Trini Riddims hosts show at “Despers” panyard on June 18
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Port-of-Spain,
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Franklyn Grant stamps his name on American pop culture - from panyard to recording studio
Loop News
From the panyard to recording studio, the T&T-born producer and engineer has shaped the most popular songs
Franklyn GrantTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Franklyn Grant recalls the first time he met Mariah Carey.
Prior to meeting her, the musi
Read more…Migrant children to learn to play pan
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Venezuelan migrant boys and girls in TT will receive steelpan classes, says new Venezuelan ambassador Álvaro Sánchez Cordero (pictured).
This plan is part of the education and support programme
Read more…Pan Evolution - A Steelband Grows in Brooklyn
by Garvin Blake
Saturday, June 11 was etched on my calendar since BRIC released their Celebrate Brooklyn schedule in late April. Pan was again taking center stage at the borough's biggest and best summer festival. Adding to the anticipation, this s
When Steel Talks extends Happy Birthday greetings to veteran panman, educator, scholar, arranger and performing artist Rudy 'Two Left' Smith - June 15
Rudy 'Two Left' Smith
“In a career spanning six decades, alto steelpan player Rudy Smith has built a reputation exploring and bridging the world of Jazz with his native instrument, the steelpan; finding in each a sincere spirit of musical expressi
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When Steel Talks extends Happy Birthday greetings to educator, scholar, champion steelband panorama arranger and performing artist Seion Gomez - June 14
Seion Gomez
June 14th
When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist Seion Gomez
Champion steelband panorama arranger
Seion Gomez is an educator, champion steelband panorama arranger and steelpan performing artist. Hailing from the t
More Outrage Details on BBC’s lack of Coverage of Steel Orchestra performance at The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
“Really good to see this performance, as it was unique! Shame the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) saw fit not to broadcast it live on TV to the world as part of the Platinum Jubilee Parade. (Instead, they chose to
Read more…France takes PanoGrama 2022 title
Pano-Grama Entertainment
Mathieu BorgneGlobal - The curtains fell on the immensely popular PanoGrama virtual steelpan competition on Sunday night to much fanfare. A total of 10 talented panists representing five countries – USA, France, Belize, T&T
Read more…Remembering the late James “Jimmy” Leyden on his birthday - June 12th - founder of The Calliope’s Children Steel Orchestra
James Leyden
Birthday - June 12
"Formed and wrote charts for"Calliope's Children", one of the first High School steel bands in the US. Introduced Ellie to the strobe tuner and worked exstensively with him on harmonic and overtone concepts. Toured w
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Chappaqua Hears the Music of Drums -- NY Times
By Jane Blanksteen --- May 8, 1977
“COME on! And let it rock!” shouted James Leyden, a music teacher at the Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, trying to get the attention of the 16 blue‐jeaned and sneakered teen‐age steel drummers who were arr
Read more…France’s Mathieu Borgne Tops PanoGrama 2022 Virtual Steelpan Competition - Results
Mathieu BorgneGlobal - From twenty-four, to twenty, to ten steelpan final night artists. And then there was one. PanoGrama 2022 champion Mathieu Borgne from France copped first place, ultimately besting his twenty-three co-competitors. Borgne affor
Read more…PanoGrama 2022 Finals: Streaming of Steelpan Performances
Global - The final ten steelpan musicians who moved forward from the 2022 Panograma semi-finals have their performances as finalists streamed at 8:00 p.m. AST (Atlantic Standard Time) on June 12.
Finals - Order of Appearance and Tune Selections
Read more…No Panorama competition at Antigua & Barbuda Carnival 2022
Loop News
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The Panorama competition has officially been axed from the Antigua & Barbuda Carnival events calendar for 2022.
The develo
Read more…Speyside High gets 38 steelpans donated
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
Speyside High Principal Alson Sylvester, left, and Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, centre, look on as Iran ‘Duce’ Anthony plays a note on one of the pans donated to the school last Friday
Tobago, W.I. - Speyside High S
Read more…(Canceled) Panorama competition back on Carnival 2022 line-up
Antigua Observer
Hells Gate Steel OrchestraAntigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The Panorama competition has been reinstated to the 2022 schedule of Carnival events after news broke on the weekend that the staple event had been axed from this summer’s line-
Read more…Belize headed to PanoGrama finals
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Alexander Evans (Belize) and Shaquille Forbes (Trinidad & Tobago)Belize City, Belize - Just five countries from a starting total of ten will be represented in the final round of the 2022 PanoGrama steelpan competition, and Belize is amo
Read more…Victor Provost makes a way for steelpan on stage and in the classroom
NY Daily News
Last month, USVI-born panist Victor Provost (right) performed with an ensemble at Flushing Town Hall in Queens.New York, USA - At the age 11, U.S. Virgin Islands-born Victor Provost was taking piano lessons in a downstairs room at th
Read more…Final ten steelpanists take center stage for 2022 PanoGrama - Order of Appearance & Selections
Emmanuel Joseph - PanoGrama 2022 semi-final performanceGlobal - From twenty-four steelpanists in the preliminaries, PanoGrama 2022 has narrowed to just ten representing five countries - USA, France, Belize, Trinidad & Tobago, and Grenada – for the
Read more…Obituary of Beverly Ruthven Griffith
Obituary of Beverly Ruthven Griffith
After a courageously fought battle with several illnesses, Beverly R. Griffith of Deerfield Beach, Florida passed away on April 19, 2022.
Beverly was born on April 18, 1941 in Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago.
When Steel Talks extends Happy Birthday greetings to educator, administrator, director and panist Ashley Gateson-Amankwah - UK - June 8
Ashley Gateson-Amankwah
June 8th
When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist Ashley Gateson-Amankwah
“From my perspective I personally feel it (Panorama) is indeed a blessing. The people that I have met over the years, there is a
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