2nd Australian Steelpan Festival

A Review by Mark Loquan, Musical Director, Perth Pandemix

What happens when you have a lot of pan enthusiasts from players, tuners, Carnival mas players, arrangers, and pan supporters in one place? You get lots of music, but more than that, you get a

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‘Pan, a gift from God’

By Marlene Augustine  - Trinidad Newsday

The national instrument — the Steelpan — has been described as a magnificent gift from God by manager of Bp Renegades Steel Orchestra Michael Marcano.

Marcano was speaking yesterday at the Holy Trinity Cathedr

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Community Salute to Dr. Winthrop Holder

Several community organizations, along with the National Dental Association, have collaborated to plan a salute to Dr. Winthrop Holder, a dental surgeon who has served residents of Brooklyn and beyond for many years, both in his professional capacity

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Pannist says art of pan tuning & building is in a precarious position

Antigua Observer

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Happy to Merrytones - educator and arranger

When Steel Talks extends birthday greeting to Merrytones.

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Highlanders Steel Orchestra gets security support

 

In its bid to assist the youth and communities that are thriving to make a better life for themselves, The Massy Foundation has

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PM to help find Pan Trinbago a home

By Gary Cardinez - Trinidad Express

After calling the unfinished structure that was intended to be Pan Trinbago’s headquarters in Trincity an “eyesore which represents the worst of Trinidad and Tobago”, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said: “We have t

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Brooklyn’s Carnival, Past and Future

The New Yorker  ---  By Miriam Markowitz

At Brooklyn’s predawn Jouvert celebration, pictured here, the shooting of an aide to Governor Cuomo brought the tradition into the national spotlight and kindled yet another debate about gun violence. Credit

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New York Panorama Panists Get Plenty Licks - Punked Again!

The 2015 New York Panorama season will go down as one of the most challenging and difficult ever experienced by the New York steel orchestra franchises. The devil was working overtime on every aspect of this season's Panorama check list and essential

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New York 2015 J'Ouvert Results

J’Ouvert City International, Inc. thank all the Mas, Steelband and Rhythm Bands, Mas Designers, Researchers, Judges, Security Media, United States Steelband Association, Basement Recording, Onez Cleaners, Bench Warmers Rhythm Section and special than

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UWI Panoridim orchestra ready to move forward

The Gleaner

In July when The Gleaner spoke to the University of the West Indies (UWI) Panoridim Steel Orchestra, they were in good spirits, preparing for the inaugural staging of the International Panorama Competition to be held in Trinidad in August

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Re-Percussions: Our African Odyssey

Re-Percussions: Our African Odyssey is the story of the steelpan, which evolved from the drum, which African slaves brought, and is today a completely different orchestral instrument. It was taken by Trinidadians to the Festival of Black Arts in 1977

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Labor Day Carnival 2015: ‘When Steel Talks’ website covers steelpan at New York Panorama and follows the Caribbean instrument – year-round and world-wide

BY JAY MWAMBA - NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

WHEN STEEL TALKS

“When Steel Talks” field technicians and other staffers in Long Island to record the Adlib Steel Orchestra before the 2015 New York Panorama.  

Each year, New York Panorama, the highly popular m

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New York Panyard Panorama Recordings 2015

WST has begun to post the recordings from this year's panyard sessions.

In addition to experiencing the stellar musicianship of the New York pan players, the recordings provide an opportunity for the listener to experience a deeper insight into the o

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Keith Musaman Morton: Steelpan Evolutionist

Film making is one of the most notoriously difficult jobs we have created in our digital age, so creating a film good enough to be shown at the Caribbean Film Festival is an achievement in itself. I met with such an achiever, Keith Musaman Morton, pr

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Euphonium Steel Orchestra Graduation

NBC SVG - St. Vincent - Picasso John

Twenty five youths were presented with certificates on Sunday for successfully participating a training exercise hosted by the Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra during the summer vacation.

The students were pres

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Revisiting -- Meet Professor Jonathan Haas - Director of New York University Percussion Studies - Founder of NYU Steel

 
 

 

New York, USA -  NYU Steel has been on a steady rise since its inception. The men fueling this upward trajectory are Professor Jonathan Haas and his field general Josh Quillen - the music director of NYU Steel. At the close of the New York U

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Russ Henderson: Inspirational jazz pianist and steel-pan player who played a central role in establishing the Notting Hill Carnival

Mick Hutton - Wednesday 09 September 2015 - The Independant

Russ Henderson's death at the age of 91 will have touched a great many people worldwide. An extraordinary man whose dynamism and zest for life inspired all those that knew him, he was still

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Brooklyn high on pan

DR GLENVILLE ASHBY Tuesday, September 8 2015 - Trinidad Newsday

MARTIN DOUGLAS is retired these days, but it appears that he is busier than ever. As we strolled into Ali’s Roti Shop along Fulton Avenue in Brooklyn for a sitdown interview, there is a

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Happy birthday to Birch Kelman - master steelpan tuner extraordinaire

When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to the great Birch Kelman - master steelpan tuner extraordinaire.

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