NGC Helps To Preserve Pan

Kelvin scoon October 18, 2018 at 11:36am

This is the best news we have had about PAN after a long drought. Let's hope it signifies a new beginning.
Michael B. Best October 17, 2018 at 10:54pm

Mark this is a terrific step in the right direction, however, we need to move further than just preserving we need to expand on the works of the Rudolph Charles and the Bertie Marshall etc, with some new variations/developments/inventions of the future pan
Mark Loquan October 17, 2018 at 9:09pm

On October 15, 2018, NGC, together with MIC Institute of Technology, launched the training of 15 pannists from NGC Couva Joylanders, NGC La Brea Nightingales, NGC Steel Explosion (Tobago), Gonzales Sheikers. Course involves three six-month cycles (900 hours) over 3 years in
-Steelpan construction and tuning
-Science of sound and history of pan
-Introduction to sound engineering
-Music technology & Machine shop (intro)
-Welding & fabrication (intro)
-Related Mathematics & science
-Computer applications

A step towards self sustainability for bands and continued innovation.

Mark