‘Jam De Pan’

Born on July 27, 1990, this 23-year-old young lady’s passion for singing started in her early teenage years. From the small province of Princes Town, south Trinidad, “Whitz” is a very humble but hard-working and outgoing young woman and a role model to many. She entered a few competitions at her schools, but always liked and preferred performing for charity events, functions, weddings, concerts etc.

In 2009, Whitney became a member of Darren Sheppard’s Fusion Steel, which at that time was Kaizen Fuzun Steel. With this very highly talented group of young musicians, Whitney gained her performing experience while being one of its vocalists for the past four years. She performed with Fusion Steel at many events including Dimanche Gras 2012 and 2013, and the 2013 Tobago Jazz Fest, just to name a few.

A very musically-inclined and talented young woman who loves music with a passion, Whitney’s currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in Music at the University of the West Indies and is also the Music Teaching Assistant at the Princes Town West Secondary School. Jam De Pan is her first-ever recording and she looks forward to more in the near future.

Panist/composer/producer/ Miguel “Mario” Camps - a BA in Music graduate of UWI (University of the West Indies) began his musical journey at the tender age of 9 when he started playing the steelpan with Free French Orchestra from San Fernando, Trinidad. Some years later he hooked up with the eclectic band San City Steel where he broadened his musical scope.

Over the years Mario performed in several panorama competitions and other esteemed shows, two of which were the 2013 National Calypso Queen Competition - going on to win the title with Joanne Foster, and the 2013 Champs of Steel show.

Jam De Pan is Miguel’s first composition for the steelpan which he also produced, mixed and scored.

Since the steel pan is Mr. Camps’ first love he looks forward to writing many more “pan tunes” and expects great success in 2014 for many bands with this rendition.