Newsday -- PAN TRINBAGO has gone global with the formation of the International Association of Steelbands (tAS) which was established in September this year at the Bank of New York (ENY) Mellon, New York, United States of America,
During the Internat
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The steelband fraternity lost another one of its stalwarts in Alfred ‘Sacks’ Mayers who passed away on Saturday October 22, at the age 82. According to a release from Pan Trinbago it stated that ‘
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Michigan, USA - On Saturday, Oct. 22, assistant professor of music education at SVSU (Saginaw Valley State University) Brandon Haskett gave a solo steel drum performance in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall.
The pieces performed incl
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Siblings Jeremy and Joella Granado, eight and 11 respectively, yesterday claimed first place in the Instrumental and Steelpan solo segments at the San Fernando Arts Council’s National Junior Arts
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Janine Mendes-Franco -- Global Voices
“La Belle Dame”, one of the costumes in the 2017 Carnival band “Cazabon — The Art of Living”. Photo by Gary Jordan Photography, used with permission.
In Trinidad and Tobago, it's the time of year th
We have been working behind the scenes to get this published so that we can move on with the rest of our project. Hear is a short film showing a vision of where we are heading. If you play pan and are interested, let us know by leaving a comment and
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Olivia Drake -- News @ Wesleyan
Hallie Blejewski, a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology, delivered a talk at the Graduate Speaker Series on Oct. 12.
Blejewski spoke on “We Can Only Desire to Understand the Instrument: Steel Pan and Festival Cultur
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
Renowned pan pioneer Anthony Williams was yesterday presented with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine during the morning graduation ceremony.
In his citation, Uni
Read more…Club Carib marks half century in Oshawa
Posted on October 20, 2016 in Lifestyles
Not long after the organization got its start in 1966, Club Carib made a name for itself in the community by creating a steel drum band. The band, seen here playing outs
Green Bay Press-Gazzette
Wisconsin, USA - The Pangelic Duo — steel pan drummer Liam Teague and harpist Faye Seeman — takes the stage for Birch Creek Music Performance Center's annual Fall Benefit gala concert Oct. 22. The concert includes heavy hors
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New York, USA - There are few events that are as vibrant, colorful, culturally transcending and historically relevant on a global scale, like the elements of Carnival (Costumes, Live Performances, Ste
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October 14
i think we need a steel PAN PLAYERS association. Pantrinbago can and only do so much for steel BANDS . but what about the thousands of pannist who cant vote in a election , what about the man who sees pan past panora
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By Steve ScheringContact Reporter
During what could be a magical season for the Chicago Cubs, the students of one Oak Park school are sending their support to the team through a music video.
Hatch Elementary School's steel drum band, which is made
Read more…Steel Pan Fusions first single from the forthcoming album, Melting Pot, their take on London's diversity and rich music scene. Featuring an array of talented musicians that makes London the place to be.
Official launch of Steel Pan Fusion. A contem
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Dawad Philip
When an elder dies, a great library is lost, so the African proverb says. So too, when a mas man passes on, a storyteller, raconteur and magician disappears, a piece of the Carnival -- theatre, art and transcendence -- is taken
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William R. Aho, Ph.D.
Introduction
The focus of this paper is the class, color, and race components in the struggle to create a people’s music — a music originally and essentially of the economically disadvantaged and less formally educated citize
Steel pan, born on the island of Trinidad in the late 1930s, began as an outlaw instrument, hammered from milk tins, biscuit
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If the children of Trinidad and Tobago are to receive a quality education, then all aspects of the nation’s culture must be embraced.
Minister of Education, Anthony Garcia, said so yesterday at the launch of the Telecommunications S
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Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra elder statesman, Matthew Cox, speaks on this legendary and world-renowned music organization from Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago.
In addition, Cox gives insight
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