Liam Teague the “Paganini of the Steelpan” has dedicated his life to the steelpan. He has received many awards including the Hummingbird National award (silver) and the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Award for Excellence. He has also won various competitions in his lifetime. Liam Teague has had major success over the years due to his dedication and pure talent when it comes to the art of playing the steelpan. This essay aims to discuss Liam Teague’s journey to becoming the “Paganini of the steelpan”, his work as an advocate for original composition and lastly as a musical arranger. One major aspect of Liam Teague is that he is idolised as the “Paganini of the Steelpan”. The word Paganini is derived from the well-known Italian violinist, Niccolo …show more content…
An arranger is the person that ensures that every piece of music is well organized and in tune with every instrument played in the band. Liam Teague obtained the knowledge to read and understand music because of his qualification attained from Northern Illinois University. Also he is well versatile in playing other instruments especially, the steel pan. Liam Teague has rendered his contribution as a musical arranger for the PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars steel orchestra, Starlift and Skiff Bunch for Panorama. He arranges for panorama because panorama was where his journey had begun. His association with Trinidad and Tobago has always been an important part of his musical life. Furthermore, Panorama is the most celebrated steel band competition celebrated in the world and Liam has always returned home to arrange for the bands. Liam Teague as an arranger was all about originality, generating something amazing. One has to listen attentively to appreciate his originality. The members of the Silver Stars were skilled to understand its complexity because of the variation of his music. His musical vocabulary was integrated with content knowledge of which he had acquired from Charlie Parker, his professor from Illinois, by creating a mixture combining his Trinidadian roots. Being an arranger was all about originality however, other arrangers were fixated on winning. Therefore, Liam Teague had to compromise his talent and arrange his music to win the competition because he had to lead his band members to victory. For which he did in 2016, with his composition Panoramic: “Rhythm Through an Unobstructed View and Open Window”. Liam wished to encourage the public to witness where the magic of arrangement takes place, in the pan yard. After listening and understanding how the process of arranging works he assures the public that they will cherish the art of steel band music. Many of his
n the “Pat Conroy Letter” (October 24, 2007) to the Charleston Gazette, Pat Conroy implies that the only good in banning books is giving students irresistible temptation to read them. Conroy emphasizes the dangers of banning books by juxtaposing books to real life utilizing diction, imagery, and conjunctions. He uses sarcasm in order to persuade the school board to change their book banning policy. Conroy captures the audience’s attention with a historical allusion to the Hatfields and McCoys to relate to the people in Charleston, West Virginia using sarcasm and humor in hopes of convincing that censorship is wrong.
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John Philip Sousa’s life started on November sixth, 1854 in Washington. “Philip was a rugged individualist at the age of four.”(9). His early stubborn nature prevented him from attending school due to catching pneumonia from sleeping outdoors when his mother denied him sweets. Sousa’s home-schooling left him craving for an activity and John Esputa started to teach young Philip music. A variety of music lessons took place, leaving Sousa frustrated with critical teachers and challenging new instruments. Eventually he enrolled in school, mainly for safety from the upcoming war, but the young musician excelled in his studies. Meanwhile, trouble with his music lessons occurred, leading him to quit music and attempt baking instead. His heart already belonged to music though, and he returned to music as the child prodigy who fearlessly performed at age ten for large audiences. He already conducted a band of grown men, accepted offers to play in a circus band, and ended up joining the Marine Band before his late teens. The Marine Band a...
Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild, once claimed that “nothing is more damaging to an adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future” (Krakauer). Christopher Johnson McCandless epitomises the adventurous spirit and escaped from his secure future to live in the wild Alaskan terrain to escape from reality. In the year 1990, Chris burned all of his money, abandoned his car and changed his name to Alexander Supertramp to go on an Great Alaskan Adventure where he could escape from his responsibilities and all that awaited him back home. Likewise, George, from Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Montag, from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and Finny from A Separate Peace by John Knowles, all wanted to escape from the world that they were
Life is a form of progress- from one stage to another, from one responsibility to another. Studying, getting good grades, and starting the family are common expectations of human life. In the novel Into the Wild, author Jon Krakauer introduced the tragic story of Christopher Johnson McCandless. After graduating from Emory University, McCandless sold of his possessions and ultimately became a wanderer. He hitchhiked to Alaska and walked into the wilderness for nearly 4 months. This journey to the 49th state proved fatal for him, and he lost his life while fulfilling his dream. After reading this novel, some readers admired the boy for his courage and noble ideas, while others fulminated that he was an idiot who perished out of arrogance and
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As the child is, so will the man be… So it is in music that the songs which a child assimilates in his youth will determine the musical manhood…the musical influence upon his afterlife and also that the melodies which composers evolve in their maturity are but the flowers which bloom from the fields which were sown with the seed of the folk-song in their childhood. (Barham, 9).
The hurdy gurdy, or street organ, is an instrument with not only a funny name, but a fascinating sound. The humorous name was actually a derogatory term in the 18th century, meaning the hurdy gurdy was not held to such a high regard. In the 12th and 13th century, the hurdy gurdy was either described in its primitive form as the symphonia or a organistrum. The symphonia was a peasant’s instrument, only street folk played it. Through this proposal, I will describe how society’s view of the hurdy gurdy shifted through centuries of music. In the medieval ages, the hurdy gurdy may have been held to the same regard and as popular as the piano of modern day. The street orga that we know today is in no way, shape, or form a representation of what
Reich, Steve. Writings about Music. Halifax: Nova Scotia Coll.of Art & Design P., 1974. Print.
“How Musical is Man?” was published in 1974. This book was written by John Blacking, a musician turned social anthropologist. His goal in writing this ethnography, and several other papers during this same time period, was to compare the experience of music-making that takes place within different cultures and societies throughout the world. In this book, he discusses and describes the musicology of the Venda people in South Africa. Though he does go to Africa to research and learn about the Venda people and their music, he specifically states that his book is “not a scholarly study of human musicality” (ix), but rather it is a summary (written from his point of view), which is both expressive and entertaining, of several different issues and ideas that he has seemingly been contemplating for some time.
Pogue, David and Scott Speck. “Classical Music for Dummies.” Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1997. Print.
Music has shaped the lives of people throughout history. Even in its earliest forms, music has included use of instruments. One of the oldest musical instruments known is a variation of the flute; the original flute is thought to date back nearly 67,000 years ago. Tonight we are going to move throughout the eras with a history of instrumental music. This concert will begin with the Renaissance Era and continue through time until we have reached modern instrumental music.
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Niccolò Paganini's first known performance was at the church of Saint Filippo Neri on May 26, 1794. After significant progress, Paganini traveled to Parma with his father to study with Alessandro Rolla. To cover the expense of the trip Paganini played a special concert on July 31, 1795. Afte...