Seion Gomez
exclusive video interview
Global -
Seion
Gomez is
an
educator,
champion
steelband
panorama
arranger
and
steelpan
performing
artist.
Hailing
from the
twin
Caribbean
island
country
of
Trinidad
and
Tobago,
Mr.
Gomez is
a
successful
representative
of the
new
generation
of
talented
steelpan
music
musicians
carrying
on the
great
tradition
of their
predecessors.
Coming
off
his
recent
victory
as
champion
arranger
for St.
Vincent’s Sion
Hill
Steel
Orchestra
- where
they
achieved
the
daunting
and
challenging
hat-trick
-
Seion
Gomez
now
enters
the
prestigious
but
unforgiving
New York
steelband
music
panorama
arena as
the
arranger
for a
reconstituted
Metro
Steel
Orchestra. In this
exclusive
When
Steel
Talks
interview, Seion
shares
his
experiences
at
Northern
Illinois
University,
his influences,
thoughts
and
advice
for
future
panists,
and
expectations
for the
steelpan
music
genre.
*
click
for more
on
the
2011 New
York
Panorama
season
Seion
Gomez at
Metro’s
panyard
