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News from the Steel Pan CommunitySteel Pan Jewelry by Liz Mannette Authentic steelpan jewelry designed by a Mannette is now available online at www.lizmannette.com. You can buy sterling silver and (some) 14K gold pendants, bracelets, earrings, chains and more to show off your steelpan style. At present, Liz' products are sold in Trinidad and Tobago, and New York with delivery throughout the US. Liz is also looking for a fulfillment and distribution partner in Europe. If you are interested, please contact Liz at liz@lizmannette.com. [31 December 2007] Steel Pans: A Brief History - by Maxens Berre Maxens Berre has written a story about the development of the pan instrument for CLAVE - the magazine of the Latin American Folk Institute. CLAVE Vol.II No. 1, March 1, 1999 [7 October 2007] Steel Band - Pan Tuning - Pan tuning film on YouTube Presented by omgfloofy: "This is a video of Joe tuning one of the lead pans after class was out. I always find watching him tune a very interesting process. Maybe you will too?". Click video screen to play. [16 September 2007] Researchers at University of Texas and PanYard, Inc has done some experiments with a pan manufactured in aluminium and has written a scientific article about their findings. Unfortunately, the article (linked from the heading) is not free to read, but you can read the abstract if you follow the link. [15 September 2007] Steel Pan Drum Modern Manfacturing - Pan tuning film on YouTube A modern way of making the Steel Drum/Pan that was invented in Trinidad & Tobago in the 1930's. Submitted by VibesTube [15 September 2007] Pan Podium Magazine - On The Pulse of Pan in the UK Check out the Official Magazine of The British Association of Steelbands at: www.panpodium.com. (Link to full text files of the magazine is att the right hand bottom of the page.) [15 September 2007] European Steelpan Festival in Dortmund, 4-6 July 2008 The European Steelpan Festival 2008 will be held in Dortmund, 4-6 July 2008. [17 June 2007] Sune Borregaard has made som very nice solo recordings of Bach sonatas on his alto (double tenor) pan, tuned by Rudy Smith. You may listen to the recordings on Sune's blog and even subscribe to his news feed and podcast, so you get notified when he issues a new recording. Enjoy! [12 May 2007] PanKAT - The World's first MIDI Pan Controller Some great minds invested plenty of time to create the panKAT, that will be available to purchase in February. This instrument is now produced by a leading manufacturer of MIDI percussion instruments like vibraphones. Jazz player Dave Samuels is one of their biggest clients. Check it out at this link: www.alternatemode.com/pankat.shtml Also read the PanKAT forum to find some answers to questions you might have. [4 February 2007] Anthony Williams - The North Star Steel Orchestra I knew Sam's Newsletter of January 2007 brings you an article on Anthony Williams and The North Star Steel Orchestra. Brought to you by pan-jumbie. [4 February 2007] Electric Steel Drums - now with sound samples and video clips The Steel Drum Enters The 21st Century! Welcome to the birth of a new era in steel drums. Presenting a "proof of concept" electronic steel drum. Image having the sound and form factor of an acoustical steel drum, without the use of 55-gallon oil drums. See additional information and pictures at www.electricsteeldrums.com. Sound saples and video clips are presented at the page http://www.electricsteeldrums.com/additional.html [3 December 2006] The California-based company Steel Drum Shop has put together an FAQ page named "All about pans", including a brief history and some nice photos from the building and tuning process. [29 October 2006] e-pan™ - electronic synthesized steelpan Toronto All Stars Steel Orchestra (TASSO) reports on a new electronic synthesized steelpan: The e-pan™, developed and designed by Salmon Cupid, of Trinidad and Tobago, which also has a US Patent on the e-pan™. [15 October 2006] Steel Island has published an illustrated overview of the development of the steel pan at their web site: www.steelisland.com/history.asp [8 October 2006] Announcement: Experienced Steelpan Teacher Needed at MAST Academy, Miami Florida Please contact Barbara Jordan at (305) 365-6278 for immediate consideration and further information. Maritime and Science Technology Academy, commonly referred to as MAST Academy is a public high school in picturesque Virginia Key in Miami, Florida. MAST Academy is a magnet school under the governance of Miami-Dade County Public Schools with an enrollment of approximately 550 students. Its principal is Dr. Consuelo V. Dominguez. It has a tradition of academic excellence, and has recently been ranked among Newsweek's Top 100 High Schools in the US. [28 July 2006] Port of Pan - ABC of Steel Pan and Trinidad Culture Monika Nicoletti-Tung of Pan Jumbie has witten a net-based dictionary on Trinidad, Culture, History, Steel Pan, Carnival, Country, People, Personalities and more... Monika has prepared the german original and Khalick J. Hewitt has translated it into english. Address: www.pan-jumbie.com/ABC/abc_intro.htm [28 July 2006] Australian Schools launch Education Week  Over
70 children from 3 different school steel bands came together last
Monday to launch the start of Education Week in New South Wales,
Australia. It's the first time a band of this size has played together
and it was an exciting and memorable event for the children and their
tutors Denis Gonzalez and Heather Gatus. Photo by CHOOSYPIX.
[3 June 2006] The International Steelband Hall of Fame This instrument, a 20th century musical wonder, which was created in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1940s and is claimed to be its national instrument does not have a hall of fame in the land of its birth. Therefore, Khalick J. Hewitt have decided to establish The International Steelband Hall of Fame on an internet site to recognize the many steelbands, tuners, panists, leaders, pioneers, arrangers, composers and contributors who have given their talents, skills, creativity, money and energies to the growth and development of the steelband movement. Brought to you by the courtesy of Pan Jumbie at: http://www.pan-jumbie.com/tishof/ [20 May 2006] Andy Narell posts an open letter to Craig Copetas in response to his article in the Bloomberg News, disputing an erroneous qoute about the quality of steel drums: "According to American jazz musician Andy Narrell(sic), Shell oil-barrel pans made between 1946 and 1967 are as renowned and desirable as the Cremonese violins of Antonio Stradivari, Nicolo Amati and Giuseppe Guarneri. Even the barrels made today are in high demand among pan players." Andy says: "In fact what transpired was, you asked me if there was any particular oil company's drums that made the best steelpans, and I explained very clearly that to my knowledge there was no connection between any oil company's drums and the quality of a steelpan, that the critical factor is the skill of the tuner, that tuners search out certain qualities in the barrels and that they come from a variety of sources, and that to my knowledge none of the oil companies have ever taken an interest in developing a barrel that would be better suited to making steelpans." Read the full letter at Pan Jumbie. [19 May 2006] An article in Taipei Times on an upcoming performance by Ju Percussion Group, the first steelband in Taiwan.[8 March 2006] The Music Rings out on Trinidad and Tobago’s Night of Glory in London An article by Haroun Shah brought to you by pan-jumbie.[5 March 2006] THE SPARROW REVOLUTION - Part I: Fifty years old and still going strong Article by Caldwell Taylor, original article overwrought for pan-jumbie 21th February 2006.[25 Feb 2006] An article on one of the pioneers of pan, written by Terry Joseph on April 18, 2001 for TriniSoca.com[25 Jan 2006] An article on the history of pan, written by Bukka Rennie on November 11, 1999 for TriniSoca.com[25 Jan 2006] The Evolution Of The Steel Band A new Sam's Newsletter by Robert "Sam" Saldenha, brought to you by Pan-Jumbie. Sam's interesting article starts off with the following: " ... facts that remain constant are:
Check it out at: http://www.pan-jumbie.com/sam/snl0106_1.htm [14 Jan 2006] Steel - a Musical by Derek Walcott on the History of Pan Jamaica Observer reports that Nobel laureate Derek Walcott has written a musical that traces the history and development of the steel drum from a working-class fringe instrument to one that has come to represent the soul of the Caribbean. [25 Sept 2005] A steel pan blog (formerly Steel Drum Message Board) started at address: http://www.steeldrum.net/panblog/ [15 Aug 2005] "Musical Metal: Science catches up with the shimmering sound of steel drums" An interesting article on Ellie Manette and his tuning from 1998, written by Corinna Wu in Science News, Vol. 154, No. 15, October 10, 1998, p. 236. Web: www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arc98/10_10_98/bob2.htm [8 Aug 2005] Pan in Education - CD recordings with music scores "Pan in Education" is a double CD, one with audio recordings of 13 different bands performing arrangements of Mark Loquan's music, the other is an interactive data CD with the digital music scores of the arrangements (combined and by individual pan) which can be accessed via Finale (2002 & higher), MIDI, or PDF. Brief bios are also given on each arranger and steelband. Caribbean & Latin rhythms are also included. The project is intended to be used by secondary schools and tertiary level locally and/or internationally, and the arrangements have been classified and categorized by level of difficulty according to defined criteria (done by the University of the West Indies, Centre for Creative & Festival Arts). Read more and order at: http://www.ecaroh.com/pan/panineducation.htm [12 July 2005] Robert "Sam" Saldenha is of Caribbean native, living in Boston. He's playing Bass with the Volume II Steelband. Sporadically, he is writing a newsletter for the Engine Room Section which takes over a part of the Boston Carnival. Sam has offered to share these newsletters with all the panjumbies, also with you. Check out his very interesting, four-part May 2005 newsletter about pan history (Part I not finished as yet): Brought to you by the courtesy of Pan Jumbie. [12 July 2005] iPan Cinema is a new section at the Paniacs website. Opening act by one of the most best steelpan tuners in the world. It is a "Two Minute Fame with Birch Kelman and Lenny Rogers". They play, you listen and enjoy! Production and copyright by Monix and TeMuzik. Address: www.paniacs.com [11 July 2005] Caribbean Water Music in Norway?
It has a diameter of 1,15 meter, and consists of 25 kg metal! And there's a second one, it is a double set, and therefore he calls it the Twin-Pan. Soon he will be heading for Trondheim/Norway with it. The Twin-Pan will be displayed on top of 4 meter pillars. It will be played by rhythmical water-jets of some special made nozzles. The Twin-Pan, created in collaboration with Dr. Werner Homberg and the University of Dortmund was 4 weeks in the making. Alone to tune the lowest note Eckhard did spend 4 days, he fixed it 5 times because the metal teared. No one can stop Ekki, he has more plans in his sleeves. Next dream is a jumbie pan with a diameter of 3 meters, supposed to go to Trinidad. [4 April 2005] Pan Jumbie - Daily Pan News from Switzerland Switzerland's improved Daily Caribbean News collection at http://www.pan-jumbie.com [2 Dec 2004] Nordic steelpan message board opened Nordisk anslagstavla om steelpan har öppnat på adressen http://www.steelpan.se/forum/ [24 Oct 2004] Paniacs - Independent Steelpan Meeting Point This is where you're going to find everything that makes a pan enthusiast's heart beat: good music, instruments, information about steelbands and a lot more. Register now and participate in an active steelpan scene. If you are an event manager, this is where you find the best bands for your next event. The platform primarily covers the needs of the Swiss pan enthusiasts, however as we rely on foreign sources for pans and other services, we will really appreciate the participation of all interested, far and near. Web: http://www.paniacs.com [27 Sept 2004] Reinventing Steel Pan on Record - A Short History of Steel Band Recordings Reinventing Steel Pan on Record: Local and Global Dialectics. And article by Amelia Ingram, published in CBMR Digest, Vol. 14, No 1, Spring 2001. Web: http://www.cbmr.org/pubs/141/kalinda141.htm [22 June 2004] |
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