St. Lucia - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Ivor Shatal Francis
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Meet Kayleigh Lewis - United Kingdom - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Kayleigh Lewis
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Meet Mia Morgan - London, UK -- Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
“I love pan because of the way it makes me feel when I play and listen. Its pure vibes. In addition to this, the relationships and friends I’ve made through pan are really something special and totally irreplaceable. Pan has opened up a whole new wo
Meet Devon Cumberbatch - Maryland, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Devon Cumberbatch - Maryland, USA
“I would love for the instrument to be as mainstream as the piano, guitar or violin. It may have a ways to go, being a fairly young creation, but I believe pan can progress, develop and infiltrate music of all
Read more…Marcus Miller dropping some knowledge on the great Ralph MacDonald, his legacy and their Caribbean roots!
Marcus Miller on Ralph MacDonald's Legacy
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Meet Natalie Wint - New York, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Natalie Wint - New York, USA
A When Steel Talks Exclusive
“Ahh, the glorious 10 minutes. It’s a feeling like no other. Indescribable. When you’re on stage and the lights hit, you instantly start sweating. Your arranger starts the count, your h
Read more…Meet Clara Ozanne - France - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Clara Ozanne
France
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
France - “In France steelpan is quite unknown. Except with steelpan players, I have to explain quite every time what steelpan is. In general people are interested and don’t un
Read more…What is the true worth and scope of the national instrument?
by Sandra Blood
Is there an elite realm of pan?
How should an elite steel orchestra be characterised? Does T&T comprise elite steel orchestras – yielding Bach, Beethoven or Tchaikovsky-quality music worthy of concert fees being $1,500 or US$250 per e
Read more…Meet Shannon Mc David - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Shannon Mc David - Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago - “I must say performing on a Panorama stage is the most invigorating experience. I feel such a thrill - like there's an energy running through my veins the second the stick touches the p
Read more…Meet Nandia Hamilton - New York, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Nandia Hamilton
New York, USA
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
New York, USA - “What disappoints me is when people think pan is just a set of noise rather than hearing the beauty in the music.”
She is focused, has a vision for
Read more…UK pan players invade Trinidad for Panorama 2018
by Shareen Gray
The trend for UK pan players attending Trinidad Carnival to take part in their Panorama has been happening for decades. Shamefully – as a steelpan industry person – I hadn’t attended until this year, and this was a spontaneous trip ma
Read more…Meet Solange Baptiste - Trinidad & Tobago Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Solange Baptiste
Trinidad & Tobago
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My love for music and the instrument keeps me going, together with the adrenaline rush and new upcoming challenges which a Panorama piec
Pan Trinbago power play
PanTrinbago President Keith Diaz.
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday - Joan Rampersad
TENSION is rising Pan Trinbago’s head office. Sources told Newsday, president Keith Diaz is practically working on his own since other executive officers are hardly in
Read more…Liam Teague has been named an NIU Presidential Research, Artistry, and Scholarship Professor
Congratulations to Panist and Educator Liam Teague
Liam Teague has been named an NIU Presidential Research, Artistry, and Scholarship Professor. This is one of the highest honors that the university bestows on faculty. In awarding him this professo
Read more…Meet Diane Thomas - Indiana, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Indiana, USA - “....Playing with others who play steel pan is really where I find my true happiness, whether it is a duo or a small group of steel pan players, or a band in Trinidad...”
A voice with uncommon beauty spoke to her years ago. It was i
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