Ouachita’s steel drum bands to present concert May 1 alongside Dr. Jeannine Remy
April 23, 2019
- Mercedes MataOuachita Baptist University’s steel drum bands will present their spring concert on
Wednesday, May 1, at 8 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall in Mabee Fine Arts Center. The
concert will feature three ensembles: Tiger Steel, Pan Jouvet and Pan Harmony, an
elementary student community band. The concert is free and open to the public. Joining
the bands is guest artist Dr. Jeannine Remy, a world-renowned steel band scholar,
composer and arranger.
Remy teaches steel drum courses at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine
in Trinidad. She also will work with the steel band students prior to the concert.
The program ranges in musical styles from the traditional calypso and soca music of
Trinidad and Tobago to American pop and rock favorites.
“We hope to first and foremost make people smile and enjoy themselves!” said Dr. Ryan
Lewis, associate professor of music at Ouachita and director of the steel ensembles.
“We also want to expose audience members to the traditional calypso and soca music
of Trinidad and Tobago, the birthplace of steel pans, as well as how versatile the
instruments are and how many styles of music they can perform.”
The concert selections include “Jump in the Line” and “Mary Ann” by Harry Belafonte,
“Africa” by Toto, “Matilda” by King Radio, “Funkytown” by Lipps, Inc. and “Pan in
A Minor” by Lord Kitchener. The concert will also feature Remy’s arrangements of “Toco
Band” by Lord Kitchener, “Try Jah Love” by Third World and “Rock the Boat” by Hues
Corporation.
For more information, contact Dr. Ryan Lewis at (870) 245-5421 or [email protected] or visit www.obu.edu/percussion.
By Mercedes Mata
April 23, 2019
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