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WBGO
Plants Seeds for the Future of Pan and Jazz through it's Free Children's
Jazz Series
Newark Museum - May 2003.
Lyndon Achee,
with his attractively oversized "Low F-Tenor Pan" demonstrated (pictured
up top) how the notes emanated from the pan when he struck different areas
"For many of the young attendees it was their first introduction to jazz. The children's jazz series is part of the station's [WBGO's] way of providing access to those who would not normally have it," says Public Relations manager Arlana Arrington. WBGO continues to capture the hearts, minds and imagination of the next generation as it celebrates its 25th anniversary... Look out for their next Children's event in the Fall of 2004.
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WBGO
continually cultivates the next generation of pan jazz music lovers
through its Free Children's Jazz Concert series which is a huge hit.
WBGO is recognized as one of the nation's most respected Jazz stations,
and by default, one of the world's. Educational outreach is an
important part of the station's programming. WBGO's Children's Jazz
Series, now in its 11th year, operates under the theme of
building the future of jazz, through continued exposure to the young.
The Children's Jazz Concert series was started by
Ms. Dorthaan Kirk, WBGO's
Special Events and Programs Coordinator.
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Quartet at the Newark Museum, in Newark, New Jersey.
Oliver Lake wowed the 200 plus, young and enthusiastic crowd, many
of whom were seeing and hearing the steelpan for the first time. It
was truly a session of "edutainment" as the musicians explained the
history and physics behind their respective instruments. 
of
the instrument. It is a natural marriage of the instrument and the
jazz genre. Pan is the only musical instrument invented in the 20th
century, as Achee informed his fascinated audience, and jazz is the
original musical art form.