Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - This is the feature address delivered by the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Education, Angela Sinaswee-Gervais at the Pan in Schools Coordinating Council Cheque Distribution Ceremony at the Mucurapo West Secon
New York, USA - “....It's not noise, it's music. Bring a chair, sit down and listen; trust and believe you're gonna enjoy it. You might even jump up out of your chair and start dancing - or come back th
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Winners of the Governor General Award For Literary Excellence: Shakirah Bourne (In Time Of Need) and Winston Farrell (Barefoot On Ice).
Some may not know you were a competent track and field athlete, had entered two pagean
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PAN ANIMATION: Characters in a 2D animated series called Legends of Panderica done by Brian Matthew Benoit.
‘to another level...’: Steelpan player and founder of the Benoit Academy of Steelpan, Brian Matthew
The storied career of the artist who has been the most renowned name ever in the field of calypso, Mighty Sparrow, will be examined in a symposium presented by the Trinidad & Tobago Folk Arts Institute, in collaboration with the Medgar Evers College
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California, USA - ““...I am, and must be, an advocate for the pan every time I pick up my mallets, direct a rehearsal at school, or talk to someone about pan... I'm still just as captivated by the pan
New York, USA - “I see Pan on the same level as all of the other traditional instruments in the world, like the piano and the guitar. I would love to have a conversation about Pan with a complete strang
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Hazel was always very “avant garde,” and not only an academic but a talented musician, as well, who had always been fascinated by the pan....Some of us were schoolgirls and
United Kingdom - ““I eat, drink and sleep Pan and have now set up my own company (Panetiquette) to further promote the art form.” She lives it, dreams it - she is it...
In an exclusive interview with
Read more…In one of the most keenly contested steel band competitions in years, the Parkside Steel Orchestra beat back the challenge of its two competitors to cop the top prize in the Large Band Category in this year’s Republic B
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Trinidad & Tobago. W.I. - “Women still cannot get the same RESPECT as their male peers...
“....So when I create and want to fall in love with the music and industry again…. I just go to the younger players. I create with them in mind. You don’t hav
Read more…10: Asami Nagakiya, 30, Japanese musician, strangled
Nagakiya may have not been a world renown musician but her death made headlines everywhere when she was found strangled to death in Port of Spain. This Japanese steel pan player's body was found un
By Christina Blizzard, Queen's Park Columnist
TORONTO - Nikita Austin plays piano, flute and steel pan.
She can make complex music with a special iPad app.
Those would be big achievements for any teen. What makes it so remarkable is that Nikita is de
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New York, USA - “As a woman in pan I’ve always felt as though I had to prove that I could play just as well as the men around me. Especially when I started to move on to different sections such as the q
New York, USA - “Music has always been a major part of my life and I see playing Steelpan as a way of getting deeper into that form of self-expression....I feel like when I’m behind a Pan, nothing mat
Global - “I simply want to create music that will touch the heart, soul and intellect of the masses. If that brings Panorama victory one day, then that would be the icing on the cake.”
In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - panist extrao
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Sisters in Steel - A Tribute To Women In Pan
Their Story, Their Voice, Their Life, Their Dreams, Their Passion
2016
St. Lucia, W.I. - “I remember standing on the road side watching and listening to a steel band and I got lost in the music. It was then I promised myself that I had to learn to play the steel pan. Whe
New York, USA - “The steel pan has come a long way and I can’t wait to see where it is headed in the future.” She is a mixture of intellect, beauty, and ‘madd’ pan skills in one package. In an exclusi
History Of The Steel Drums - Pan
by Caribbeana.Org's Podcast
EPISODE DESCRIPTION - Produced by Von Martin detailing the history of the instrument known as the Pan or Steel Drum which was created on the island of Trinidad & Tobago
Von MartinProducer
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