Pannist Marcus Prince will be returning to the Berklee College of Music to continue his five year degree in Music Education and will be holding a fundraising concert to assist with expenses. Prince said he’s been playing the tenor pan since primary school at Diego Martin Boys RC School and continued through high school at … Continue reading
The Opening Gala of the African Film T&T Festival saw a wide and diverse crowd filling the Central Bank Auditorium on July 24 to watch the Burkina Faso film, Frontieres by director Apolline Traore. The films to be featured in the Festival from July 21 to 30 come from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Mauritania, Mauritius, … Continue reading
As singing actor Raguel Gabriel begins his third and final year of study at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City, he’s looking toward the future after school. Gabriel said he wants to be known as “the singing actor from T&T who does theatre, film, musical theatre, the Hugh Jackman of T&T. … Continue reading
Local website plentytalent.com was founded in 2014 based on the perceived need for a regional database of emerging talent in all areas of the creative industries. Three years later, expansion plans are in the works through a crowdfunding campaign in association with the World Bank and Caribbean crowdfunding consulting company VisionFunder. Co-founder Gavin Luke said … Continue reading
Tension filled the air during the FilmTT stakeholder meeting as the recollection of past disputes threatened to disrupt the proceedings. However, many in the substantial audience chose to agree with FilmTT General Manager Nneka Luke as she acknowledged the past turmoil and urged stakeholders to view collaboration as a way of moving the sector forward. … Continue reading
“We are Girl Be Heard!” was the rallying cry at the Central Bank Auditorium as the first cycle of Girl Be Heard TT came to an end with the final production, UnMasked. The production told the story of Maia, who grew up in a single parent household being abused by her mother after her father … Continue reading
As FashionTT begins the first of its 2017 round of capacity-building workshops, General Manager Lisa-Marie Daniel said the entity was excited to be holding a workshop in Tobago, which will be the first of its kind in the sister isle. The current workshops are called the Business of Fashion and deal with educating local designers … Continue reading
Film TT will host a stakeholder meeting tomorrow at the Government Plaza Auditorium, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain. FilmTT General Manager Nneka Luke said the upcoming stakeholder meeting will serve to introduce stakeholders to the firm which will be developing a new strategic plan for T&T’s film and audiovisual industry. The organization, Olsberg•SPI, was chosen following a … Continue reading
“In creating Remembrance, I started to make my own nationalist statement using Trinbagonian elements of music.” “Since I’m a choral musician, it had to contain a choir; since I’m trying to chart a new course for instrumental music with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, I had to also include them and because the first type of … Continue reading
Singer and dancer Jillia Cato’s debut concert, Jillia in Concert, was a fun mix of original songs and covers chosen to show off the songbird’s range of musical ability. The concert, the second event in the recently concluded Pride Arts Festival 2017, was presented by I Am One T&T. Cato said she chose the songs … Continue reading
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