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Web Posted - Saturday April 30, 2011
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Stars shine at Pazzazz

energetic: Members of Silver Stars Steel Orchestra at the Tobago Jazz Festival in Scarborough on Friday night
 

Scarborough, Tobago, W.I. - Former National Panorama champion, Silver Stars Steel Orchestra on Friday far outshone reigning champ, Trinidad All Stars, when the orchestras performed at Pazzazz: Pan Jazz in the Park. This event produced by Pan Trinbago was part of the 2011 Tobago Jazz Experience and featured several steelbands and solo acts accompanied by the Elan Parle jazz ensemble.

With mainly young musicians, Silver Stars delivered an energetic performance that saw its players singing and executing choreographed dance moves as they performed a mix of Broadway, pop, reggae, jazz and calypso.
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Web Posted - Thursday April 28, 2011
Enid News & Eagle

Steeldrum legacy: Santa Fe South group performs at Tri-State
 

A member of the Oklahoma City Santa Fe South High School Steeldrum Corps performs at Northern Oklahoma College Enid during the Tri-State Music Festival ThursdayOklahoma, USA  - Like a cool Caribbean breeze, the sounds of steel drums wafted through the halls of Northern Oklahoma College Enid Thursday.

The 14 members of the Santa Fe South High School Steeldrum Corps, from Oklahoma City, performed at Tri-State Music Festival.

A quartet kicked off the performance with “Pachelbel’s Canon in D.” Then the full band stepped in to play “Tobago Jam” by Len Sharp, a piece composed specifically for steel drums. After that, the group played “Speak Softly, Love,” by Nino Rota — the love theme from the “Godfather” — and “Sarah,” by Len Sharpe.
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 27, 2011
When Steel Talks

ROBERT GREENIDGE - In His Own Words... A When Steel Talks Exclusive
The Great One in the Spotlight - Revisited
 

Robert Greenidge at When Steel Talks/Basement Recordings studiosNew York, USA - Producer, champion arranger, composer, recording and performing artist, Robert Greenidge is simply one of the finest panist ever.  His touch on the steelpan instrument is legendary. His contributions to the steelpan music movement has help shape a generation of steelpan musicians.

When Steel Talks has had the good fortune of covering Mr. Greenidge over the years.  We revisit an early interview with Robert, where he speaks of his early beginnings and musical influences.
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 27, 2011
Maryland Family Magazine

Hereford Middle School concert aims to raise money for steel drums
 

Seventh-grader Elliott Scheps, 13, plays his Double 2nd set of steel-drums during an Aptil 13 practice at Hereford Middle School.Maryland, USA  - Hereford Zone residents can enjoy the sounds of the Caribbean without an expensive trip to a tropical island as Hereford Middle School’s steel drum band will play a free concert May 20.

The concert is followed by an evening of 20 bingo games with prizes as band members try to raise money to buy more steel drums, also called pans.

“We’ve never had a fundraiser, but I have to turn too many kids away because we don’t have the equipment,” said Chris Bennett, who started the after-school steel band in 2008.

Eighth-grader Bethany Guthall said she’s happy to have made the band all three years at Hereford Middle.

“I probably know 20 songs by now,” she said during a break from rehearsing Bob Marley” “Jamming.” “I usually get nervous right when we start to perform, but once we start playing and people start clapping, it’s great.”
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 27, 2011
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Pan, rum gifts for Royal couple
 

T&T’s High Commissioner to London Garvin Nicholas poses with a tenor pan, one of the gifts to be presented to the Royal couple Prince William and Kate Middleton who will be married at Westminster Abbey tomorrowTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A special blend of Angostura rum and a tenor steelpan will be presented to Prince William and Kate Middleton as a wedding gift from T&T’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Garvin Nicholas....The gifts will be presented by Nicholas on behalf of the Government and people of T&T.

A media release from the T&T High Commission in London yesterday stated Nicholas would be presenting the Royal couple with the unique rum blend specially brewed for the wedding and a specially branded tenor pan supplied by Nestor Sullivan, manager of the Pamberi Steel Orchestra.
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 27, 2011
Daily Journal

Meet the artist [steelpan]: Tom Berich
 

Indiana USA - Tom Berich is accustomed to the misconceptions about his instrument of choice, the steel pan drum.

The distinctive, jangly sound is closely tied to Caribbean music. Most people assume the instrument came from Jamaica and was invented with reggae music.

But Berich has to correct them every time.

“It is common to hear it being lumped in to any ‘island’ culture,” he said. “Frequently I am asked to play pans at a luau, which is Polynesian — not even the same ocean and quite literally the other side of the world.”
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 27, 2011
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Panorama champions Trinidad All Stars and Pan Trinbago slam Guardian article
“That’s a blatant lie...” says Pan Trinbago
 

New York, USA - Pan Trinbago calls today's Trinidad Guardian article a "blatant lie". In responding to the announcement in the Trinidad and Tobago national paper that panorama champions Trinidad All Stars had taken issue with the panorama payment agreement, Pan Trinbago officials denounced the article as totally false...
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 27, 2011
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Ace Panists Freddie Harris, III & Mustafa Alexander light up the Kemah Pan Jam Festival
 

Freddie Harris, IIITexas, USA - Two of New York’s well-known panists - Freddie Harris, III and Mustafa Alexander - made the trip down south to Texas not too long ago as the headline act in the annual Kemah Pan Jam Festival. Both Freddie and Freddie looked back at their experience and share with pan folks.
“I had a great time at the Kemah Pan Jam Festival with Mustafa,” says Freddie. “It was a pleasure to see all the universities in Texas come out with the four different steel bands.

....“It was a pleasure to see all the universities in Texas come out with the four different steel bands; it is also a great pleasure to see different pan players from all walks of life as well... white, black, Mexican, college students... etc.; it was very diverse.
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 27, 2011
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Pan on the move in Siparia
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In an attempt to revive the cultural landscape of Siparia, the Diatonic Steel Orchestra and Pan Institute will hold its first ever Single Pan-on-the-Move competition in the Prime Minister’s constituency on May 14. The competition, which will be held in collaboration with the Siparia Regional Corporation and Pan Trinbago, will see a total of 15 bands vying for $100,000 in cash prizes. Diatonic’s director/manager Keith Byer said the objective was for the competition to become an annual event, similar to what obtains in the Point Fortin Borough celebration....He said they hoped the pan competition would help to attract more visitors to the community, increase economic activities, promote internal tourism, while instilling a sense of pride and celebrating their indigenous heritage.
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 26, 2011
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Panmen to collect $1.5m this week
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Some $1.5 million will be paid to panmen this week. Pan Trinbago has been at the centre of controversy following the failure of payment of stipends to panmen for the 2011 Panorama season. However, the T&T Guardian learnt a number of issues contributed to the delay. Officials said poor organisation and registration errors are among the factors to be blamed for the late payout. “It was not Pan Trinbago’s fault as the organisation was waiting on funds to pay panmen. In addition, some steel bands were too delinquent in sending in their registration forms,” an official revealed. The panmen have been up in arms over the non-payment of the $1,000 stipend. The contentious issue saw Pan Trinbago and the Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Winston Gypsy Peters locking horns during the Carnival season as a decision was taken to reduce the payment from $1,000 to $800.
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Web Posted - Monday April 25, 2011
Miami Herald

Opa-locka students perform at FMU steel pan festival
Students from Dr. Robert B. Ingram in Opa-locka performed at a steel band festival at Florida Memorial University
 

Romer Ferguson, 9, a third grader with the Robert B. Ingram Elementary School Steelband performs “Under the Sea” the 13th annual Steelband Festival at Florida Memorial University, Wednesday, April 20, in Miami GardensFlorida, USA - When Romer Ferguson first saw someone play a steel pan, the 9-year-old thought the instrument was fake.

“I thought they were just moving their hands and the music was coming from somewhere else,” he said. “But then I played it and I saw it was real.”

Romer and four other students from Dr. Robert B. Ingram Elementary made real music again on April 20 at a youth steel band festival at Florida Memorial University.

The festival, founded in 2002, featured steel pan musicians from the university and other schools in Miami-Dade and Key West.

The event not only highlighted the melodious music of the steel pan itself, but also marked the growth of the steel pan after-school program at Dr. Robert B. Ingram Elementary in Opa-locka.
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Web Posted -- Saturday April 23, 2011
The Conway Daily Sun

Annual New England steel band festival coming to Ham Arena May 1
 

Steel Dreams will be performing at part of the New England Steel Band Festival May 1New Hampshire, USA - Steel Dreams, the Mount Washington Valley’s community steel band welcomes the community to a gathering of steel bands representing communities and schools from throughout New England.

The festival will be held May 1 at The Ham Arena on West Main Street in Conway and begin at 11:30 a.m.

Twelve bands will each perform their own repertoire showing the versatility of this unique instrument. The bands range in size from 5 to 50 players with participants’ ages from 7 to 70.
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Web Posted - Friday April 22, 2011
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An Evening of Steelpan in New York at NYU
 
NYU Steinhardt - Music and Performing Arts Profession Program in Percussion Studies presents NYU STEEL
 

NYU SteelNew York, USA - ....The near-capacity audience at NYU’s Frederick Loewe Theatre in New York city’s Greenwich Village was treated to a wide variety of musical pleasures that took them from the music works of Phillip Glass, through that of Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and along the way, a well-known Gloria Estefan piece, among others. NYU Steel (the New York University Steel Drum Ensemble) is like no other. No other steelpan ensemble can boast such a wide and eclectic musical repertoire.

A few in the audience had already experienced a foretaste of what was on the program for NYU Steel’s annual Spring concert when they attended the performance of the mini-ensemble on Monday at Washington Square Park just around the corner.
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Web Posted - Friday April 22, 2011
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Point Pan on the move
 

Point Fortin Tornadoes fills the bandstand at the Victor Chin Kit Park with the sweet sound of steelTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan, sweet pan, was the highlight on the evening of April 15 in the cultural capital of T&T—Point Fortin. Glorious Steel marked the launch of the Pan On The Move programme for the upcoming annual Borough Day celebrations. From as early as 6 pm police blocked off the Southern Main Road, as a large contingent of pan fanatics from across the nation gathered. The event featured five sizzling stage sides rendering a compilation of soca, calypso, R&B and classical music. The bands included Point Fortin Tornadoes, NLCB Fonclaire, San City Steel Orchestra, Carib Woodbrook Playboyz and Trinidad Valley Harps.

The crew from San City kicked off the night with a wonderful rendition of Explainer’s Lorraine, which had members of other bands jumping to the music.....Trinidad Valley Harps showed that it, too, could perform big hits, as it executed a beautiful rendition of Lionel Richie’s All Night Long.
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Web Posted - Thursday April 21, 2011
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Meet Dr. Jonathan Haas - Director of the NYU Steinhardt Percussion Program
The man who brought the Steelpan to NYU... big-time!
 

Jonathan Haas during his WST interviewNew York, USA - He was smitten by the steelpan instrument at the very early age of eight when he first encountered this Caribbean beauty called Pan in The Bahamas. And similar to countless others, whose hearts have been pierced by the intoxicating sound delivered by the Percussion Gods through this instrument - for world-renowned percussionist Jonathan Haas it was and is, a lifetime love affair.

....Haas explained “....I thought that one of the most important elements of what we were going to teach is for our students to get involved in the community, in the world, and what better way than with steeldrums. We’re the first major University [NYU - New York University] on the eastern seaboard to begin a program like this...”
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 20, 2011
Trinidad & Tobago Government News

Ministry Moves to Protect Steel Pan
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the Ministry of Legal Affairs (MLA) has moved swiftly to defend against another attempt in the United States of America to secure patent rights for the steel pan.

It has recently come to the attention of the MLA, through attorneys in the United States that a challenge was made since October against a previous ruling which preserved the right of pan manufacturers to make and distribute the national instrument. If successful, the challenge would place a legal bar against manufacture and export of the steel pan into the United States.

Immediately upon learning of this development however, the Minister of Legal Affairs, Honourable Prakash Ramadhar, consulted with the Attorney General and gave approval for lawyers in the US to file a defense with the United States Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO).
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 20, 2011
When Steel Talks

Deconstructing the Steel Band Panorama Format - Panel Discussion
 

NYU Steel Drum EnsembleNew York, USA - The spirited discussion and widespread interest generated by the Trinidad & Tobago Folk Arts Institute’s symposium earlier this year on the format of the steel band Panorama competition has prompted the organization to schedule a panel discussion on the topic as its next forum at Medgar Evers College, whose School of Professional & Community Development is the collaborating partner for this ongoing series centered on the indigenous folk culture of Trinidad and Tobago. The panel discussion entitled “Deconstructing the Steel Band Panorama” will be held Thursday evening, April 28 in the Mary Pinkett Lecture Hall on the Medgar Evers College campus, Brooklyn from 7:00-10:00 PM.
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 19, 2011
Connecticut Post

Bridgeport drum ensemble performing in Trinidad
 

Students at Jim Royle Drum Studio in Bridgeport, Conn. performed a mini-concert for family at the studio on Thursday April 14, 2011. The students, who are from various local high schools, will be traveling to Trinidad on Friday April 15th to perform a concert using traditional steel drums. Bassist Isaiah Mansour, left, is also a member of the band which will performConnecticut, USA  - Seven high school students from greater Bridgeport area are spending their spring vacation performing with drum ensembles in Trinidad.

The group of young musicians who comprise the “A” ensemble at the Jim Royle Drum Studio, on Wood Avenue, left for their 10-day trip to the Caribbean island on Friday.

"They worked so hard for this trip," said Nina Soalt, the mother of the group's lone bass guitarist, Isaiah Mansour.

Mansour, 15, a sophomore at Fairfield Warde High School, and the nine high-school students who make up the steel drum ensemble practiced for several hours once a week and gave a special performance for their parents Thursday night. By dawn Friday, they were headed to the airport.
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 19, 2011
Littlehampton Gazette

Caribbean sound to Littlehampton town
 

United Kingdom - Calypso sounds will give the town a Caribbean twist, at the first Littlehampton Academy Steel Band Festival.

....“This will be a fantastic opportunity for the local community to experience the highest-quality music making from world-class musicians.”

“Brent Holder, a former world champion steelpan soloist, will be working with TLA steel bands during the morning of the festival as well a performing with his band in the afternoon.”

....Among the other top attractions will be performances from Rachel Hayward and Jenny Gilberg, also former British steelpan soloist champions, and Euphoria, from Brighton.
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 19, 2011
When Steel Talks

Pan in the Park as NYU Steel plays in NY’s Washington Square Park
 

NYU Steel Drum EnsembleNew York, USA - NYU Steel featuring students in the NYU Steinhardt Percussion Program gave the public a tantalizing glimpse of their steelpan music acumen when they performed in New York’s Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village yesterday afternoon. This is the first of two performances this week, and it previewed the steel ensemble’s upcoming concert on Wednesday evening. When Steel Talks was on hand to capture highlights of the event.

Not even the slightly grey skies overhead could maintain its dour countenance as NYU Steel from New York University kept up a determined music pulse and rhythm in the rather cool afternoon.
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Web Posted - Monday April 18, 2011
SpiceIslander.com

Steelband Jamboree among Easter Weekend Activities in Tanteen
 

St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. -  Residents of the Carenage in St. George’s will host two days of family activities in Tanteen over the Easter weekend.

Activities begin on Sunday, April 24, 4 p.m., with several steelbands participating in a Pan Jamboree. It’s being organised by defending Bomb Tune Competition champions, Republic Bank Angel Harps Steel Orchestra.

The Jamboree, scheduled for the Tanteen Netball Court, will include the sale of food and drinks, and numerous children’s games.
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Web Posted - Sunday April 17, 2011
When Steel Talks

NIU and Miami University (Ohio) Steelbands rock the house in concert
 

Miami University (Ohio) and NIU Steelbands perform in concertIllinois, USA - NIU (Northern Illinois University) Steelband continues to remain at the forefront of steel ensemble performances as they added a new twist to their annual Spring Concert for 2011. This year the Miami University (Ohio) Steelband, under the direction of Dr. Chris Tanner was also featured. The two orchestras gave a very varied repertoire, both singly and as a combined band, that covered both Caribbean and popular style music at the venue, the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in NIU’s Music building.
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Web Posted - Friday April 15, 2011
When Steel Talks

Composer Andy Akiho continues music journey with Steelpan, Percussion & more
 

Andy Akiho on steel pan performing with string quartet in Jordan Kuspa's ‘Hit the Spot’ at the Yale University School of MusicConnecticut, USA - New York’s own Andy Akiho, now a graduate student studying for his master’s degree in composition at the prestigious Yale School of Music in New Haven, Connecticut, again took his musical genius as an eclectic composer and proven skill set on the steelpan instrument into another musical ‘cosmos’ last evening. Akiho continues to challenge the musically acceptable and expected norms for steel pan music performances and collaborations.

In a musical event that was streamed live over the internet, Andy Akiho was highlighted as part of “New Music New Haven” featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Yehudi Wyner, along with other pieces for unconventional chamber ensembles by up-and-coming composers.
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Web Posted - Thursday April 14, 2011
When Steel Talks

NYU Steel Drum Ensemble plans to ‘STEEL’ Washington Square Park and Frederick Loewe Theatre
 

NYU Steel logoNew York, USA - For two evenings, New York City will experience some of its most engaging encounters with Caribbean musical expression. This privilege will be provided by the New York University Steel Drum Ensemble (NYU STEEL), as they embark on a mini series of astounding performances to showcase their immense talent, repertoire and versatility in steel drum performance. The first event will be held on Monday April 18th in Washington Square Park (#1 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY).  The second follows at on Wednesday, April 20th in NYU’s Frederick Loewe Theatre (35 West 4th Street, New York, NY).
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Web Posted - Thursday April 14, 2011
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Pan tribute
 

Japanese Katsunari Imai, left, and Yoichi Watanabe display their CD, titled What The World Needs Now Is LoveTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Music transcends boundaries and time. It has the power to touch the human soul. Steelpan music is indeed no exception. Japanese Yoichi Watanabe and Katsunari Imai know this all too well and have teamed up with some of this country’s most esteemed panists, orchestras and pan soloists to produce a music tribute to Japan titled—What The World Needs Now Is Love. The purpose of the project, they explained, was two-fold.

....The CD compilation, carded to be completed at the end of April, features original and cover tracks from the likes of Len Sharpe (Boogsie), Ken Philmore (Professor), Fonclare, Pat Bishop and the Lydian Singers, Ray Holman and Earl Brooks.
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Web Posted - Wednesday April 13, 2011
When Steel Talks

Out of pain this culture was born - The Steelband of Trinidad & Tobago
 

Map of Trinidad & TobagoGlobal - Out of the pain of slavery, indentureship, colonialism and imperialism and through continuing resistance to the causes of that pain, the working class in a tiny polyglot island in the Southern Caribbean created and shaped a culture central to which is this transcendent phenomenon called Pan - at once an instrument and a movement. The story of Pan, therefore, is a story of a movement of people up from forced labour, through colonialism and the false dawn of petty bourgeois nationalism toward genuine emancipation/human liberation.
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 12, 2011
When Steel Talks

A Not-So-Brief History of the United States Navy Steel Band
 

Navy Steel Band leader Skip Poole performing at the Admiral's Quarters in San Juan, Puerto RicoGlobal - I have been asked by When Steel Talks to write a history of the Navy Steel Band during my tenure as the Leader.

Duty with the Navy Steel Band was a very unique opportunity, there was no other US Military Band like it, and probably no other military steel band anywhere (expect possibly in the Caribbean). To me this was one of my favorite tours of duty.

In my Navy career I went on to several other bands serving as leader, but the Navy Steel Band was my first band as leader and the most demanding and exciting!
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 12, 2011
When Steel Talks

Dr. Michael Bump Got it Right - the experience of the Steelband Panyard
 

Invaders Steel OrchestraGlobal - Pan Times responds to a podcast of an interview by Dave Gerhart with Dr. Michael Bump, Associate Professor of Percussion at Truman State University, a couple of weeks ago. Dr. Bump talked about his experience in Trinidad and Tobago during Panorama 2011. Pan Times examines the priceless and irreplaceable value of the true Panyard experience. Dr. Bump recently performed with Invaders Steel Orchestra (pictured) while on sabbatical at Truman State.
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 12, 2011
When Steel Talks

Pazazz, a Pan Jazz escapade - is It!
 

Ken 'Professor' PhilmoreTobago, W.I. - Pazzaz, a pan jazz escapade produced by Pan Trinbago will be held at Pigeon Point Heritage Park, Tobago, on Friday April 29, 2011, from 7:30 p.m.

This year’s line up presents Panorama (Large Band) winner Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra, Silver Stars Steel Orchestra, Tobago’s Steel Xplosion and Buccooners Steel Ensemble along with steelpan soloists Ken “Professor” Philmore, Jason “Peanuts” Isaacs and Emmanuel “Jack “Riley of Invaders fame. Also making the cut is contemporary jazz ensemble Elan Parle with vocalist Candice Alcantara.
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Web Posted - Monday April 11, 2011
When Steel Talks

“Hello Houston - We Have A Problem” – Brooklyn Steelband Takes Over MIT - Again!
 

Pantonic Steel Orchestra performing at MITCambridge, Massachusetts, USA - There are very few things that can freeze a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate, student or professor in their tracks and simultaneously etch an unforgettable image of complete wonderment on their faces. After all MIT is the stomping grounds for some of the most brilliant technological minds in the world. And yet that is exactly what transpired when Pantonic Steel Orchestra took center stage during this past weekend’s CPW (campus preview weekend).

....Every year New York’s Pantonic Steel Orchestra treks up the I-95 turnpike from Brooklyn to Massachusetts as guest of the MIT Caribbean Club to perform to perspective students and the MIT community during their CPW. It is one of the signature events that marks the beginning of Spring. As one excited MIT student told WST - he looks forward to taking in Pantonic every year. It has become an expected part of his MIT experience.
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Web Posted - Sunday April 10, 2011
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The EMC Steel Band in collaboration with the percussionists gave a scintillating performance at the recently held School of Music 50th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving and CelebrationJamaica, W.I. - It was a jubilant and festive crowd that gathered in the School of Music Auditorium to commemorate 50 strong years of the institution at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMC).

....EMC's Steel Band rendition of Oshkosh Jump, composed by Ray Holman and transcribed by Jeannine Remy, was enjoyed immensely.

....Another item of note was Gloria Estefan's Reach, led by Vincentian School of Music student Rodney Small on steel pan and percussion. At the end of the performance, the audience erupted into an echoing applause expressing appreciation for the energetic presentation.

Allegro by J.H Fiocco was presented by School of Music student Reajhaun Baptiste on steel pan and faculty member Ann McNamee on piano.
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Web Posted - Friday April 8, 2011
Neston News

Steelpans and Saucepans at Parkgate Primary
 

Parkgate Primary school pupils at the Steelpan WorkshopUnited Kingdom - ....As part of Parkgate Primary's Multi-Cultural Week, a Steelpan Workshop took place on Friday, offering pupils the opportunity to listen to some fabulous summery music.

They also learned about how the instruments are made and played, and some were even lucky enough to have a go themselves.
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Web Posted - Friday April 8, 2011
When Steel Talks

Steelpan Music Veterans share memories of past pan experiences - performances, videos, music, history
 

WST LogoGlobal - Veterans of the steelpan music community from all over the world have come together to share their fascinating stories, experiences, music, videos and images with the global steelpan fraternity online in the When Steel Talks forum.

The forum has over 8,100 members and is the largest active web-based steelpan music network. Thousands of pictures, videos and discussions are available to its members.
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Web Posted - Friday April 8, 2011
When Steel Talks

UA Steelband 2011 Spring Concert - “The Carnival is We”
 

UA SteelbandArizona, USA - The UA (University of Arizona) Steel bands program is back this spring with its exciting new concert: “The Carnival is We,” featuring the University of Arizona World Music Gang.

....For the “The Carnival is We” concert, Blue Steel will be displaying their semester-long work under the direction of Eric Hines. Blue Steel will perform an arrangement by Andy and Jeff Narell of Len “Boogsie” Sharpe’s This Feelin’ Nice, The Bee’s Melody by steel pan legend Lord Kitchener, along many other tunes.
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Web Posted - Friday April 8, 2011
Kaieteur News

Steelband icon gets rude “welcome home” by bandits
 

Rudy BishopGuyana, SA - Two teenaged gunmen brazenly pounced on founder of the Chronicle Atlantic Symphony Steel Orchestra, 65-year-old Rudy Bishop, shortly after he arrived in Guyana early yesterday morning.

A black briefcase containing a quantity of jewellery, important documents, medication and $30,000 was stolen, while a chain was removed from the victim’s neck. Bishop said that there were other pieces in the briefcase.

....Reports are that Bishop, after touching down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, was transported by minibus to his sister-in-law’s residence in Meadow Brook, where he was robbed outside the premises by two armed men.
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Web Posted - Thursday April 7, 2011
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Steelpan Folks Care About the Earth Too

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Delta Rho Omega Chapter for a Pre-Earth Day Recycle Drive

aka recycleGlobal - Pan Folks Care About the Earth Too. Join the ladies of  Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Delta Rho Omega Chapter for a Pre-Earth Day Recycle Drive

The drive will be held in Brooklyn New York on April 16, 2011.

 
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 5, 2011
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Steel Band Festival to feature Ray Holman
Noted artist to perform Friday at Baby Grand, Saturday at UD
 

Delaware Steel will perform with legendary artist Ray HolmanDelaware, USA - The University of Delaware Department of Music and Institute for Global Studies has announced that legendary steel pan artist Ray Holman will perform alongside Delaware Steel, UD’s steel pan ensemble, at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 30, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.

Holman’s performance is being held in conjunction with UD’s third annual Steel Band Festival, which is taking place on the green between the Amy E. du Pont Music Building and the Roselle Center for the Arts from noon to 6p.m. Saturday, April 30.
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 5, 2011
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Littlehampton Steelband Festival on Saturday 30th April
 

Steelband from LittlehamptonUnited Kingdom - The Littlehampton Academy Steelbands will be hosting the first Littlehampton Steelband Festival. Five guest bands travelling as far a Tyneside will be treating audiences to a musical spectacular with a Caribbean flavour. Rachel Hayward and Jenny Gilberg, former British steelpan soloist champions will be delighting everyone with their solo performances plus ‘Euphoria' a new Brighton based steelband will be giving its first ever public performance. Littlehampton steelbands will be well represented with five steelbands from TLA and Connaught Junior School. “The will be a fantastic opportunity for the local community to experience the highest quality music making from world class musicians. Brent Holder, a former world champion steelpan soloist will be working with TLA steelbands during the morning of the festival as well a performing with his steelband in the afternoon. It's not every day you get the opportunity to learn from a world champion!"
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 5, 2011
UDaily

Global Music Hour features ‘Caribbean steel’
Be transported to the islands by renowned artist Ray Holman
 

Ray Holman will perform April 27 and again April 30 at the University of DelawareDelaware, USA - The University of Delaware campus community is invited to bring lunch and enjoy a noontime performance at the Institute for Global Studies at Elliott Hall on Wednesday, April 27.

Ray Holman, a renowned artist from Trinidad and Tobago, will transport visitors to the islands with his Caribbean steel pan music at the next Global Music Hour at UD’s Institute for Global Studies (IGS).
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Web Posted - Tuesday April 5, 2011
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The Original DeFosto Himself Speaks
 

The Original DeFosto Himself SpeaksGlobal - He is one of the most influential musical orators of our time. His compositions have been adapted by no less than five eventual panorama champions. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, calypso artist and prolific steelband panorama music composer standout Winston Scarborough aka ‘The Original Defosto Himself, speaks about the art form - its highs, its lows and its future...
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Web Posted - Monday April 4, 2011
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Pamberi: Thank you, Japan
 

Nestor Sullivan, standing second from right, with band members of Pamberi Steel OrchestraTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - For almost two decades under the management of Nestor Sullivan, the Pamberi Steel Orchestra has brought the people of Japan the sweet sounds of T&T’s national instrument. Today, even after Japan’s devastating earthquake that wreaked havoc in the northern part of the country, Sullivan assured, earthquake or not... his band will continue waving the flag of T&T culture high in Japan. “It is not just about having a steel band that plays in Japan. We have developed a very close affinity with the people of Japan and they also hold us dear to them and in high esteem,” explained Sullivan.
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Web Posted - Friday April 1, 2011
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NIU Steelband 2011 Spring Concert
 

NIU Steelband performs at its 2010 Fall ConcertIllinois, USA - Northern Illinois University (NIU) Steelband presents its 2011 Spring concert under the direction of Liam Teague and Clifford Alexis on Sunday April 17th at 3 p.m. The concert takes place at NIU School of Music’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, and will also feature Miami University (Ohio) Steelband, under the direction of Dr. Chris Tanner. The last major steelband concert at NIU was in the fall of 2010, and was broadcast live via internet for steelpan enthusiasts all over the world.
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Web Posted - Friday April 1, 2011
The Pella Chronicle

Central College Flying Pans Steel Band perform
 

Central College Flying Pans Steel Band, directed by Stan Dahl, assistant professor of music, kicked off its 2011 Spring Break Tour throughout the Midwest recently and performed during a special post-tour concert held Sunday, March 20, in Douwstra AuditoriumIowa, USA - Central College Flying Pans Steel Band, directed by Stan Dahl, assistant professor of music, kicked off its 2011 Spring Break Tour throughout the Midwest recently and performed during a special post-tour concert held Sunday, March 20, in Douwstra Auditorium. The 21-member ensemble, composed of Central College music and non-music majors, traveled throughout Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska and performed at elementary and high schools, churches, Kansas State University and Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.
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Web Posted - Friday April 1, 2011
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Clement extraordinary hero of 12-bass
 

Dennis Clement celebrates 40 years as a bassist in panTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Dennis Clement is no ordinary pan player. He is truly extraordinary. He plays the 12-bass for Solo Harmonites, and celebrates 40 years as a folk hero in the pan world. It’s an achievement he’s proud of, and intends to build upon. People come from around the world to watch him play and he entertains them with fancy footwork and deft pan skills. He is a joy to watch. Once he enters the cavern of the 12-bass he’s on stage “executing the moves of Ray Charles, Stevie wonder and James Brown,” yes, James Brown. Clement maintains an equilibrium and a joie de vivre no one can take away...and don’t try. He credits Knolly Bobb for the 12-bass idea which today has brought him fame and immense joy. “The pan has served me,” he says, unashamedly.
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