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Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon, second left-front row, along with Finance Minister Colm Imbert, right, and Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, Minister of Community Development, fourth right, at the launch of Live Music Districts in Port of
Trinidad Newsday
Marc Mahase receives the Newdsay Cup from Leslie Alfonso after topping the Acoustic Guitar Solo class at the Music Festival at Queen’s Hall on Friday.
GARY CARDINEZ
THE sweetness of TT’s music rang through Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s on
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “I will always have a passion for steelpan because it is engrained in my DNA. It is an incredible art that was created out of brillian
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Meet Nicole Archer
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Playing pan is my therapy, my ultimate relaxation, my one constant throughout the years. I don’t think I can properly explain the feeling
Was honored to be a guest artist last night at McCallum Fine Arts Academy in Austin, TX. I’m lucky to experience these great moments in my life, but believe me...the pendulum swings equally to the other side. Thank you to everyone who has been, is,
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Music Festival adjudicator Belinda Mikhail critiques the performances yesterday at the Naparima Bowl in San Fernando.
YVONNE WEBB
YOUNG people continued to shine yesterday as they showcased their talents in the final leg of the preliminaries of th
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Illinois, USA
Illinois, USA - “The steelpan has proved its versatility, by being able to shine through classical music, jazz music and other genres of music that many feel the steelp
By Abbisola Oxley
Havana, Cuba – Some 40 years ago Guyana donated the steel pans to help form the first steel orchestra in Cuba which is based in Santiago de Cuba. Today, the band is “a hit” and is popular throughout Cuba.
On February 23rd, as Guyan
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President Anthony Carmona greets Rudy “Twoleft” Smith at the Office of the President on February 20.
RUDY “Twoleft” Smith is an ambassador for steelpan in Denmark, where he lives in Copenhagen, and throughout Europe.
However, his h
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Minister of Community Development Culture and the Arts Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly experiences the Virtual Steelpan Museum which ran from February 7 to the 28 at the National Museum, Port of Spain.
Port-of-Sp
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News that Sussex Steel had been nominated for the Tesco Bags of Help initiative was music to the ears of members.
Now, the band is calling for support from shoppers during March and April, when votes in store will decide how grants of up to £4,000,
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Many of the new courses already are offered at the College Prep level, but Gordon said the schools also wanted to offer an upper-level Honors version of them.
"It requires that these courses are developed and im
Read more…...Some four decades ago the Government of Guyana donated a set of steel pans to the Cuban community in Santiago de Cuba as well as provided two steel pan tuners to assist with the launch of Cuba’s first steel orchestra.
On Friday afternoon, two of t
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Members of the Golden Hands Junior Ensemble perform their winning piece You Raised Me Up at the 32 biennial Music Festival at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando on Tuesday.
YVONNE WEBB
GOLDEN Hands Junior Ensemble left adjudicator Belinda
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Trinidad and Tobago’s 2018 Calypso Monarch Helon Francis came to the attention of the global steelband community back in 2013 when he vocalized ‘One for Bertie,’ a tribute to the late Pan icon, panist,
