T&T and China make sweet music
Trinidad & Tobago - For the second time in as many years, the Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble(TTCSE) teamed up with a group of musicians from Tianjin, China, to play together.
After practicing together a
Read more…Global - Jonathan Scales plays a voguish style of pan. And he does so by articulating life and pers
“Pan On A Higher Note” at Lord Kitchener Auditorium, NAPA
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO), conducted by Jessel Murray, will present their annual formal concert which will feature the first comp
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - They have been hailed as the “Liberators” of the steelband movement, and panmen. I’m talking about the Dixieland Steel Orchestra led by Curtis Pierre. It was only a few years ago the band, which blazed a trail in the 1960s,
New York, NY— The Contagious Sounds series will present works from two recently released debut albums: Andy Akiho’s No One To Know One (innova Records) which features Akiho on the steel pan in a wide range of ensemble settings, and composer Ryan Fran
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From the news desk of Pan United
Continuing our goal to aggressively promote the steel pan instrument and music education for inner-city youth, Pan United Steel Orchestra is proud to announce a new partnership with the Charlestown Community Center on
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New York, USA - He is one of the most insightful, thought-provoking, knowledgeable and intelligent people involved in the steelpan movement today. Respected steelband arranger, recording and performing artist Garvin Blake shares his thoughts on the s
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - The islands of the Caribbean all have their unique identities and signature in spite of their many similarities. No more is this borne out than in their music, rhythms and cultural idiosyncrasies. The world-class steel
Jazz on Pan a Noteworthy Brooklyn First
New York, USA - It was an evening of Jazz on Pan - and music lovers did not even have to journey into the city ‘proper’ to experience two and a half hours which showcased the skills of some of the finest youn
Happy Birthday to Mr. Beresford Hunte of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra - from When Steel Talks
Ohio, USA - From the outside, Panyard Inc. looks like a bland building in the middle of an Akron working class neighborhood on California Avenue.
But if you step inside, close your eyes and listen, you can easily imagine sitting on a Caribbean beach
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England, UK - US-based steelpan music artist, composer, arranger and educator Liam Teague performed for the first time in the UK, at the Pan Jazz concert held on the third Sunday of every month. May 15th saw Carnival Village - housed
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -Pan Trinbago has officially notified its membership - and the public - that due to a “fall in sponsorship,” a decision has been taken to shelve this year’s staging of the Pan Down Memory Lane and Pan in the 21st Century compe
Read more…The 44-year-old annual Toronto Caribana festival is looking for a new name after a trademark ruling by the Ontario Superior Court.
The popular mid-summer long-weekend parade and the other related events have been forced into the change by the origi
Read more…“if the CDC wishes to proceed with Carnival without a steelband competition then ‘so be it.’”
St. John’s, Antigua, W.I. -A major test of willpower has developed between the Carnival Development Committee (CDC) and representatives of three major parti
Ohio, USA - Oxford, Ohio was the site for a full day of pan dubbed PanFest 2011, a collaborative effort between university, high school and community steel bands, along with renowned pan artists. The evening concert culminated in a mass steel band pe
Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, veteran North Stars Steel Orchestra player David Maunday shares an insider’s view of what and who made Trinidad & Tobago’s Pan Am North Stars Steel Orchestra so legendary, and a business basti
Middletown, Ohio, USA -This past weekend was a busy one for members of the Madison Instrumental Program! The Steel Band and Jazz Band were both in action multiple times throughout the weekend! On Friday, May 6th the Steel Band performed before the Da
