Site Map * Headlines * Pan TnT * Pan Global * Message Board * Pan News * Pan Radio * Pan New York * Pan Briefs * About Us
New York Pannist Set to Attend
Prestigious Music School
New York - August 24, 2004
Guided by her mom Hazel John, this multi-talented young lady has been playing pan and performing since she was five years old. She was not yet able to reach the instrument, and for a considerable time, had to be placed atop a box to execute her intricate musical manoeuvers, which had all who saw her in awe of her skill at so tender an age.
Only fifteen years old, Orisha now has 11 panorama competitions under her belt. The music phenom is looking to the add the elusive title of panorama champion to her already long list of awards and titles.
Orisha has had the good fortune to benefit musically from master arrangers like Pelham Goddard, Len "Boogsie Sharpe, and Clive Bradley. The steel orchestras in which she played for the various panoramas were under the guidance of these legendary arrangers from time to time.
A straight "A" student, Orisha balances books with numerous public engagements. Earlier this year she played with the renowned Phase 2 Steel Orchestra in the Trinidad and Tobago 2004 Panorama finals.
The pan instrument is not the only one through which the talented teenager expresses herself. When she begins school at Juilliard, Orisha will continue her studies in the violin, which she has also mastered. She looks forward to sharing her love and mastery of the steelpan instrument with people at Juilliard.
Email: opinions@panonthenet.com
Site Map * Headlines * Pan TnT * Pan Global * Message Board * Pan News * Pan Radio * Pan New York * Pan Briefs * About Us