Meet Terrance “BJ” Marcelle - Arranger for D’Radoes Steel
Orchestra - Up close!
In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks
- well-known steelband panorama arranger Terrance “BJ” Marcelle
- no stranger to winner’s row in the small conventional steel
orchestra category in Trinidad & Tobago - speaks about his
present position as arranger for New York’s D’Radoes Steel Orchestra. Marcelle is looking to take the band to the top with his
arrangement of “Trini.”
Terrance
“BJ”
Marcelle
- exclusive video interview
Global -
Terrance
“BJ” Marcelle
was
comfortable
as he
sat down
with
When
Steel
Talks to
share
his
experiences
in
coming
to
D’Radoes
Steel
Orchestra
as their
arranger
for
2011.
He was
also
pleased
that his
arrangement
for “Trini”
the
panorama
selection,
was
complete,
leaving
the band
a full
two
weeks to
“drill”
and
cement
their
performance.
Though
this is
his
first
time
taking a
steel
orchestra
to the
New York
Panorama,
Marcelle
himself
is no
stranger
to
winners’
row.
He is
the
reigning
champion
arranger
in
Trinidad
&
Tobago’s
hotly-contest
annual
Panorama
competition
in the
small
conventional
steel
orchestra
category,
a feat
he has
repeatedly
accomplished
with a
band he
himself
formed
several
years
ago,
Arima
Golden
Symphony.
In fact,
Marcelle
and
Arima
Golden
Symphony
currently
lay
claim to
the rare
and
enviable
three-peat
phenomenon,
with
back-to-back
wins in
2009,
2010
and
2011.
