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Web Posted - Friday January 31, 2014
Trinidad Express Newspapers

Females shine at East Single Pan prelims
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago’s National Steelband Panorama 2014 competition kicked off at the Arima Velodrome on Thursday night with the preliminary round for single pan bands in the eastern region.

Of the 21 bands which faced the judges, three tuners—Herman “Guppy” Brown, Desmond “Mappo” Richardson and Leonard Lera—accounted for 11 with three, three and five, respectively.

Surprisingly most of the bands fielded the maximum of 45 players and even though several players performed with multiple bands they did not make too much of a difference.

....Once again the majority of players were both very young and female, thereby outnumbering their male counterparts almost three to one.
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Web Posted - Wednesday January 29, 2014
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Hear the sound of the drums from new group at SML

Richard Rudolph directs the new Parrot Pan Steel Band.  The band started in January and practices the second Saturday of every month at the Gallery in Westlake.
 

Virginia, USA - Inside the Smith Mountain Lake Gallery on a bitterly cold Saturday, Richard Rudolph directs a group of 15-20 adults thumping on brightly colored drums from the Island of Trinidad to bring a new sound to SML. In a stark dichotomy, members of the Parrot Pan Steel Band are dressed in a mixture of overcoats and tropical themed T-shirts to get into the spirit of the island groove. Rudolph sits at a traditional drum set in the center of room banging two drumsticks together, occasionally walking around the room to motivate people to feel the rhythm.

The Parrot Pan Steel Band has only been in existence for a few months. Most of its members never played steel drums before. With one lesson, Rudolph gets them to play a song.
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Web Posted - Tuesday January 28, 2014
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

T&T steelpan newspaper history now on the Web

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Student research assistant Aniya Teneille Carty with computer screen of clipping. Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The history of steelpan as chronicled in Trini­dad newspapers is now only a click away. As a result of a grant from UWI and collaboration between students at UWI and the UWI library, more than 4,000 newspaper articles related to the history of steelpan in T&T will be uploaded to the Web.

Many articles can already be viewed now with more being added in the next several months.

The project is the brainchild of steelpan historian and arranger Dr Jeannine Remy, senior lecturer in the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) at UWI, St Augustine.
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Web Posted - Monday January 27, 2014
Trinidad Express Newspapers

Steelbands get ready

As pan competitions draw near...

Hard at practice: PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars Steel Orchestra has selected to play “The Reason” sung by Tony Barclay
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Musical tones resonated from various panyards in the North as steelbands prepare their Panorama repertoire in time for the Northern Region National Large Conventional category preliminary round of judging which will take place at various panyards and communities on February 8.

Caribbean Airlines Invaders Steel Orchestra is one such steelband which was abuzz with activity when the Express recently visited panyards. The steelband will play “Jam It”, an Arddin Herbert composition and arrangement with lyrics by Rembunction (Roland Yearwood).

....Starlift Steel Orchestra is also in Panorama preparation mode. There was a lot of activity at the Mucurapo Road pan complex. The band will play Machel Montano’s “Happiest Man Alive”, arranged by Keith Salcedo.

The band’s captain, Marius Caballero said the turnout of players at the panyard has exceeded the attendance roster of previous years. “From early on we have seen a lot more players coming — more than we have had in a number of years.
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Web Posted - Monday January 27, 2014
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Steel Band to perform in Armstrong Student Center
 

Oxford, Ohio, USA  - A small section of the Miami University Steel Band will play an intimate show at the Armstrong Student Center’s (ASC) Shade Family Room Thursday.

The Steel Band is offered as a Miami class, which affords students the opportunity to learn steel percussion instruments, originally developed from the Caribbean Islands.

The Steel Band is led by associate professor of music, Chris Tanner, who originally founded the group as a graduate student in 1994. It has upwards of 20 members each semester, who put on one concert, collectively, every term.

This performance, however, only features a handful of experienced members due to the early timing in the semester.
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Web Posted - Thursday January 23, 2014
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Mom, 15, shot dead

....An avid lover of steelpan
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A mother of a six-week-old girl. An aspiring interior designer. An avid lover of steelpan.

All these things, and so much more, described 15-year-old Aleah Cain who was brutally gunned down on Tuesday night along Belmont Circular Road, Belmont mere moments after she left her home at Farrell Lane to get something to eat, despite protests from her mother.

....She noted the 15-year-old girl was an avid lover of pan, and would frequently play with the Farrell Lane City Kids group, noting she was even expected to go to the panyard yesterday afternoon.
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Web Posted - Thursday January 23, 2014
The Royal Gazette

Paul shines a joyous light on the steel pan
 

Paul Smith poses with his steel pan at Gravel Bay next to John Smith's Bay and Spittal PondBermuda - Paul Smith is a man on a mission: to change everything you think you know about the steel pan.

The 31-year-old musician uses the steel pan to play everything from John Legend’s ‘Ordinary People’, Drake’s ‘Find Your Love’ and contemporary soca hits like Bunji Garlin’s ‘Ready For De Road’ (Differentology) and ‘Bacchanalist’ from Kerwin Du Bois.

He is looking to inspire a new generation of musicians to play the steel pan and is currently teaching the craft to four young people between the ages of 15 and 18.

Mr Smith said: “The steel pan in Bermuda used to be really big, but there was never a graduated system and it wasn’t really introduced in the school system back then, so there was no generation to come up behind those older players and turn it into what it could be.
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Web Posted - Wednesday January 22, 2014
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King prayer breakfast in St. Mary’s reminds of work not yet done

Young performers carry tune of progress

Kanise Carr, 17, plays steel drums Monday morning along with others from the Great Mills High School Steel Band at St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s 10th annual Southern Maryland Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast.
 

Southern Maryland, USA - ....More than 200 people gathered at St. Mary’s College of Maryland for the 10th annual Southern Maryland Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast, where they heard a call to transition past achievements of legal justice into greater economic justice. The performances by student bands and a gospel choir, along with two college students’ readings of famous works, prompted the master of ceremonies to note the expanding scope of people trying to escape persecution.

....In addition to songs from the Southern Maryland Community Gospel Choir, the audience heard performances by the Great Mills High School Steel Band and the Spring Ridge Middle School Rhythm Club. 
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Web Posted - Wednesday January 22, 2014
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Scotia increases steelband sponsorships
 

Gisele del V Marfleet, chair of the Scotia Foundation and Vernon Morancie, chairman, Eastern Region, Pan Trinbago, at the Foundation’s presentation of grants to unsponsored steelbandsTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Steelbands leaders have praised the Scotiabank Foundation for its decision to double contributions to unsponsored steelbands preparing for the National Panorama competition and increase the number of bands qualifying under the grants system.

At the 36th Annual Donations to Unsponsored Steelbands Ceremony at Scotiabank T&T Ltd’s headquarters in Port-of-Spain, the Foundation announced that contributions to steelbands had been increased by 100 per cent. Last year, the steelband assistant programme paid out $150,000 to 50 steelbands. This year’s figure is $300,000 to 65 bands.
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Web Posted - Tuesday January 21, 2014
New Haven Independent

Lift Every Voice ... Violin, & Steel Drum

The St. Luke’s Steel Band and Music Haven’s Haven String Quartet may seem an unlikely combination. It is. They know it, and they made the most of it at a joint annual Dr. Martin Luther King Community Celebration Monday afternoon at St. Luke’ s Episcopal Church.
 

New Haven, Connecticut, USA - They lifted every voice — and every violin, and every steel drum.

“You can put on your dancing shoes now, and take off your cold weather shoes,” the Steel Band’ s conductor/arranger, Kenneth Joseph, announced before the classical/ Caribbean cultural combo launched into a Motown medley of “My Girl,” “Stop (in the Name of Love”), “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “I’ll Be There.”

This is after the groups had already combined on such novel numbers as Stevie Wonder’s Duke Ellington tribute, “Sir Duke,” and “Africa” by ‘80s rockers Toto. Over a dozen Music Haven students joined Steel Band members for a couple of Bill Withers songs, “Lean on Me.”
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Web Posted - Tuesday January 21, 2014
Trinidad Express Newspapers

De Fosto leading the way with selections for Panorama
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - This year has seen a proliferation of pan songs like no other. Already there are well over 50 songs and the list keeps growing every day.

Every year new composers and singers come to the fore just to be in the game but with all these songs only a handful are played at the annual National Panorama competition.

The composer who leads the pack this year is one who has been at the forefront in pan songs, The Original De Fosto Himself. He has two songs “In De Minor” and “Pan in the Atmosphere”.

Six steel orchestras will be going to the savannah with “In De Minor” including bp Renegades with Duvone Stewart as arranger; Arima Angel Harps with Shelton C Besson; Supernovas with Amrit Samaroo as arranger, and Andre White with Tamana Pioneers.
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Web Posted - Monday January 20, 2014
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

As crime wave rises in east PoS - Panmen running scared

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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan players from steelbands based in east Port-of-Spain are on the run as the country’s crime wave continues to escalate, says Gerard Mendez, chairman of Pan Trinbago’s northern region.

Up to late yesterday, six bands—Nostrand Symphony, City Sun Valley, Freelancers, Blue Diamonds, Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars and Witco Desperadoes—were reported to have been directly affected by issues related to gun violence in this part of the capital.

....Meanwhile, ten-time National Panorama champion Witco Desperadoes, commonly referred to as the “pride of the hill,” had again left its Laventille home, for the National Infrastructure and Property Development Company (Nipdec) car park on Cadiz Road, Belmont.

However, the T&T Guardian has learnt that this would be the last year the property would be used as Desperadoes’ alternate Carnival home.
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Web Posted - Sunday January 19, 2014
When Steel Talks

For Steelband Music Lovers: Tunes of Choice, Bands, Bios & more for Panorama 2014

2014 Tunes-of-choice graphic
 

Global - The steel orchestras of Trinidad & Tobago continue to check in with When Steel Talks regarding their respective tunes of choice for the 2014 Panorama season.  Although a significant portion has confirmed, several are still incoming.

At a glance, see and hear what your favorite bands are playing for this year’s competition, who their competition is, and where available, look through their bios.

Also included - a unique play list featuring only the 2014 music selected as Tunes of Choice.  Comment on, ‘Like,’ ‘Recommend’ and ‘Share’ your favorites!

Re-visit this one-stop, musical treasure-trove of data for steelband music lovers time and again, which is constantly being updated.
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Web Posted - Wednesday January 15, 2014
When Steel Talks

Panorama 2014 Single Pan Preliminaries On Track

La Creole Pan Groove perform during the 2013 Single Pan Band finals
 

Global - Seventy Single Pan Bands in four Regions will face panels of adjudicators when the 2014 National Panorama Single Pan Bands Preliminaries gets underway in two weeks’ time. This means that sixty-nine bands will be attempting to dethrone the reigning title holders, San Juan East Side Symphony, who are going for their fourth consecutive championship!

First up are bands affiliated to the Eastern Region. They will perform their tunes of choice on Thursday January 30 at the Arima Velodrome in Arima from 6:00 p.m. Twenty-two bands have registered.
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Web Posted - Monday January 13, 2014
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Music students display talent on achievement day

Music Makers founder/director Merle Albino, second left, joins her young students on tenor pan at her school’s achievement day ceremony
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - One of the positive events held over the hectic Christmas season was the Achievement Day Celebrations for the young music students of Music Makers by their musical director Merle Albino-de Coteau, HBM MA, BMus, LTCL.

....The students displayed their talent on the national instrument and other conventional instruments and received their certificates in Theory, Pan and Piano and other special awards.
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Web Posted - Monday January 13, 2014
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Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2014 Schedule Overview and Beyond
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Three separate days have been allotted to Steel Orchestras in the Large Band category for Trinidad & Tobago’s 2014 National Panorama Preliminaries.

Tobago and Eastern Regions bands will be visited by the adjudicators on Monday February 10, Northern Region’s turn will be on Tuesday February 11, while bands in the South/Central Region will be heard on Wednesday February 12. Judging will take place in the respective Pan Yards/Communities. Starting time in each area is 7:00 p.m. These additions are included in the Pan Trinbago, Inc. schedule of events 2014 for Carnival and beyond.
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Web Posted - Sunday January 12, 2014
When Steel Talks

Song for Panorama 2014

“The Wedding (Shaadi)”

sung by “Chucky”
composed by Ray Holman
& Fazad “Joe” Shageer
 

Ray Holman, 2014 Panorama arranger for Skiffle Steel OrchestraGlobal - Composer, arranger, performer and educator Ray Holman is back for the 2014 Panorama season, with an original composition to be performed by Skiffle, as the steel orchestra makes a run once more for the title of National Panorama champion of Trinidad & Tobago. “The Wedding (Shaadi)” again features a collaboration between Holman and Fazad “Joe” Shageer, following in the footsteps of their joint and successful music venture with last year’s “Sapna (The Dream).”

The vocalist this time around is “Chucky,” who has already been heard this Panorama season on “Pan Is Carnival.”
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Web Posted - Thursday January 9, 2014
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Song for Panorama 2014

“Ah Ent Spoil”

sung by “HD Hunter”
composed by Jason “Xpert” James
 

“HD Hunter”Global - Jermonne Adams aka “HD Hunter” of Carriacou has performed in numerous Soca Monarch and Calypso competitions in Carriacou as well as in Grenada, to name but two arenas. Because of his musical hunger, Jermonne was given his singing name of “Hunter HD,” where HD stands for High Definition.

Jermonne has experienced a major transformation from soca, to now singing a wide variety of music including dancehall, calypso and even techno. He lives by his name and is always seen as the guy who “hunts” to fulfill his destiny. For 2014 he has released “Ah Ent Spoil” written and produced by Jason “Xpert” James.
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Web Posted - Wednesday January 8, 2014
When Steel Talks

The Artistry of roycrosse and Dalton Narine: When Two Pan “Vets” Meet

Creative Co-Production births “And Great Showers Of Tears Came Down”
 

Performing artist roycrosse on steelpanGlobal - It is usually said that opposites attract; however this is a case where like minds meet. At this juncture - those of roycrosse, and Dalton Narine. “roycrosse” - this is is the reference he prefers as a performing artist, one word, lowercase and all.

And just as he calls the shots in how he is addressed, roycrosse determinedly grasps each hour afforded him as he continues to give the cancer which vies for his life force on an ongoing basis, a swift kick in the pants.
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Web Posted - Wednesday January 8, 2014
St. Lucia News Online

Junior Arrangers Workshop – Level 2 scheduled for this month
 

WorkshopSt. Lucia, W.I. - A workshop focused on providing practical skills and “valuable knowledge” as a strategy to build St. Lucia’s skilled leaders and steel pan professionals will be held here later this month.

The Training, Promotion & Development Department of the Cultural Development Foundation (CDF) announced that its Junior Arrangers Workshop –Level 2 is scheduled for January 18 and 25, 2014 at the CDF conference room.

“The training and development aspect of Steel Pan is almost as important as the entertainment itself.
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Web Posted - Monday January 6, 2014
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Promoters: Yes to steel, brass....but
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Fete promoters say they would welcome the return of steel pan and brass bands to their events but cited logistics as a major reason why most events feature singers as their only form of entertainment.

“The logistics of arranging transport for a steel band, getting a proper stage set up for them, the lighting and sound, tends to take more time and effort than when booking a performer,” Colin Greaves, general manager of Island People Mas told Newsday yesterday. He also spoke of the cost of hiring a steel or brass band, which depends on its size and how long their set is (performance time).

“This may range from $15,000 to $30,000 and while some acts may charge similar amounts, when you add the logistics to that, many promoters find it easier not to hire a pan side or brass band.”
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Web Posted - Sunday January 5, 2014
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

Hometown: School of the Arts Collects Electronics to Support Steel Drum Ensemble
 

Williamsburg, Virginia, USA - With many residents receiving new gadgets for the holidays, the York County’s School of the Arts is collecting the old ones to turn into arts funding.

....Milne said the school will accept electronics of any size, including tablets, ink cartridges and cell phones — no matter how advanced their technology.

The school then works with a company who exchanges the items for money. Milne said the payout could be $1 per piece, or much larger for more valuable devices. The company either recycles the materials or refurbishes them for use in other countries that might not have access to the same products.

....The funds will go to the school’s steel drum rhythm group, which partners with the Virginia Arts Festival. The ensemble has about 20 members from the City of Williamsburg, and James City and York counties, and receives professional instruction.

The group costs $10,000 a year, which the school system is unable to fund, Milne said.
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Web Posted - Sunday January 5, 2014
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Move to bring back pan in fetes

2013 winners Phase II Pan Groove performing at the launch of Panorama 2014 at the Queen's Park Savannah, Friday night
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Patrons at Saturday night’s launch of Panorama 2014 at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of- Spain, were taken on a nostalgic journey to the days when pan and brass dominated fetes and other social events.

That the performances of the steel bands and artistes at the show reflected those years was no fluke, said Pan Trinbago President Keith Diaz.

....“We want to bring back pan in fete,” he said, adding that the performances of the various steelbands and artistes mirrored Pan Trinbago’s vision.
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Web Posted - Saturday January 4, 2014
The Tobago News

Our Boys to return for 2014 Panorama

Our Boys Steel Orchestra
 

Tobago, W.I. - Our Boys Steel Orchestra will be returning to compete in Panorama 2014.

It is the second oldest steelband in Tobago and missed its first Panorama in 50 years in the 2013 competition.

Based in Scarborough at its pan yard on Fort Street, Our Boys has captured the Tobago Panorama title on five occasions; the band’s most memorable victory was 40 years ago in 1974.

....Although Our Boys didn’t compete in the 2013 Panorama competition, the band did complete a successful tour of Europe. Band leader Anton Jack, who is considered one of the top bass panists in the nation, is adamant that Our Boys must compete in the 2014 carnival season.
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Web Posted - Friday January 3, 2014
When Steel Talks

Song for Panorama 2014

“Spankin - A Tribute”

sung by “Super Blue”
composed by Austin Lyons
 

Austin “Super Blue” LyonsGlobal - In 2013, Fantastic Friday by “Super Blue” caught the musical fancy of no less than four out of ten steel orchestras for the annual New York Panorama event. And they all snagged the top four prizes with their respective arrangements and performances, with CASYM Steel Orchestra taking a super Saturday victory lap when they won the Panorama championship that September night playing the song.

Now, Super Blue’s brought back the main track from his 1989 EP (extended play) album of the same name - “Mrs. Pan.” With a partial re-working of the verses, it’s been re-released as Spankin - A Tribute, featured here. Needless to say, its melodic and lyrical content puts it in play for the 2014 Panorama season.
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Web Posted - Friday January 3, 2014
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Celebrating The Evolution of Pan
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panorama champs 2013 Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove will head an impressive line-up of entertainment at the launch of this year’s Panorama competition to be held tonight. Pan Trinbago will host the event at the Mecca of Pan, Queen’s Park, Savannah.

Also expected to perform are NGC Steel Xplosion along with Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars, Fusion Steel, Free Lancers, Roy Cape and Blaxx, Black Stalin and DJ KC Klass Is Class. “Celebrating The Evolution of Pan...” is the theme of this, the 51st edition of the Panorama competition.
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Web Posted - Friday January 3, 2014
When Steel Talks

Song for Panorama 2014

“Men of Steel”

sung by Kes
composed by Kenneth Charles & Alvin Daniell
 

Kees “Kes” DieffenthallerGlobal - For the 2014 Panorama season, Kees “Kes” Dieffenthaller has released “Men of Steel” a track focused on the steelpan genre.  Composed by the songwriting team of Kenneth Charles and Alvin Daniell, the vocals of Kes bring the song to life.

Kes hails from San Fernando in south Trinidad. He began performing in the late 90s. In 2005 he formed his own band named “KES the Band,” which consists of his two brothers, Hans (drummer), Jon (lead guitar), and his best friend Riad Boochoon (bass). They have released several albums with more than a dozen hits making it into the top 10 of major Caribbean charts.

In 2011, Kes released one of the greatest soca hits of his career, “Wotless” and won the title of Groovy Soca Monarch that year at the International Soca Monarch.
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Web Posted - Thursday January 2, 2014
Wicked Local

Dennis-Yarmouth's Mattacheese goes Caribbean

Steel-drum icon’s visit boosts interest
 

Michael Gabriel instructs Nour Kafal and members of the Mattacheese Steel Drum EnsembleWest Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA - Born in Trinidad and later living in Tobago, Michael Gabriel had been playing reggae and calypso on steel drums with a traveling symphony for five years by the time he was 12. So it’s hardly surprising that Gabriel accepted Mattacheese Middle School music teacher Scott Graf’s in Shango Axe.

Gabriel’s visit came in the form of an early Christmas gift on Friday, Dec. 20, and was joyfully received by the Mattacheese student body.

....Last January, Graf introduced the district’s first steel-drum program. “During school hours I offered a 12-week enrichment class so students could be steeped in the culture and history of steel drums while learning to play them,” he says. “The class was open to all students, no matter their musical background.
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Web Posted - Thursday January 2, 2014
Trinidad Express Newspapers

birdsong offering students free music education programme
 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - As an expansion of its existing efforts, the birdsong steelband is from this month offering a free after-school music education programme for early teens and pre-teens.

The after-school programme, which takes place under the reins of the birdsong Academy, will take an estimated 150 students through the theory and playing of the pan and a wide range of instruments, including brass, woodwinds, percussion, voice, guitar and bass, both upright and electric.

Successful applicants will attend training sessions once a week between Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Students will be grouped according to age, a press release from the steelband said.
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Panorama 2013 Panyard Recordings
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Sonatas Steel Orchestra during their recording session, part of Basement Recordings' Panyard series
 

New York, USA - For this year 2013, Basement Recordings captured six of Brooklyn’s finest steel orchestras franchises as part of their annual panyard panorama music recording series. All the orchestras operated at very high level this year and were indeed deserving of having their musical performance captured and preserved for the historical, cultural and community archives.

....The steel orchestras recorded this year are Despers USA; Pantonic; CrossFire; D’Radoes; Sonatas and CASYM, the eventual 2013 Panorama champion.
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Results - 2013 New York Panorama

New York, USA - Full results for the 2013 New York Panorama which took place at the back of the Brooklyn Museum are here.  CASYM Steel Orchestra, celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, have also added the title of Panorama champions to their list of accomplishments. Pan Sonatas which placed fourth last year moved up two to second place, while D’Radoes  Steel Orchestra placed third for the third year running.  Pan Fantasy from Canada went away with fourth place.
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Complete RESULTS for the Trinidad & Tobago 2013 Panorama

  Panorama 2013
 

Global - Full results for the Trinidad and Tobago 2013 Panorama are in. Steel Orchestras competed in the medium and large categories at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad last evening.  Both 2012 defending champions were dethroned.
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Champion Panorama Tunes of Trinidad and Tobago

Panorama Champion TunesGlobal - A critical component to winning any panorama competition is the song the orchestras choose to use as the basis of their panorama arrangements. Over the years these songs have inspired classic panorama arrangements. When Steel Talks invites you to take a look at and listen to, these famed tunes which have played more than just a cursory part in the history of Pan, and the lives of the players and fans.
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Some of the most important, controversial, thought-provoking and enlightening discussions on the steelpan instrument, music and culture worldwide, have taken place over the years on the When Steel Talks “Message board.”  Considered by many to be a lightening-rod for change in the steelpan music community, the WST message board  has provided a means unlike any for steelpan enthusiasts to share information and communicate ideas.

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