Steelpan Authority | The Pulse of Pan

Steelpan Girl Power begins this November

Female entertainers on the steelpan are set to enter an entirely new phase in their performing lives with the staging of an all-female virtual music showcase aptly titled Girl Power, Diamonds! Conceptualised by the Steelpan Authority Woman and Steelpan Authority...

Flying High comes down

Steelband flags which added an extra layer of beauty to the Port-of-Spain city skyline, during Steelpan Month, have come down. The flags were raised back in August for the inaugural Barry Mannette Flying High exhibition. Conceptualised and produced by the Steelpan...

No Carnival 20201: Creative sector needs to innovate

Flying High lauded in UK newspaper

https://thephoenixnewspaper.com/steelband-month-celebrated-in-trinidad-and-tobago

The Royal phase of pan

Royal Pan Illusion is one of the newest Single Pan Bands to emerge on the music scene in Tobago. Founded in 2016, the band located in Buccoo Village Tobago, which is home to the famous Buccoo Reef, is led by Anthony “Tony” Williams. Williams, fondly known as “Pan...

Steelpan vibe keep Opal alive

"Steelpan to me... it's a vibe. It's a culture. It's a love. It's a joy. It brings happiness to me. I've played other instruments and I love the instruments I play, but the steelpan? It creates and wakes up a kind of expression in my body, in my soul that I...

Living a life that is Golden

Golden Hands celebrated its 27th anniversary on July 7th 2020. It has been sculpting its own niche in the steelpan arts landscape and along the way has amassed numerous accolades. It’s a major triumphant for founder and artistic director Franka Hills-Headley....

Novotney lauds panmakers

"This instrument has given me a profound voice that's enabled me to express myself musically, like no other instrument. And, I feel the sacrifice and the dedication of the founders of this artfonn in every note that I play. As a kid growing up, I loved to play the...

Southern Marines and its social compact

Marabella-based Southern Marines Steelband Foundation is reputed to be one of the oldest steel orchestras in south Trinidad (and Tobago). Its longevity is linked to a quality that many take for granted…its innate sense of community. Southern Marines became famous for...

Steelpan led me right: Harris III

QUOTE OF THE DAY "Steelpan is everything. Steelpan was introduced to me at four years old. Other than my mother and father, the next thing to lead me in the right direction was the steelpan, and that the steelpan did. Every time I needed to make a right decision and...