2012 Calendar of Past Steelpan Music Events

• Gala tribute organized by the Trinidad & Tobago Folk Arts Institute will honor several pioneers of the New York Steel Band movement.  Live Pan jazz performance by the Garvin Blake Ensemble with Blake on double second.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Tropical Paradise Ballroom, 1367 Utica Avenue (between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road), Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Info
   

• Launch of the New Zealand Academy of Steel Pan.  Time:  2:00–4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street (corner of Wharf), Downtown Tauranga,  Bay of Plenty, NEW ZEALAND.   Info
   
• The Laventille Steelband Festival Foundation’s 4^th edition of the Eight of Hearts Steelband Concert features 30-minute performances by each of the top 9 steelbands in the 2012 Panorama Large band category:  Redemption Sound Setters, Fonclaire, Invaders, Harmonites, Exodus, Renegades, Silver Stars, Phase II Pan Groove and Trinidad All Stars.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Laventille Community Complex, Angostura Compound, Eastern Main Road, Laventille, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Comments
   
• Pantonic Steel Orchestra’s ‘Pan Yard Opening.’  Time:  1:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pantonic’s Panyard, 2514 Albemarle Road (between Veronica Place & Lott Street), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   
• LCDMA (Le Chateau D’or Music Academy) 3^rd Annual Inter-House Panorama features performances by Hell’s Gate and other steel orchestras.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  New Winthorpes Village Basketball Court, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.
   
• The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra featuring Jonathan Scales on double second, performs, bringing a night of jazz fusion on Pan.  Time: 8:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue: The Shrine, 2271 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard (between 133^rd & 134^th Streets), Harlem, New York, USA.   Event is free.
   

• The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra featuring Jonathan Scales on double second, performs, bringing a night of jazz fusion on Pan.  Time: 7:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue: Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street, New York, New York, USA.   Event is free.
   

• Sweet Steel Pan Live with Andy Martin Sheafe, Michael “Manish” Robinson and Sonics Tokyo Steel Orchestra; features special guest performance by Ken “Professor” Philmore.  Two performances.  Showtimes:  3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Music Live House ASOB - Yamato City, Kanagawa, JAPAN.   Info
   
• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs at the Diamond Jubilee Pageant.  Time: 4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• Panyard Party with Calypsociation.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:   62, avenue de Metz, 93230 Romainville, FRANCE.  info@calypsociation.com
   
• Panist Mikhail Salcedo’s Birthday Celebration features collaboration with ‘Mikhail Salcedo & The Salcedo Quintet’ and ‘Dayo Bejide Jazz Project.’  Time:  8:00 p.m.   Venue:  Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• SteelFesTT presents:  Trinidad & Tobago All Stars Steel Orchestra in concert with The Chinese Shenzhen Music Group.  Time:  8:30–10:30 p.m.  Venue:  National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Tickets & info:  1 (868) 625-4424; 1 (868) 627-1104; 1 (868) 627-4987.   Info
   
• 10^th Annual PANorama Caribbean Music Fest - Day 2.
  Steel Band competition -
  The Steel Band PANorama Competition will feature various steel bands.   Time:  TBA.  Venue:  24^th Street Oceanfront Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.   More info
   
• Sir John Cass Steel Orchestra performs on the opening morning of ‘musiclearninglive!2012.’  Time:  10:30 a.m.  Venue:  Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, ENGLAND, UK.
   
• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs at the Diamond Jubilee Pageant.  Time: 4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• Sweet Steel Pan Live with Andy Martin Sheafe, Michael “Manish” Robinson and Sonics Tokyo Steel Orchestra; features special guest performance by Ken “Professor” Philmore.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Chiba Mihama Bunka Hall, Chiba City, Chiba, JAPAN.   Info
   
• Liam Teague is guest soloist with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.  Also appearing in concert the Greenville High School Steel Drum Band.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Passavant Center on the Thiel College campus, Conneaut Lake Road, Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA.  Info
   
• SteelFesTT presents:  The National Steel Orchestra of Trinidad & Tobago in concert with Drums of India.  Time:  8:30–10:30 p.m.  Venue:  Naparima Bowl, 19 Paradise Pasture (adjacent to the San Fernando General Hospital), San-Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.  Tickets & info:  1 (868) 625-4424; 1 (868) 627-1104; 1 (868) 627-4987.   Info
   
• 10^th Annual PANorama Caribbean Music Fest - Day 1.
  Workshops -
  Tom Miller (high pans), Maureen Clement (middle pans), and Dr. Lennard Moses (low pans) will present sectional workshops concurrently, followed by an interactive Engine Room clinic and Mass Steelband performance. These workshops are open to anyone with their own instruments and desire to learn, including bands participating in the festival.  Time:   10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Virginia Beach Convention Center, Meeting Suite 1, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
  
  Share ideas for the development of the art form in the steelpan forum: 12:45–1:30 p.m.
  • Music Fest headline performance by trumpet player Etienne Charles.  Time:  8:00–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  24^th Street Pavilion, Oceanfront Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.   More info
     
• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs at the Diamond Jubilee Pageant.  Time: 4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• SteelFesTT presents: The Inaugural Trinidad and Tobago International Conference on the Steelpan - May 6–9.  PAN Globalization:  Progress and Possibilities.
  Day #4 - Conference programme.  Time:  5:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• The 29^th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival features a Steel Pan concert.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Shanghai Concert Hall, No. 523 Yan'an Road (E), Shanghai, CHINA.   Info
   
• The New Music Group, the Foundry Steel Pan Ensemble appear in a program featuring the world premiere of the LA Phil-commissioned Percussion Concerto with soloist Colin Currie - part of the 2011/12 Green Umbrella series.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA.
   
• SteelFesTT presents: The Inaugural Trinidad and Tobago International Conference on the Steelpan - May 6–9.  PAN Globalization:  Progress and Possibilities.
  Day #3 - Conference programme.  Time:  5:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• SteelFesTT presents: The Inaugural Trinidad and Tobago International Conference on the Steelpan - May 6–9.  PAN Globalization:  Progress and Possibilities.
  Day #2 - Conference programme.  Time:  5:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Organized by Orféo Musiques du monde: Workshop & performances - Stage de Steel Drum with panist Duvone Stewart.  Time:  10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  L’école de Musique des Trembles, 1 Impasse des Érables, 38100 Grenoble, FRANCE.   Info    choraleorfeo@free.fr
   
• It’s First Sunday Island Jam with the Gratitude Steel Band.  Time:  3:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lakeside Grill, 2440 Orchard Lake Road, Sylvan Lake, Michigan, USA.   Info
   
• Concert performance with panist Duvone Stewart.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  L'Ampérage, 163 Cours Berriat, 38000 Grenoble, FRANCE.   contact@amperage.fr
   
• As Patron of Jazz in the South 2012, steel panist Andy Narell performs with Sakésho.  Time:  2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Coconut Bay Resort and Spa, Vieux Fort, ST. LUCIA, W.I.   Info
   
• SteelFesTT presents: The Inaugural Trinidad and Tobago International Conference on the Steelpan - May 6–9.  PAN Globalization:  Progress and Possibilities.
  Opening Ceremony, Keynote Address, Cocktail reception.  Time:  5:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Conference programme
   
• The fundraising 10^th Anniversary Spring Concert Of Steelbands in Boston will be “A Tribute To The Queen Of Pop.”  Performances by St. Mary’s Heavenly Fire Steelband, St. Cyprian’s Celestial Infernos Youth Steelband, Crystal Pan Jammers Youth Steel Orchestra, Pan Xpressions Steel Band, Boston Metro Steelband and Branches Pan Groove Steel Orchestra will feature the music of Whitney Houston.  Time:  2:30 p.m.  Venue:  William E. Reed Auditorium, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, 24 Washington Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA.  Info/tickets:  1 (617) 233-3578
   
• The 22^nd annual Pan NE Steelband Festival features performances by the Western Mountain Trash Can Band and other New England steel bands.  Time:  10:00 a.m.  Venue:  The Sugarloaf Inn, 5092 Sugarloaf Access Road, Carrabassett Valley, Maine, USA.   Info
   

• Sweet Steel Pan Live with Andy Martin Sheafe, Michael “Manish” Robinson and Sonics Tokyo Steel Orchestra; features special guest performance by Ken “Professor” Philmore.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1010, Kita-Senju, Tokyo, JAPAN.   Info
   
• Organized by Orféo Musiques du monde:  Workshop & performances - Stage de Steel Drum with panist Duvone Stewart.  Time:  10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  L’école de Musique des Trembles, 1 Impasse des Érables, 38100 Grenoble, FRANCE.   Info   choraleorfeo@free.fr 
   
• Despers USA Steel Orchestra presents Champions Of Steel, featuring ADLIB, Despers USA, Pan Sonatas, Pantonic and CASYM.  Doors open at 6:00 p.m.  Showtime: 7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Wingate High School, 600 Kingston Ave., Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Info & tickets - Kamau: 1 (347) 444-9964; Kern: 1 (718) 926-6578; JoJo: 1 (347) 526-9886.
   
• SteelFesTT presents:  Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra in concert with Obini Bata - Cuban Female Drum Ensemble.  Time:  8:30–10:30 p.m.  Venue:  Katzenjammers Pan Theatre, Courland, Black Rock, TOBAGO, W.I.   Tickets & info:  1 (868) 639-8992; 1 (868) 627-1104; 1 (868) 627-4987.   Info
   
• The sixth annual Ohio Valley Festival of Steel features a day of performances by various bands.  Registration and fee deadline: April 9.  Venue:  Steubenville High School, 420 North 4^th Street, Steubenville, Ohio, USA.  Info:  1 (740) 381-3613; irvine787@comcast.net.
   

• 11^th Annual Panorama showcases The Parkville High School Steel Drum Band, and Baltimore County Public Schools with steel drum programs: Stoneleigh Elementary, General John Stricker Middle, Hereford Middle, Catonsville High, Parkville High, Perry Hall High, and Sparrows Point High.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Parkville High School – Gymnasium, 2600 Putty Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.    Info
   

• The Trion High School Steel Drum Band performs.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Little River Canyon Center, 472 Alabama Hwy. 35, Fort Payne, Alabama, USA.   Info
   

• SteelFesTT presents:  The Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra in concert with PATUBATE from Brazil.  Time:  8:30–10:30 p.m.  Venue:  National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Tickets & info:  1 (868) 625-4424; 1 (868) 627-1104; 1 (868) 627-4987.   Info
   

• SteelFesTT (the Steelpan Festival of Trinidad and Tobago).   Info

• Laborie Steel Pan Project performs in a free beach concert as part of Jazz in The South 2012.  Time:  2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Rudy John Beach Park, Laborie, ST. LUCIA, W.I.   Info
   
• Festival de la Guitare et du Steel Pan features panist Andy Narell, Alex Jabot, Raymond Mardayé and other artists.  Time:  2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Hôtel Club le Marouba au Carbet, Quartier Choisy 97221 Le Carbet, MARTINIQUE, W.I.    Info
   

• The Steel Pandemic steel drum band joins several other artists taking part in the Benefit Chamber Concert for the Judith Lloyd Famous Scholarship Fund.  Time:  3:00 p.m. Sunday.  Venue:  St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 1200 Churchville Road, Bel Air, Maryland, USA.   Info
   
• Festival de la Guitare et du Steel Pan features panist Andy Narell, Eddy Palermo, Victor O, Nicolas Lossen and other artists.  Time:  11:00 a.m.  Venue:  La K’za des Artistes, 97232 Le Lamentin, Fort-de-France, MARTINIQUE, W.I.    Info
   

• Fourth annual University of Delaware Steel Band Festival.  Time:  Noon–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  On the Green between the Amy E. DuPont Music Building and the Roselle Center for the Arts, University of Delaware campus, Newark, Delaware, USA.   Info
   
• The University of Delaware (UD) presents its Steel Band Festival Concert featuring Liam Teague with the UD Faculty Jazz, Arima Angel Harps Steel Orchestra from Trinidad & Tobago, and Delaware Steel.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. DuPont Music Building and the Roselle Center for the Arts, University of Delaware campus, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark, Delaware, USA.   Info
   
• Pazzaz - Pan Jazz Escapade 2012 - features Redemption Sound Setters, Buccooneers, Kaizen Fuzun Steel, Annise Hadeed, Alston Jack, Roger Sardinha, along with Caribbean Jazz ensemble Chantal Esdelle & Moyenne, and Ella Andall & Band.  Time:  7:30 p.m.   Venue:  Pigeon Point Heritage Park, TOBAGO, W.I.   Info
   

• The Clemson University (CU) Percussion Ensemble and the CU Steel Band performs in concert.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, 141 Jersey Lane, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
   
• Western Illinois University's Steel Band performs in concert.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall, School of Music, 1 University Circle, Macomb, Illinois, USA.   Info
   
• The Fifth Annual Field of Steel features steel bands from Tucson and Phoenix schools.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the Catalina Foothills High School Gymnasium, 4300 East Sunrise Drive, Catalina Foothills, Arizona, USA.   Info
   
• Fourth annual University of Delaware Steel Band Festival features Liam Teague with the UD Faculty Jazz and Delaware Steel.  Time:  8:00–11:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Grand Opera House, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.   Info
   

• NYU (New York University) Steelband presents the world premiere of Kids by Payton MacDonald, written for NYU Steel, along with the works of Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, Liam Teague, Josh Quillen and more.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  NYU’s Frederick Loewe Theatre, 35 West 4^th Street, New York, New York, USA.
   
• The Jazz Knights’ annual Spring Concert features performances by the Jazz Knights and the Knight Steel Drum Band.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the Tyler Consolidated High School auditorium, 1993 Silver Knight Drive, Sistersville, West Virginia,  USA.
   

• WKU (Western Kentucky University) Steelband performs in concert.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Music Rehearsal Hall, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.    Info
   
• Lara Family & Friends Steel Drum Ensemble performs for Twilight Tuesday.  Time:  7:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Veterans Plaza, Veterans Place, downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.    Info:  lisa@silverspringtowncenter.com
   
• UI (University of Illinois) Steel Band and I-Pan Steel Band appear in concert.  Time: 7:30 p.m.  Venue:  The Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, USA.   Info 
   

• The NIU (Northern Illinois University) is in concert; directors - Liam Teague and Cliff Alexis - live webcast.  Featured:  Jonathan Scales and Dr. Jeannine Remy.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  CDT (Central Daylight Time).  Venue: the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU Campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.  Info
   
• The Pan against Crime (PAC) concert features the New Dimensions Steel Orchestra of New Grounds and the Mustique Charitable Trust Georgetown Steel Orchestra.  Time:  4:30 p.m.  Venue:  the New Grounds Primary School Hard-court, Georgetown, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES.   Info
   
• St. Thomas Carnival’s Steelband Jamboree features steelbands from approximately 20 elementary, Jr. High and High schools.  Time:  5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lionel Roberts Stadium, Charlotte Amalie, ST. THOMAS, USVI.
   

• Pan Masters Steel Orchestra presents a Jazz Special featuring Peter Humphrey & The Oasis Band.  Doors open:  9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pan Masters’ panyard, 4559 Rhode Island Avenue, North Brentwood,​ Maryland, USA.
   
• Christina Guerrero, senior steel pan & flute recital.  7:00 p.m.  CDT (Central Daylight Time).  Venue:  Recital Hall, Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU (Northern Illinois University) campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.  Info
   
• The Indiana Steel Pan Association (ISPA) presents its 2^nd annual Indiana Steel Pan Music Festival showcasing performances by Steel Panache, Praise Pandemic, and bands from Indiana University, Maple Creek Middle School, and Kekionga Middle School.  Time:  12:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Center for Inquiry IPS School 84, 440 East 57^th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
   
• Matanzas High School Steel Band performs.  Time: 7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Palm Coast United Methodist Church, 5200 Belle Terre Pkwy., Palm Coast, Florida, USA.   Info
   

• Pan Arts Networks presents Gospel Praise on Steel featuring performances by Gemini Pan Groove, Worship In Steel, Malvern Praise On Pan, Nativity Steel Angels, St. Paul’s Steel Orchestra and special guest performers.  Doors open:  7:00 p.m.  Showtime:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Rosewood Church of The Nazarene, 657 Milner Avenue (between Neilson Road & Morningside Avenue), Scarborough, Ontario, CANADA.   Info & tickets  -  Wendy:  1 (416) 286-7756; Earl:  1 (416) 953-0905.
   
• Prairie Breezes Mini Concerts for Kids presents I-Pan Steel Band.  Time:  4:15-5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Urbana Free Library, The Lewis Auditorium, 210 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois, USA.  Info
   

• The annual Richland College Carnival of Steel features steel bands, steel drum performers and percussion ensembles.   Also appearing Steel drum artist & tuner Shelly Irvine, and Drum set and World percussion guest artist Jose Aponte. 
  
  Overall festival time: 10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. Festival schedule/Highlights:
  • Day-time Concerts (free):  10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  • Guest Artist Performance Demo Clinic -Tracy Thornton:  5:30 p.m.
  • Guest Artist Evening Concert - 8:00 p.m.

  Venue:  Fannin Performance Hall, Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, Texas, USA.   Info
   

• Southeast Steel Pan presents Southeast Steel Band Carnival ‘12 with performances by Dragons of Steel, JaxPan, Lions of Steel Northwest Mississippi Community College Steel Band, Jacksonville State University Steel Band, Tropical Breeze Steel Band, Trion High School Steel Band and Flowery Branch High School Steel Band, along with an on-site steel pan tuning & workshop by Alan Coyle from Coyle Steel Drums.  Time:  10:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.  Doors open:  10:00 a.m.  Venue:  the Monteith Amphitheatre, McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, USA.   Info
   
• NY Pan Stars presents its Fundraising Curry Q.  Time:  12:00 p.m.  Venue:  105 A Rogers Avenue (between Park & Prospect Places), Brooklyn, New York, USA.  Info & tickets:  Sparkle:  1 (646) 764-1480; Jalisa:  1 (347) 547-5911.
   

• Newcastle All Stars Steel Orchestra celebrates 15 years and presents their Annual Showcase Concert.  Time:  7:30–9:30 p.m.  Venue:  Jubilee Theatre, St. Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, ENGLAND, U.K.    Info/tickets:  enquiries@newcastleallstars.org.uk
   

• The Florida Memorial University Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents steel panist Sade Constantine: “Unbreakable” - the Senior Recital, in partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Arts in Music Degree.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lou Rawls Center for the Performing Arts, 15800 N.W. 42^nd Avenue, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA.   Info
   

• The NIU (Northern Illinois University) All University Steel Band & Steel Pan Studio Recital, with Liam Teague and Cliff Alexis, directors - live webcast.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  CST (Central Standard Time).  Venue: the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU Campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
   
• Andy Akiho on steelpan & The Foundry Ensemble with Vicky Chow, Ian Rosenbaum, Mariel Roberts, Kenneth Salters and Sam Adams perform.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC, USA.   Info
   

• Andy Akiho on steelpan & The Foundry Ensemble with Vicky Chow, Ian Rosenbaum, Mariel Roberts, Kenneth Salters and Sam Adams perform.  Time:  9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Infini-T Café, 4 Hulfish Street, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.   Admission: free.   Info:  1 (609) 454-3959
   

• The Florida Memorial University Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents steel panist Aeron Jones: “Trying to Teach You This Thing” - the Senior Recital, in partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Arts in Music Degree.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Lou Rawls Center for the Performing Arts, 15800 N.W. 42^nd Avenue, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA.   Info
   

• Percussion Spectacular - annual Iowa Percussion show with all the UI (University of Iowa) steel bands.   Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Riverside Recital Hall (formerly St. Thomas More Church), 405 N. Riverside Drive, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
   

• Roland Hayes School of Music presents the Boston Public Schools Steel Pan Festival featuring the Mission Hill School Steel Band, Boston Metro Steel Orchestra, Planet Pan Steel Band and Zach Field Drum Studios Steel Band, with special guests PJ Adamson and Dis-N-Dat Band.  Time:  1:00–3:00 p.m.  Doors open 12:30 p.m.  Venue:  Roland Hayes School of Music Auditorium, 55 Malcolm X Boulevard, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA.  Info
   
• David Aarons’ Graduate Steel Pan Recital:  Time:  5:00 p.m.  CST (Central Standard Time).  Venue:  Recital Hall, Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU (Northern Illinois University) campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.  Info
   
• Pan Trinbago presents ‘Pan in De Countryside’ featuring performances by Phase II Pan Groove, La Brea Nightingales, Panosonic Connections, birdsong, Trinidad East Side Symphony and Jah Roots.  Time: 5:00—10:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Brighton Recreation Ground, Pt. D’or, La Brea, TRINIDAD & T0BAGO.   Info
   

• Sixth annual Lincoln Park Steel Drum Festival features various steel bands, and headliner Liam Teague.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  The theater, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, One Lincoln Park, Midland, Pennsylvania, USA.  Info
   

• Kemah’s 9^th annual 2-day Pan Jam festival features headliner Freddy Harris, III, along with Texas Caribbean, The Rhythm Project, Lone Star College Steel Drum Band, San Jacinto College Steel Drum Band, The University of Houston Steel Drum Band, The Outriggers and Hanna's Reef.  Time:  11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  603 Bradford Street, Kemah, Texas, USA.    Free admission.    Info
   

• Kemah’s 9^th annual 2-day Pan Jam festival features headliner Freddy Harris, III, along with Texas Caribbean, The Rhythm Project, Lone Star College Steel Drum Band, San Jacinto College Steel Drum Band, The University of Houston Steel Drum Band, The Outriggers and Hanna's Reef.  Time:  11:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  603 Bradford Street, Kemah, Texas, USA.    Free admission.    Info
   

• Greenville High School (GHS) Steel Drum Band in concert.  Time:  1:30–4:30 p.m.  Venue:  DeBence Antique Music World, 1261 Liberty Street, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA.
   

• Calypsonic Steel Band headlines Dine & Lime, with Elizaneda Gerner, painter and cook from Haiti, offering a buffet of culinary treats in her restaurant.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Restaurant Zazie, Werner Str. 92, D-44791 Bochum-Werne, GERMANY.   Info:  +49 1515 888 4913;  mail@zazie-karibik.de
   

• Day of the Drum:  Illini Experience features percussionists from the UI (University of Illinois) Steel Band and the UI Percussion Ensemble in this extravaganza of steel drums, marimbas, and other world percussion instruments.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lobby of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, USA.   Info
   

• Final official concert of percussionist and NIU (Northern Illinois University) faculty member Robert Chappell.  Also appearing for the evening:  current faculty members dean Rich Holly, music professor and steelpanist Liam Teague, Greg Beyer, Rodrigo Villanueva, Cheng-Hou Lee, former NIU faculty members Al O’Connor and Steve Squires, NIU Percussion Studio alumni and more.  Time: 8:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU Campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.  Info
   

• Steel pan artist Liam Teague joins the young percussionists of Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO) as the featured artist of the 12^th Annual WYSO Percussion Extravaganza.  Time:  1:30 p.m.  Venue:  Mills Concert Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, UW (University of Wisconsin) Madison Campus, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
   
• Steelin’ Thunder performs at the Humane Society of Knox County’s Tropical Getaway.  Time:  5:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Tropical Getaway, Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln Street, Rockland, Maine, USA.
   

• Old Mill Steel Drum Band performs.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Millennium Stage, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC, USA.
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• The Junior Panorama features eight steel bands as part of the ongoing National Arts Festival.  Time:  1:00 p.m.   Venue:  the grounds of the National Cultural Centre, Barnard Hill, Castries, SAINT LUCIA, W.I.   Info
   
• 4^th anniversary celebration of Pan Against Crime (PAC) Programme features grand concert showcasing the North Stars and Potential Steel Orchestras, the Police Band and many more.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Chateaubelair playing field, Chateaubelair, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, W.I.   Info
   

• Steel Praizing, Pans On Fire, Jr. Mosaic, Mosaic Chamber Orchestra and Mosaic Steel Orchestra appear in concert.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Attucks Theatre, Crispus Attucks Cultural Center, Inc., 1010 Church Street (intersection of Church Street and Virginia Beach Boulevard), Norfolk, Virginia, USA.   Info:  1 (757) 625-0545.
   
• Composer, arranger, and steel pan performing artist Ray Holman, together with his band, presents Mama Dis Is Pan.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.   Info
    
• Annual Champz of Steel +Plus features performances from Steelband Panorama Champions in respective categories, soca stars and more.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. W.I.
   

• Composer, arranger, and steel pan performing artist Ray Holman, together with his band, presents Mama Dis Is Pan.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.   Info
    
• KSU (Kent State University) Flash in the Pan Steel Band appears in concert.  Time:  7:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Middle Stage, Medina Performing Arts Center, 851 Weymouth Road, Medina, Ohio, USA.   Info/tickets:  1 (330) 636-3400.

• Composer, arranger, and steel pan performing artist Ray Holman, together with his band, presents Mama Dis Is Pan.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.   Info
   

• Steel Orchestras compete against reigning champions Parkside Steel Ensemble in Guyana’s 2012 National Panorama competition.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown, GUYANA, S.A.  More
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Panorama FINALS Competition - featuring Large and Medium conventional steel orchestras.  Time: 7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.  Order of Appearance
   
• Higher Levin presents a fundraising dinner and show “Legends on Steel” highlighting some of the legendary Black musicians on Pan.  Dinner:  5:00–7:00 p.m.  Showtime:  7:30–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Meyer Levin Intermediate School (I.S. 285), 5909 Beverly Road (corner Beverly Road & Ralph Avenue), Brooklyn, New York, USA. 
  Tickets must be purchased in advance - no ticket sales at the door.  Info/tickets - Kianne Guadeloupe: 1 (718) 810-1473; Tichard Chapman: 1 (718) 791-3216.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama Finals 2012 - Single-Pan Bands and Small Conventional Steel Orchestras.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Skinner Park, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Tobago House of Assembly (THA) 2012 Panorama finals - features Single-Pan bands and Small, Medium & Large Conventional steel orchestras.  Time: 7:00 p.m.  Garden Side Street Car Park, Scarborough, TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National 2012 ARIMA Panorama featuring ARIMA Steel Orchestras. Time: 6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carpark, Larry Gomes Stadium, Nutones Boulevard, Malabar, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Junior Panorama 2012 - Finals:  features junior steel orchestras in the Primary Schools category, the Secondary Schools category and the Non-Schools category.  Time: 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Join Percussive Arts Society (PAS) and KoSA for their 2012 NYC Weekend - with drums, percussion and performances. Among the multitude of appearances, there will be a Mass Steel Drum Showcase Concert featuring NYU Steel Band, Despers USA, Sonatas, Shawn Pelton, Francesco Beccaro, and Bob Quaranta.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Frederick Loewe Theatre, New York University, 35 West 4^th Street, New York, New York, USA.  Info
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National 2011 Panorama competition: Single Pan Semi-finals.  Time: 6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carpark, Larry Gomes Stadium, Nutones Boulevard, Malabar, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.  Order of Appearance
   

• The Tropics Steel Band performs.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Savage Library, 13090 Alabama Avenue, Minnesota, USA.
   
• Meridian Community College’s Arts & Letters Series features SoMiSPO (Southern Miss Steel Pan Orchestra) in concert.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  the McCain Theater, Meridian Community College campus, 910 Hwy 19 North, Meridian, Mississippi, USA.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Panorama Semi-Finals:  featuring Small, Medium and Large conventional steel orchestras.  Time:  9:00 a.m.  Venue:  Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Click for list of bands & order of appearance.
   

• The Tinpanic Steel Band performs.  Doors open:  6:00 p.m.   Showtime:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  49 Franklin Reception Hall, Rumford, Maine, USA.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Large Conventional Steel Orchestras:  Preliminaries Visit/Players Check - All Regions:  East, North, South/Central and Tobago.  Venues:  respective panyards across TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Small and Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Northern Region steel orchestras.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Paddock, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Small and Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Tobago Region steel orchestras.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venues:  respective band’s panyards, beginning with C&B Crown Cordaans in Bon Accord, TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Small and Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Eastern Region steel orchestras.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carpark, Larry Gomes Stadium, Nutones Boulevard, Malabar, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Small and Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - South/Central Region steel orchestras.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Skinner Park, San Fernando. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I. 
   

• Mangrove Steelband performs in Glastonbury in the City 2.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Brew Wharf, London, SE1 9AD, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Single Pan Preliminaries -Northern Region steelbands.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Paddock, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Snowflakes on Steel 2012 features Afropan, Toronto All Stars, Souls of Steel, Pan Fantasy, and the premier of a new steel orchestra.  Special awards presentations for Pan Pioneer and Woman in Pan.  Doors open:  6:00 p.m.  Showtime: 7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Chinese Cultural Centre - P.C. Ho Theatre - 5183 Sheppard Ave. E. (just East of Markham Road on Sheppard), Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.  More info - Wendy: 1 (416) 286-7756;  Earl: 1 (416) 245-6411. 
   
• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Single Pan Preliminaries -Tobago Region steelbands.  First of four bands - time:  7:00 p.m.  Venues:  Respective Band panyards, TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Single Pan Preliminaries - Eastern Region steelbands.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carpark, Larry Gomes Stadium, Nutones Boulevard, Malabar, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Single Pan Preliminaries - South/Central Region steelbands.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pleasantville Community Grounds, Pleasantville, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Andy Akiho on steelpan and Friends - Paul Hofreiter on bass and Sean Dixon.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Infini-T Cafe, 4 Hulfish Street, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
   

• Cassie Bradley’s Graduate Steel Pan Recital.  Details:
  Sonata No. 3, BWV 1005, Allegro Assai/J. S. Bach; A Visit to Hell/Liam Teague; Omnipresent/Andy Akiho; Hanba Iro/Andy Akiho; Trying Ah Ting/Liam Teague; Für Elise/Ludwig Van Beethoven/arr. Cassie Bradley
  Time:  3:00 p.m.  CST (Central Standard Time).  Venue:  Recital Hall, Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU (Northern Illinois University) campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.