Steelpan Concert by Panoramic

• Event Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
• Time: 7:00 pm–9:15 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: $5.00

• Performance
• Exhibit-Related tag

Formed by steelpan virtuoso Liam Teague and Robert Chappell (piano, marimba, vibes, tabla), Panoramic combines intricate original compositions and intense improvisations with calypso, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and even East Indian rhythms. With Orlando Cotto, congas, Doug Stone, saxophones, Phil Beale, drum set, and Joshua Ramos, bass, Panoramic pays tribute to its member’s Caribbean heritage while seamlessly integrating the band’s musical experiences in jazz, classical and world genres into a unified whole. The event will begin with a 15-minute introduction to the history of steelpan.

This event is held in conjunction with the Campbell Gallery exhibit “Calypso Music in Postwar America: Photographs and Illustrations, 1945-1960.” The exhibit was organized by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The concert is sponsored in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.