
Avis Bruce
Avis
Bruce:
Ms. Bruce is a professional
Steelpan musician, arranger,
composer and music teacher.
She has been a member
of the present Trinidad
and Tobago National
Steel Symphony Orchestra
from its inception;
in addition she was
a member of the former
Trinidad and Tobago
National Steel Orchestra.
Avis is currently reading
for her Bachelors in
Musical Arts at the
University of the West
Indies in Trinidad.
For the
2010 panorama season
Avis collaborated with
Amrit Samaroo, composing
a song titled
Somewhere
In Tobago vocalized
by Steve Sealy. Two
steel orchestras in
the medium band category,
both from Tobago - Dixieland
and West Side Symphony,
went to the Panorama
competition with the
song.
For Panorama
2011, Avis composed
another song -
Pantrix
- again sung by Steve
Sealy and produced by
Kareem Brown. Two bands
played ‘Pantrix’ - Tobago’s
West Side Symphony and Uni
Stars, a single pan
band.
Her musical
collaboration for the
2012 season with producer/arranger
Kareem Brown resulted
in
Cyah
Wait Tuh Jam vocalized by The Incredible
Myron B, Avis’
brother.
For
Panorama season
2013 Avis and Myron
B are together
again, and with
production by
Kareem Brown
have come up with
Pan Fireworks,
the song featured
here.
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