Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A steelband in Trinidad and Tobago, 2013. The steelpan (also known as a pan or steel drum) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. Steelpan musicians are called pannists. In 1992, the steelpan was declared Trinidad and Tobago’s national instrument by Prime Minister Patrick Manning. [1]
Steelbands, originating from Trinidad and Tobago, are groups of musicians who play steelpan instruments including the Tenor, Double Tenor, Double Second, Cello, Guitar, Quadrophonic and Bass together as an orchestral ensemble, often with expansive percussion and rhythm section. This is a list of notable steelbands organized by country.
The Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) was formed to participate in the Festival of Britain in 1951. The group was the first steelband to travel abroad from Trinidad and Tobago, presenting the newly invented steelpan to an international audience. [1]
Desperadoes have won the (Pan Is Beautiful) Steel Orchestra Music Festival of Trinidad and Tobago three times. They played the "Polovetsian Dances" by Borodin in 1986, the "Marche Slave" from Tchaikovsky in 1988 and the "Bartered Bride" by Smetana in 1992. Their classical renditions were all arranged and conducted by the late, Dr. Pat Bishop.
Today, steel-pan is the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago and is used worldwide. In 2013 Ancel Bhagwandeen was awarded by the Prime minister's Awards for Scientific Ingenuity for developing and producing the World's first tenor pan stick that is sound sensitive and displays light colours in sync with playing the steel pan.
The Rudolph Charles Pan Innovation Award was founded to encourage emerging tuners, and is a part of the Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband Music Festival. [6] [2] In 2005 Destra Garcia paid tribute to Charles and her home town with a song entitled "Laventille (The Hammer Revisited)", a duet with Rudder. [2]
Panorama is an annual music competition of steelbands from Trinidad and Tobago, taking place since 1963. ... Felix I. R. Blake, The Trinidad and Tobago Steel Pan: ...
Williams was a recipient of the Chaconia Medal (Gold) and the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago from the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. Williams was a pioneer of the steel pan, along with Winston "Spree" Simon, Ellie Mannette and Neville Jules. Williams was part of the Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra, TASPO, which visited ...