Andy Narell and Lord Relator collaborated on the album University of Calypso in 2009. This video clip is from Andy’s DVD Alive: Calypso Fever live at the Koln Philharmonic Germany featuring the Andy Narell Steel Orchestra, Lord Relator and the WRD Big Band.
I am having a blast posting on this site. The response has been great and I appreciate all of your continued support. One of the goals I wanted to achieve was to share videos of great performances and this video is the perfect example. This video features Robert Chappell’s Open Window for tenor pan (performed by Liam Teague) and marimba (performed by Robert Chappell). This piece was awarded 1st place in the 2006 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest. Originally for tenor pan and marimba, this performance also features bass and percussion/cajon. [Unfortunately, I don’t know the name of the performers or I would add it]. It is a shame that this piece has only been viewed 1043 times since it was posted in 2009. Let’s do our part and share this piece and performance.
You can purchase the sheet music at Steve Weiss Music. Liam and Robert also have a CD featuring nine compositions for steelpan in solo, jazz, world, chamber, and steel band settings. It can also be purchased at Steve Weiss Music.
Andy Akiho has written a lot of music for steel pan and percussion. Today’s video features a new orchestration of a piece he wrote in 2007. Check out his website for more music and sheet music.
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On April 27, 2014, I hosted “Massive Band 2014” at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSULB with guest artist Andy Narell. Massive Band featured over 100 steel pan performers on one stage, including:
CSULB STEEL DRUM ORCHESTRA (Dave Gerhart – director)
CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL PANJAMMAS (Drew Holt-director)
CAMPBELL HALL SOLDIERS OF STEEL (HIGH SCHOOL) & STEEL PANDAS (JUNIOR HIGH) (Jason Bruns-director)
GRANADA MIDDLE SCHOOL PAN SQUAD (Jennifer Stampfl – director)
LAKEWOOD STEEL (Amanda Duncan – director)
RUSTY STEEL BAND (Andy Cobbs – director)
WESTMINSTER HIGH SCHOOL STEEL BAND (John Whatley – director).
Click here to check out all of the videos from the concert.
It was an honor to direct this group and share the stage with Andy Narell (not to mention him soloing on a tune I wrote!).
The 2012 Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Panorama Festival is this Saturday, February 18 in Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. The competition begins at 7:00pm (Trinidad Time – 6:00pm EST/3:00pm PST) and features performances of Large and Medium Steel Orchestras. The semi-finals took place on February 5 and Phase II (268), Trinidad All-Stars (268) and Silver Stars (263) are leading the large bands going into finals.
Here’s a video from the 2012 Panorama Semi-Finals of Neal & Massey Trinidad All-Stars performing Play Yourself.
For more Panorama coverage, please visit Pan on the Net. They have links to live video feeds that will be broadcasting the 2012 Panorama Festival. Good luck to all of the bands!
Originally posted on DrummChattr.com on February 14, 2012 by Dave Gerhart
It is not every day that you hear Frank Zappa played on steel pans. Here’s a video of the CSULB Steel Drum Orchestra performing Zappa’s “Let’s Move to Cleveland.” Enjoy!
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