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Juliet Robin is the
daughter of former
Trinidad & Tobago
Director of Culture
Melville Robin. She
is classically
trained in string,
woodwind and
keyboard instruments
and specializes in
the violin, clarinet
and piano. At age 17
she was selected to
represent Trinidad
on a cultural trip
to Venezuela to
perform with the
Caracas Youth
Symphony Orchestra.
She is the winner of
several classes in
the Trinidad and
Tobago Music
Festival, including
those for
composition.
Juliet has performed
as a keyboardist and
vocalist with
several bands
including Charlie’s
Roots, Shandileer,
Roy Cape All Stars,
Andre Tanker and
Mano Marcellin. She
played the clarinet,
bass, drums and
piano with female
jazz band The Jazz
Triple of which she
is still a member,
but has recently
started her own
band. Juliet has
also performed as a
guest clarinetist
with members of the
Trinidad & Tobago
Police Band in a
series of concerts.
Her extensive travel
throughout Europe,
North America and
the Caribbean has
been either as a
member of a band or
as a soloist,
performing at
several festivals
and carnivals.
Juliet is currently
pursuing a
Bachelor’s Degree in
Human Resource
Management, and has
plans to pursue a
second degree in
Carnival Studies.
She donates her
talents to several
charities including
performing at homes
for orphaned
children - a cause
near and dear to her
heart. Although
Juliet currently
teaches piano, her
intention is to
continue to share
her knowledge of the
music business with
students interested
in pursuing music as
a career.
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Panist/composer/
producer/ and recent
songwriter Miguel
“Mario” Camps –a BA
in musical arts
graduate began his
musical career at
age 9 when he
started to play the
steel pan with Free
French Steel
Orchestra from San
Fernando, Trinidad.
Some years later
after a long lull in
his involvement in
playing pan, during
his adolescent
years, he hooked up
with San City Steel
where he broadened
his musical scope
particularly in
improvisation and
arranging for pans.
Over the years
Miguel has judged
and performed for
several
competitions, two of
which were Shades in
Steel’s 2002 winning
panorama rendition
of ‘Dulahin’ and the
2013 Calypso Queen
Competition as
soloist for Joanne
Foster who stole the
show with a victory.
Miguel Camps is
currently a music
teacher at Marabella
South Secondary
School and manages a
home studio.
Take It Higher is
Miguel’s second
outing in composing,
writing and
producing a “pan
tune,” which he also
mixed and scored.
His first was last
year’s
Jam De Pan sung
by Whitney “Whitz”
Julien. Since the steel pan
is his ‘first love’
he looks forward to
writing many more
pan tunes designed
for the pan, and
expects great
success in 2015 with
the bands that
choose his song. |
