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Local Youth Star in Unique Caribbean Holiday Pan Concert

The only acoustic instrument invented in over 100 years takes center-stage

Hyattsville, Maryland, USA - On Saturday, December 12th, “one of the best small charities in the Greater Washington region” will host an unforgettable evening of Holiday music featuring a unique and often misunderstood musical instrument - the Steelpan.

The Cultural Academy For Excellence, based in Prince George’s County, Maryland, has been teaching the art of the Caribbean Steel Pan to school-aged children for more than a decade.  The program has fostered the award-winning Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra (PVYSO) (pictured), which has traveled extensively throughout North America and Senegal, Africa, as ambassadors for the instrument and the Region.

The Steel Pan was born on the island nation of Trinidad.  Originally fashioned from discarded oil drums, the instrument has become a marvel of musical and technological advancement.  With steel bands in virtually every developed country in the world and steel pan studies in thousands of high schools and universities world-wide, the artistic expression of the instrument has gone beyond the once typically expected “Caribbean vacation music.”

This exciting concert, in the beautiful First United Methodist Church sanctuary, will feature several steel bands representing different levels of study, from young children to full-time professional performers and instructors. The performance will include works by J.S. Bach (Baroque), W. A. Mozart (Classical), Giovanni Gabrieli (Renaissance Chamber), Astor Piazzolla (Tango Nuevo), Aaron Copland (Contemporary American).  Additionally the audience can expect to hear traditional Holiday songs, and, of course, Calypso and Soca - the indigenous music of Trinidad.

This program is FREE and will be appreciated by all members of the community. For more information, kindly contact the Cultural Academy For Excellence at: vprovost@cafeyouth.org  or call 1 (301) 262-9032.

WHEN:  Saturday, December 12th, 2009
WHERE:  First United Methodist Church (Sanctuary)
6201 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland,  20782
TIME:  4:00–6:00 p.m.

 

From the News Desk of the Cultural Academy For Excellence


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