Web Posted - Sunday
December 26, 2021
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the Experience
My Time Again! -- Parang sung by Rhonda Rosales -
Steelpan by Curt Rogers
Global - This song was
written through the belief, encouragement and bit of nag…LOL,
from band mate Ron Metivier who always saw the potential in me
to compose lyrically and never accepted the excuse, “I can’t
write because I don’t play any instruments to guide me along!”
The day of this inspiration occurred from one of those phone
calls which started as a casual conversation about songs to
prepare for a rehearsal that turned into an argument about
believing in one’s self.
hear track, read more
Web Posted - Saturday
December 25, 2021
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Violist Asiah Wharton and panist Khuent Rose - “Silent
Night” & much more
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
A special performance by violist Asiah Wharton (who also plays
pan) and panist Khuent Rose on the double second pan.
Listen and watch
Web Posted - Saturday
December 25, 2021
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the Experience
Carnival Messiah - created by Dr. Geraldine Connor -
Revisited
Carnival Messiah features a 25-player steelband
performing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah
England, UK - Carnival
Messiah, featuring a 25-player steelband playing the “Hallelujah
Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah, is a full-scale theatre production
by Dr. Geraldine Connor.
Geraldine Connor was born in London, in 1952, to Trinidadian
parents and Caribbean cultural ambassadors Edric Connor, singer,
actor, folklorist and film-maker and Pearl Connor, cultural
activist, theatrical agent and black theatre consultant.
Listen and watch
Web Posted - Saturday
December 25, 2021
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Revisited: UK’s Ebony Steelband 2020 Christmas concert
England, UK - It’s Showtime! Ebony Steelband performs an awesome set for their
annual Christmas concert at THE TABERNACLE last year, 2020. The aim
was to lift up everyone’s spirit during these trying times with the
orchestra’s virtual performance.
Watch
Web Posted - Friday
December 24, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot
‘Twas the night before J’Ouvert... A Steelpan Christmas
Story
by Catt
. . . and all through the yard,
no bomb tune was missing, no arrangement too hard.
The racks and the pans were made ready with care,
In hopes that St. Bradley soon would be there.
The panmen were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of road march danced in their heads.
Moms in her paint, and I feelin’ fine
had gone out a road for a jump and a wine.
When out in the street there arose such a clatter,
I ran from the yard to see what was the matter.
Down to the Savannah I flew like a flash,
To see who would win the prizewinning cash.
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Web Posted - Thursday
December 23, 2021
When Steel Talks
Happy Birthday to Athie Martin - December 23
When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to veteran
steelband performer and educator Athie Martin of Dominica.
Based in Roseau, Dominica, Athie has played pan since he was 12 years
old; in later life he has played jazz and classics on pan, while also
educating the young up-and-coming pan players of Dominica.
See more, leave birthday greetings
Web Posted - Wednesday December
22, 2021
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Tony “Muffman” Williams, father of modern steelband, dies
Tony “Muffman” Williams, right, is congratulated
by Prof Brian Copeland on his honorary doctor of
letters degree from UWI at a graduation ceremony
in October 2016.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan
researcher, writer and former director of the Carnival Institute
of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Kim Johnson describes
Tony “Muffman”
Williams as the most important panman in history.
Why? Because of his work as a captain, tuner and arranger, Johnson said.
Williams died on December 21 at 90 at the St James Medical Complex. He
had been hospitalised with
COVID-19 since December 7.
To Johnson and many others, Williams was the father of the modern steel
orchestra.
Johnson explained that Williams covered the three spheres of being a
panman.
He led what many consider the greatest steelband ever,
North Stars, as it
won the first two Panoramas and set the template for “all subsequent
arrangement of Panorama tunes,” Johnson said.
See more
Web Posted - Tuesday December
21, 2021
When Steel Talks
The Prometheus of Pan
An opinion - by Garvin Blake
Pan legend Dr. Anthony “Tony” Williams
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Anthony Williams died on Tuesday, December 21st, leaving behind
an unmatched legacy. Tony helped shape every aspect of the
modern steelband. For me, and countless others, his passing was
personal.
See more
Web Posted - Tuesday December
21, 2021
Loop News
Pan pioneer Tony Williams has died
Pan legend Dr. Anthony “Tony” Williams
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Pan legend
Dr. Anthony “Tony” Williams has died. He was 90.
One of the pioneers of the steel pan, Williams invented the
soprano pan, which he called the “spider web pan.” in 1953.
A bandleader, pan-tuner, and arranger of the Pan Am
North Stars,
he led the band to the Panorama title in 1963 (the first year of
the competition) and in 1964.
Williams received the Chaconia Medal (Gold) in 1992 and the
Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in 2008.
....Williams received honorary doctorates from the University of
the West Indies in November 2016,
and
from Northern Illinois University in June 2021.
The steel pan fraternity has been rocked by several deaths
during the past weeks.
See more
Web Posted - Saturday
December 18, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot
Remembering the legendary Ralph MacDonald on the 10th
anniversary of his December 18th passing
Musical Tributes Celebrate the Life of Ralph MacDonald
Global - A sombre but
stunning gold-tone program greeted those who came to celebrate
and pay homage to the vibrant life and achievements of
Grammy-winner and overall steelband supporter - especially of
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra - Ralph MacDonald, at the historic
Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, USA on the morning of
Thursday December 22. In a service which began a little after
10:00 a.m. Ralph MacDonald was celebrated in music and the
spoken word, and honored with the presence of the likes of
panist extraordinaire Robert Greenidge, Grammy award winner
Roberta Flack, bassist Will Lee (David Letterman Show), vocalist
Dennis Collins, jazz flutist Bobbi Humphrey, Etienne Charles,
record exec Jerome Gasper and so many others.
See more
Web Posted - Friday
December 17, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Carols and Classics In Steel | Moods Pan Groove in Concert
1995 | Manhattan Center - Revisited
New York, New York, USA -
A very special holiday music concert at the Manhattan Center in
New York, New York featuring - Moods Pan Groove, The Brooklyn
Philharmonic Chorus, with special guests - Anne Fridal, Earl
Brooks, Juliet Davilar, Robert Greenidge, Arddin Herbert, CASYM,
with Rennie Bishop the Master of Ceremony... Sunday December 3rd
1995.
Listen and watch
Web Posted - Thursday
December 16, 2021
When Steel Talks
Documentary “Takopera Ô Katá” portrays theatrical work by
Sérgio Boré
Sergio Boré & Tambores Urbanos
Sérgio Boré on steelpan
Bahia, Brasil - This December, Takopera Ô Katá debuted on YouTube, a documentary about the creation process of the musical
theater show “Raízes da Fantasia”, a work by Sérgio Boré. The film consists of reports by the artists and their experiences in spaces of rehearsal and creation, behind the scenes of the theater and on stage, revealing the intriguing process of giving birth to a show,
and re-signifies them to a contemporary language.
Raízes da Fantasia features world-renowned percussionist Sérgio
Boré on the steelpan in his production.
See more, watch video
Web Posted - Monday
December 13, 2021
The New Yorker
How an Impossible Steel Drum Gets Built
Kyle Dunleavy required two years, a back-yard bonfire,
and many hot-tub soaks (to soothe his aching deltoids) to hammer out an
instrument with an unprecedented range of notes
New York, USA -
Five years ago,
Josh Quillen, a member of Sō Percussion, a Brooklyn-based music
ensemble, spoke with a maker and tuner of steel drums named
Kyle Dunleavy
about building a potentially unworkable design. Musical steel drums,
also called pans, are fashioned from industrial barrels of the type
used for storing crude oil or hazardous waste. Pans come in a
variety of different voices—bass, tenor bass, cello, guitar, double
second, double tenor, and tenor. “I wanted a pair of double seconds
that would have at least three octaves of notes on them,” Quillen
said recently. “The drums would be fully chromatic, with all the
sharps and flats, and would go down to the C below middle C.” No
drums like them, with such a plenitude of notes, were then in
existence.
See more
Web Posted - Sunday
December 12, 2021
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the Experience
CrossFire Steel Orchestra - “Jingle Bells” & more |
2019 ‘We Three Kings concert’
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
At the 2019 “We Three Kings” concert CrossFire Steel Orchestra
delivered a beautiful medley rendition of the holiday classics -
from ‘Silent Night,’ ‘Silver Bells,’ ‘Have Yourself a Merry
Little Christmas,’ to ‘Jingle Bells’ and more.
Listen and watch
Web Posted - Sunday
December 12, 2021
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the Experience
Sonatas Steel Orchestra - “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” | Bing Crosby |
2001 Reflections in Steel Concert
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Sonatas Steel Orchestra performed a
Garvin Blake-arrangement of Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home For Christmas.”
Listen and watch
Web Posted - Tuesday
December 7, 2021
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Despers Steel Orchestra - “We Three Kings” | John Henry Hopkins, Jr. |
2001 ‘Reflections in Steel Concert’
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
Despers USA Steel Orchestra performed a Wilfred
Kieal-arrangement of “We Three Kings” written by John Henry
Hopkins, Jr.
Listen and watch
Web Posted - Tuesday
December 7, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Meyer Levin 8th Grade Steel Orchestra - “Carol of
the Bells” | 2011 ‘A Classical Holiday’
Brooklyn, New York, USA - The performing arts students - spanning 6th, 7th and 8th grades - delivered dynamic performances to a capacity crowd (standing room only) at the Meyer Levin auditorium. Proud and adoring parents glued their eyes to the stage and their respective offspring, applauding the program featuring everything from the Nutcracker Overture to the Hallelujah Chorus.
Listen and watch
Web Posted - Wednesday
December 1, 2021
When Steel Talks
Some of Those In Pan We've Lost in 2021
The steelpan music community mourns the passing of some of the stalwarts of the art form in 2021.
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When Steel Talks2020 Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband Panorama Info - Complete
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Global - PanOnTheNet/ WhenSteelTalks is
Panorama Central! Complete information on the 2020 season of the Trinidad and
Tobago National Panorama, and competitions: Schedules, Orders of Appearance
for preliminary, semi-final and final phases for large, medium and small conventional
steel orchestras, and single pan bands; arrangers’ bios, bios of steel orchestras;
full results, panyard addresses, history of previous Panoramas, and much more!
see complete information index
Web Posted - February
2020
When Steel Talks
Complete Summary of Results of all Conventional Steel Orchestras - 2020
Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - At a glance
and on a single page, access the comprehensive summary of results for the Small,
Medium and Large conventional steel orchestras that participated in their respective
categories in the 2020 Panorama.
Follow the musical journey of respective bands through all three phases -
compare side-by-side preliminaries, semi-finals and finals through data on band
info, scores, tunes of choice and arrangers - on one page.
access full summary
