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“The Bradley
Years”
The
Bradley Years represent the definitive collection
of steelband music arrangements and performances
for a large steel orchestra. This collection
showcases seven classic arrangements from the
master arranger Clive Bradley. Bradley
is considered to be the best steelband music
arranger ever by many, including his peers.
In addition, the arrangements are performed
by one of the finest steelbands in the world,
New York’s Pantonic Steel Orchestra. Clive Bradley
had a very special relationship with Pantonic.
This orchestra clinched the title of panorama
champions five times in seven years - performing
Bradley’s musical works. The performances
were captured by Basement Recordings days before,
and in one instance, mere moments before they
took the stage for the prestigious annual steelband
music panorama competition.
The recordings
capture, reproduce and present an unrivalled
clarity with sonic realism, of a large steel
orchestra fielding between one hundred and one
hundred twenty musicians - unlike any other
steelband music recordings in its class.
This body
of musical work is a sterling addition for all
fans, educators, players, historians and fine
music collectors.
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the Pan In New York 2009 CDs - of both regular
and slow tempo performances - are being
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so keep checking regularly.
Both “Pan In New York 2009,” and “Pan In
New York 2009 - The Cooldown Versions” are
a continuation of the Pan-4-Life series
from Basement Recordings.
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Tuesday May 31, 2016
When Steel Talks
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WIADCA, Caribbean Tourism Organization
and Caribbean Heads of Delegations forge
relationship-building outreach during Caribbean
Week
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New York, USA - A
‘marriage made in heaven’ - that of “WIADCA
(West Indian American Day Carnival Association)
and CTO (Caribbean Tourism Organization)
bringing collective minds together.” These were
the words of Brooklyn-born Congresswoman Yvette
Clarke, as she engaged the audience in front of
her. She went on to say that it (the marriage)
was ‘one that should have taken place years
ago,’ and the two organizations did indeed come
together at what was billed as a
“ground-breaking, relationship-building dinner.”
On a great Spring evening—the last in the month
of May—hosted at Giando On The Water in
Brooklyn, present were Heads of Caribbean
Delegations all in New York for the CTO’s annual
Caribbean Week.
read more
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Web Posted
- Friday May 27, 2016
OPB.org
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Songs We Love: Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band,
“Was Dog A Doughnut’
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Oregon, USA -
At some point in the 1960s, steel drum (a.k.a.
pan) music became the Caribbean equivalent of
cheesy Vegas lounge tunes: something only an
ill-dressed tourist might fancy during a cruise
ship port o’ call. And true, there’s probably a
thousand bad pan covers of “Yellow Bird” out
there, but the tradition is unfairly maligned.
Not only are steel drums themselves a marvel of
do-it-yourself ingenuity — they were originally
created from oil drums left behind by American
naval ships in Trinidad — but their unique,
pearly sound is as recognizable and evocative as
surf guitar tremolo or a Hammond B3 wheeze.
For 10 years now, Hamburg’s Bacao Rhythm & Steel
Band has used that insta-island vibe to remake
classic soul, funk and hip-hop songs. The band’s
debut album, 55, includes covers of
everything from 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” (which
originally used a steel drum sample) to Dennis
Coffey’s blistering b-boy hit “Scorpio.”
read more
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Web Posted
- Friday May 27, 2016
Trinidad and
Tobago Guardian
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Pan conquers rain
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
-
From early morning, forecasters warned of
thunderstorms in Las Cuevas and it seems that
show host Richard Forteau, Pan Trinbago
secretary, was correct when he said “God loves
pan.” Rain fell from about 6 p.m. but it was
intermittent.
Despite
the weather, an extremely large crowd was on
hand at Pan in De Countryside, staged by Pan
Trinbago Inc, in conjunction with the Ministry
of Community Development, Culture & the Arts at
the spacious Las Cuevas On The Greens.
read more
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Web Posted
- Thursday May 27, 2016
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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WeBeat St James Live begins June 4
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
The St. James Community Improvement Committee
(St James CIC) has released the diary of events
for of the 2016 edition of WeBeat St James Live,
which runs from June 4 to June 12 at the St
James Amphitheatre, Western Main Road, St James.
Some
events are free to the public, among these are
Film Night, We Treat, Health Day, Football
Match, WeTing, Mannie Dookie 5K Fun Race,
J’Ouvert and Steelband street parade.
....The
festival schedule starts with Film Night under
the auspices of the Trinidad and Tobago film
festival on June 4, with the outdoor cinema
screening of A Story about Wendy.
read more
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Web Posted
- Thursday May 26, 2016
Kaieteur News
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Young steel pan player killed in freak
accident
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Guyana,
S.A.
- A 14-year-old steel pan player, who was slated
to perform at the flag-raising ceremony last
night, was killed in a freak accident on Tuesday
evening in front of the North Ruimveldt
Multilateral School.
The teen had just finished rehearsing for the
“big day” at D’Urban Park and was heading back
to the school with four other students in a
truck to offload instruments when the tragedy
occurred at around 21:30 hrs.
Kivon Scipio of Lot 6 Railway Line, Kitty, was
pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public
Hospital Corporation.
According to reports, just as the truck was
about to reverse into the school compound, the
14-year-old teenager jumped off the back of the
vehicle but fell under it.
....At the teen’s home
yesterday, his mother, Alieka Davis said that
she was at home when someone called and informed
her that the young man was involved in an
accident.
....Fighting tears, the woman
said that Scipio was her only child and loved
playing the steel pan. In fact, he had been
playing for the Pan Wave Steel Orchestra for the
past two years.
read more
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Web Posted
- Thursday May 26, 2016
TimesReporter.com
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Graduating Dover High senior, Michael
Maxwell, wants to help send people to Mars
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Ohio, USA - Michael
Maxwell’s band director regards him as a
talented musician. But when the graduating Dover
High School senior contemplates a career among
the stars, he’s thinking about the sky, not the
stage.
“My dream
job is to somehow be involved in getting human
beings to land on Mars,” he said. “NASA predicts
that human beings will land on Mars in the
2030s. By the time I’d be getting into the
field, that’s when they’re really going to start
pushing. The moon landings are something I’m so
passionate about. I love reading about them and
watching documentary films about them.
....His
high school career included achieving a
grade-point average of nearly 4.0 while playing
in symphonic band, steel drum band, jazz band,
marching band and the pit orchestra for school
musicals.
....Retired teacher Joan Wenzel was his middle
school band director, percussion director in
high school and the creator of the steel drum
band. She performs with him — and sometimes
instructs him — in the Greco Band.
“She’s
still my teacher,” Maxwell said. “She’s had a
profound influence on my life.”
read more
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Web Posted
- Thursday May 26, 2016
Trinidad and
Tobago Guardian
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Boogsie, Ronnie and PM share A Mother’s Love
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
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Having previously claimed that Invaders is his
steelband, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley spent
last Sunday evening with members of CAL
Invaders Steel Orchestra and patrons
attending A Mother’s Love—the fund-raising
effort by the iconic Woodbrook steelband for
ailing three-year-old Caitlyn Inniss.
Special
reserved seating had been put aside for Rowley
but he opted to sit at the back of the panyard
with the steelband’s members and supporters.
The
daughter of Pierre and Anishka Inniss, Caitlyn
is the niece of Invaders music coordinator
Desiree Myers and requires urgent surgery to rid
her of a tumour in the pineal region of her
brain.
read more
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Web Posted
- Wednesday May 25, 2016
Starbroek News
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Richard Ishmael student dies in accident
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Guyana,
S.A.
- A Richard Ishmael Secondary School student who
was to be a participant in the steel pan segment
of the cultural show for tonight’s flag-raising
has died in an accident.
A statement issued by the Ministry of the
Presidency follows:
It is with deep regret that His Excellency
President David Granger and the Government of
Guyana learned of the tragic passing of Richard
Ishmael Student and member of the Pan Wave Steel
Orchestra, 14-year old Kevin Scipio.
The talented young lad was slated to perform in
the 50th Independence Anniversary Flag Raising
Ceremony and had not long before left rehearsals
at the D’urban Park, when he died in what
appears to be an accident at the North Ruimveldt
Secondary School.
Even as investigations into the circumstances
surrounding the accident are being conducted,
the Government of Guyana expresses deep sorrow
and heartfelt condolences to the family of Kevin
Scipio.
read more
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Web Posted
- Wednesday May 25, 2016
Sleaford
Standard
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Banging the drum for steel band recruits
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Sleaford, England -
A steel band teacher is banging the drum to find
people interested in joining a new group.
Saffron
Murphy is hosting a steel drum workshop in
Swaton Village Hut on May 28, from 2-4 p.m.,
with a view to attracting enough interested
people to start up a band.
Saffron
moved to the village 11 years ago from London
and explained: “I have played in steel bands for
over 20 years and always wanted to start my own
band up here one day. I have finally saved up
and bought a set of steel pans.”
Vicar Rev
Chris Harrington has allowed her to store the
bulky drums at the back of the church and now
she is looking for interested people to come and
learn to play.
....“There
is nothing like it in Lincolnshire and people
can come along and have a go.
....Saffron
explained that the notes are written on the pans
and people do not have to read music, they just
memorise it through practice and ear. “There is
music but it is just letters on a page as a
reminder,” she said.
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Web Posted
- Tuesday May 24, 2016
Demerara Waves
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Steel-pan player crushed to death shortly
after Independence rehearsal
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Guyana, S.A. -
Guyana’s 50th Independence
Anniversary celebrations were late Tuesday night
marred by the death of a youthful steel-pan
player shortly after rehearsals.
Multiple
sources confirmed that 14-year old Kevin Scipio
was crushed by a truck while he and others were
offloading the steelpans at the North Ruimveldt
Multilateral School, Mandela Avenue.
Scipio was
a member of the youth band, PanWave....
read more
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Web Posted
- Tuesday May 24, 2016
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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NSSO delivers top music to poor turnout
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
It truly was a Black Friday for the national
instrument.
If ever
there was a disappointment involving our beloved
pan; it came to pass on Friday 13 and Saturday14
at Exodus Pan Theatre in St Augustine.
The
National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO) played
to an audience of about 75 patrons on Saturday
and less on Friday.
If this
concert was held in any other country in the
world it would have been soldout yet in the
country of its birth, the free pan concert
literally “buss”.
The
quality of music put out by the calibre of
players in the NSSO warrants much better than
this.
read more
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Web Posted -
Monday May 23, 2016
When Steel Talks
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birdsong’s Vacation Music Camp is a
Go - Auditions Start |
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Do you play pan, trumpet,
trombone, saxophone, flute, clarinet, keyboards,
percussion, guitar or bass? Or do you sing? Are
you currently in secondary school?
....Do you
wish to enhance your musical skills with a
5-week intensive programme of sight-reading,
harmony, ear-training, technique, ensemble
playing, theatre arts, local music history and a
host of other courses to support the development
of your musical talents?
....From
July 11–August 13, 2016 birdsong Academy will
host its 13th annual Vacation Music
Camp. The camp is conducted from 8:00 a.m.–4:00
p.m. Mondays through Fridays at venues in the
Tunapuna community, including the birdsong
panyard, the UWI St. Augustine campus and Tapia
House. Because of limited places, admission is
by audition.
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Web Posted -
Monday May 23, 2016
When Steel Talks
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Meet Luz Carime Santa-Coloma - NYU Graduate,
Panist & Percussionist - UpClose!
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New York, USA - In an
exclusive interview with When Steel Talks,
recent NYU graduate Luz Carime Santa-Coloma
speaks on her special relationship with the
steelpan instrument and how it has transformed
her musical perspective and enhanced her college
life experience.
Her
meeting with the steelpan instrument was not
originally by design, but over the last four
years her fondness and passion for instrument
are unquestionable. She is now a panist headed
for a lifelong love affair.
see interview
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Web Posted
- Monday May 23, 2016
News Guardian
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Funding secures orchestra season
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Northumberland, England -
Northern Steel Orchestra has launched its 2016
season, thanks to funding from two local
charities, the Readman Family Grassroots Fund
and the Freemasons of Northumberland.
A new
charity, Northern Steel Network, has been formed
to support steel pan and has taken on the
running of the orchestra.
read more
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Web Posted -
Sunday May 22, 2016
When Steel Talks
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Meet Russell Fisher - NYU Graduate, Panist &
Percussionist - UpClose!
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New York, USA - In an
exclusive interview with When Steel Talks,
recent NYU (New York University) graduate
Russell Fisher speaks on his relationship with
the steelpan instrument and how it has impacted
his music and college life experience.
A little
more than four years ago the steelpan instrument
and Russell crossed paths in a real and tangible
way - mostly because of NYU Percussion Program’s
mandatory steelpan performance requirement. From
that point as a member of NYU Steel, a special
love, exuberance and passion for the instrument
and art form developed and is on full display
whenever he is playing the instrument or talking
about something pan-related.
see interview
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Web Posted
- Saturday May 21, 2016
The Royal
Gazette
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Steel pan man’s 40 years of music
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Bermuda -
Rudolph Commissiong, a pioneer of steel band
music in Bermuda, recalls his life and times as
a pan man played against a backdrop of
revolution and segregation.
I started
learning how to play the steel pan in my late
teens — at 17 years of age, actually. I was
influenced to do so by one of the most famous
bands at that time; a neighbourhood band called
Casablanca and by one of the best tenor pan
players I had ever heard named Ormond “Patsy”
Haynes.
With about
eight friends, we started a band called the Hit
Paraders. We were fortunate to have a well-known
and talented musician by the name of Art De
Coteau teach and arrange the music for us. We
soon started playing for private parties and
were doing quite well, but most of the guys had
other interests as young men and so the band
folded.
read
extensive history
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Web Posted -
Friday May 20, 2016
When Steel Talks
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A Review -
Broad Horizon - Billy Cobham and Frankfurt Radio Big Band
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Global - There are eight tracks on this CD. We prefer to dub them ‘chapters’ in this interactive musical book of stories called “Broad Horizon.” We will forgo a technical or musical analysis of the collection. Been there, done that. Simply put: the recording is awesome, the production is awesome, the musicianship is awesome, the orchestration is awesome, the arranging and the song writing are awesome. Okay - you get the picture.
read review
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Web Posted -
Tuesday May 17, 2016
When Steel Talks
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Meet Billy Cobham - Composer, Producer,
Educator Legendary Drummer and Performing Artist
- UpClose!
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New York, USA - In an
exclusive interview with When Steel Talks,
drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham speaks on
his life-long relationship with the steelpan
instrument and the cultural influences from
childhood to adult that have impacted his music
and life.
His
history is with the Afro-West Indian community
and Latin community. And unflinching honesty is
one of his policies. The drumming virtuoso lays
it out in this interview, in his own words.
see interview
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Web Posted
- Tuesday May 17, 2016
cnc3.co.tt
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Efforts to help save three-year-old child
with tumour in her brain
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I.
- Efforts are being made to help save a
three-year-old child who has been diagnosed with
a tumour in her brain.
The following statement has been issued by the
Invaders Steel Orchestra:
"Caribbean Airlines Invaders Steel Orchestra
will be hosting a fundraiser for three (3) year
old Caitlyn Inniss who is the daughter of Pierre
and Anishka (a.k.a Nikki) Inniss and niece of
Desiree Myers, the band’s Music Coordinator.
Caitlyn has been diagnosed with a tumour in the
pineal region of the brain and obstructive
hydrocephalus (blockage of a ventricle causing
excess fluid in the brain).
Last year, she underwent surgery which involved
an insertion of a shunt to assist the flow of
the brain fluid. After the shunt was inserted,
Caitlyn’s health continued to deteriorate.
....On Sunday 22nd
May, 2016 CAL Invaders will be hosting a
fundraising concert for Caitlyn entitled “A
Mother’s Love”.
This event takes place at the band’s pan yard
from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
read more
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Web Posted
- Monday May 16, 2016
Starbroek News
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Funding secures orchestra season
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Guyana, S.A. -
Republic Bank donates for jubilee steel pan:
Minister within the Ministry of Education
Nicolette Henry (second left) flanked by a
Republic Bank staffer and a representative from
the National Music School receiving a cheque on
Friday from Republic Bank’s Managing Director
Richard Sammy.
The $4.5
million contribution to the National
Commemoration Commission is for the sponsorship
of jubilee steel pan activities. The donation
was said to be a prime example of Republic
Bank’s contribution to the development and
promotion of steel pan among Guyanese youth over
the years.
read more
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Web Posted
- Friday May 13, 2016
Sleaford
Stanford
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Your chance to join a steel band near
Grantham and Sleaford
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London, England - A
steel band is being set up by a local woman who
will host a workshop later this month.
Saffron
Murphy will hold the workshop on Saturday, May
28, at Swaton village hut from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The workshop is free but places are limited.
No
previous experience is required and you don’t
need to be able to read music.
read more
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Web Posted
- Friday May 13, 2016
Trinidad &
Tobago Guardian
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Pan Conquers Point
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
- Pan stewards and officials
dropped the ball last Saturday at the 16th
edition of the annual Point Fortin Borough Day
Celebration Pan on the Move.
Most of
the participating steelbands were hampered by
disc jockeys along the route, who were hesitant
to turn down the volume on their systems as the
bands made their way to the review stand at
Market Square. One particular DJ was guilty of
this from as early as when the first
band—south’s Pan Elders—commenced the trek as he
continued playing loud music during the band’s
performance.
I feel
that the organisers of this event need to adopt
the rule of Brooklyn Labour Day organisers and
have absolutely no disc jockeys along the
steelband parade route, between the hours of 5
and 10 pm, the hours that Pan on the Move is
held. After all, this event is billed as Pan on
the Move, held in the supposed “culture capital”
of “the land of the steelband.
read more
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Web Posted
- Wednesday May 11, 2016
Hays CISD
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Lehman Introduces New Steel Band at
Hemphill
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Texas, USA - Lehman
High School rolled out its exciting new Lobo
Steel Band to rave reviews recently at the
Hemphill Elementary Spring Carnival. The
newly-formed group, under the guidance of LHS
Associate Band Director Christopher Lunsford, is
anticipating performances at future school and
community events. Lunsford indicates it’s all “just another way to represent Lehman High
School and Hays CISD in an outstanding fashion.”
see more pics
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Web Posted
- Tuesday May 10, 2016
Artslink.co.za
News
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International Marimba and Steelpan Festival
2016
We are Africa: Africa
unite for peace and friendship from Cape to
Cairo
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Gauteng, South Africa -
Education Africa in partnership with Tom Newby
School in Benoni will present the 5th Annual
Education Africa International Marimba and
Steelpan Festival 2016 on Saturday 30 July and
Sunday 31 July 2016 at Tom Newby School, 10
Master Street, Airfield Benoni, Gauteng.
Over 1600
performers from all over South Africa, Lesotho,
Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Nigeria will
descend on Benoni where you will hear some of
the world’s best marimba and steel bands perform
at what is regarded as the largest festival of
its kind in the world.
read more
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Web Posted
- Tuesday May 10, 2016
Portland Press
Herald
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Grammy Foundation awards Portland High
School $5,500 music grant to fund steel drum
band
One of only 13
awards nationwide, its aim is to broaden the
music program for a culturally diverse student
population
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Maine, USA
- Portland High School is starting a steel drum
band as a way to expand its music program beyond
band and chorus and to appeal to a wider group
of students, thanks to a $5,500 grant from the
Grammy Foundation and Ford Motor Company.
The school, with about 850
students from diverse cultural and ethnic
backgrounds, was one of just 13 nationwide to
get a Signature Schools grant, according to a
press release from the foundation. The award
will be presented to school officials Thursday,
after a music career day organized by the
foundation.
....Jayne Sawtelle, the
school’s lone full-time music teacher, said
Tuesday the money will be used to buy
Trinidad-style steel drums and to help create a
steel drum band and percussion ensemble for at
least 24 to 30 students.
read more
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Web Posted
- Tuesday May 10, 2016
The Chronicle
Express
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Dundee Symphonic Steel Drum Band wows Albany
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New York, USA
- State Sen. Tom O’Mara and Assemblyman
Phil Palmesano hosted the New York Wine Industry
Association’s (NYWIA) 3rd Annual “Sip and
Sample” tasting event in Albany Wednesday, May
4.
The event featured wineries,
cheese producers and other food manufacturers
from the Finger Lakes, Capital Region, Central
and Western New York, and the Hudson Valley —
and it was highlighted by a special guest, the
Dundee Central School’s Symphonic Steel Drum
Band, which performed throughout the reception.
In a joint statement, O’Mara
and Palmesano said, “We’d like to give a special
thank you to the directors and students
comprising the Dundee Central School Symphonic
Steel Drum Band for an outstanding and
well-received performance throughout this year’s
reception. They are fantastic and we appreciated
the Band being here to share their talent and
some great music.”
read more
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Web Posted -
Sunday May 8, 2016
When Steel Talks
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NYU Steel Ensemble 2016 Spring Concert: Much
more than Chrome and Steel
with Special Guests
Sherwin Thwaites and Brooklyn Steel Orchestra
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New York, USA - ....It
was standing room only. The door opened at 7:00
p.m. and by 7:30, the concert start time, almost
every seat in the house was taken. Indeed, this
is a fine tribute to the outstanding groundwork
of Dr. Haas, chairman of the NYU Department of
Music and Performing Arts Professions Program in
Percussion Studies, and of course the
exceptional leadership, educational prowess and
spirit of the field general Josh Quillen,
director of NYU Steel.
....And
when the last note was played by the NYU Steel
and BSO (Brooklyn Steel Orchestra) the audience
shot to their feet and released a barrage of
thunderous applause in response to what they had
just experienced. And yes, it was an experience.
A Pan happening. We're not still sure if one
would categorize the response as voluntary or
involuntary - however either one will work in
this situation. In any regard, one thing is
clear: the spirit of Pan took over.
read more,
see video and pictures
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Web Posted -
Tuesday May 3, 2016
When Steel Talks
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Meet Khan Cordice - Director, Educator,
Performing Artist and Arranger - UpClose!
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Global - ....Even at a
younger age, Khan Cordice’s talent was set in stone,
when as a mere teenager he surpassed veteran
musicians in the field of arranging in the Moods
of Pan festival in his country back in 2008,
triumphing that night. Months later he
proceeded to repeat his winning ways and garner more accolades in the even larger annual
steelband music competition known as ‘Panorama.’
....Now, with
the formalities (music degrees) under his belt,
and an even wider worldview of music at his
command, a humble but quietly confident Khan
Cordice is set to change the world, one
initiative, and one student at a time in his
country, sharing his knowledge and experience.
At the same time, his evolution as an artist and
musician extraordinaire maintains, unfolding,
one note at a time. Here is his story - to date…
in WST’s live interview.
read more,
listen to interview
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When Steel Talks
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Steelband Music Panorama
Info & Results of Trinidad and Tobago - 2016
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. - All rounds
- all categories at a glance... Large, Medium, Small,
Junior and Single Pan Band.
Complete info
and results for Trinidad and Tobago's Steelband
Panorama 2016. Check out the background story
on some of your favorite steel orchestras and their
arrangers, what selections they played, and more.
check results
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Trinidad and Tobago Soca
Tunes for
2016 Carnival
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Champion Panorama Tunes
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panorama arrangements. Over the years these songs
have inspired classic panorama arrangements. When
Steel Talks invites you to take a look at and listen
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just a cursory part in the history of Pan, and the
lives of the players and fans.
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