Music

Born in Jamaica, but raised and living at Rey Hill, Anguilla, Jerome Reid, aka Jay Khule, has been honing his singing skills since the age of ten and is now climbing the ladder of success.

Practical Music examinations administered by the UK-based Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music were conducted in Anguilla from Monday to Wednesday this week.

Anguillian passion-filled Gospel Reggae Singer, Gershwin Lake, of Blowing Point, is making a name for himself, with the launching of his solo album, Midnight Worship. The ceremony was held on Friday, April 22, at a reception at Paradise Cove.

The Anguilla Community Foundation is once again holding its Annual Classical Music fund-raising event on February 12 at the Bethel Methodist Church, South Hill, commencing at 7.30 p.m.

Pantha Vibes International, Anguilla’s reigning Roadmarch Champions, are taking their show on the road to help promote Anguilla in the United Kingdom. The eight-member band and their technical support crew leave the island this week for limited engagements in Birmingham, Slough and London scheduled over the next two weeks.

Melvin Reid, an Anguillian upcoming, self-made singer and musician, is making a name for himself in the field of entertainment. The entertainer, who performs at public functions, and whose spirited reggae music forms part of local radio programming, is popularly known as “Rude Boy Earthlite XXXX”.

Gordon Hazell has been playing guitar for eleven years, and his love for this instrument has made him want to share his passion with the students of the Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School.

A capacity congregation was at Bethel Methodist Church at South Hill on Sunday evening, December 14, where Carbon’s Music Studio showcased the developing talents of its student body, featuring in particular 15-year-old Conlloyd O’Connor Gumbs, in one of the most enjoyable local piano recitals in Anguilla in recent times.

Conlloyd Gumbs, one of Anguilla’s upcoming musicians, is to give a piano recital at Bethel Methodist Church on December 14, commencing at 5.00 p.m. He is a music student of that church’s pianist, Lois Hazell-Carbon, who is helping to develop and showcase his talent.

The Anguilla Tourist Board and BET Event Productions have announced the special performers for the Sixth Annual Tranquility Jazz Festival set to take place in the island paradise of November 6-9, 2008. The “Straight. No Chaser. Tranquility Jazz Festival” has earned a reputation as one of the Caribbean’s only true all jazz events and this year’s lineup is guaranteed to keep the tradition going.

On Saturday, June 28, ten children gathered at the Art Café in Island Harbour to showcase their musical talents. If readers recall, the Art Café recently acquired an immaculate grand piano and since then there have been many concerts.

Anguillian diva Jaine Rogers was Special Guest among a constellation of stars that thrilled patrons at the world famous Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday May 4th 2008.

On Sunday 4th May 2008, the Little Patriots drum band was blessed on the Island Harbour field by Elder Cupid of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Third Annual Development Calypso Workshop aimed at raising the standards of the music art form was held in Anguilla late last week when the facilitator was Dorbrene O’Marde, a national of Antigua.

Three music students from Anguilla, who study piano under Mrs Irina Kaufman-Brookes, participated in an annual Le Diapason d’Or music competition held at The Grand Case Cultural Center, in French St. Martin on Sunday April 13, 2008. The three students ages 7-11 who competed in categories Debutant 2 and Preparatorie 1 were all the proud winners of trophies of Gold, Silver and Bronze in their respective categories.

The Bethel Methodist Church at South Hill was the venue for an enjoyable evening of classical music arranged in support of the Anguilla Community Foundation.

The 18th year of Moonsplash was all it promised to be with big crowds, great music, great food and drink, and most importantly, amazing vibes. Although the festival kicked off on Thursday afternoon with a beach bash, Friday night’s performance by Tarrus Riley was absolutely splendid and concert goers were able to be entertained in a very special way. Many things were different about this year’s Moonsplash and it seems as if the people enjoyed it immensely.

Daphne Richardson and Lennox Vanterpool were delighted to receive two child size violins to add to the instruments available for the classical concert band.

Ray Luck from Guyana enchanted the audience with his superb skills at the piano recital on Saturday January 19. The excellent performance included works by Haydn, Dukas, Granados and Chopin.

Distinguished Guyanese Concert Pianist Ray Luck will perform a Piano Recital in Anguilla on Saturday, January 19, at 7.00pm in the Campus B Auditorium. This unique concert appearance in Anguilla is part of a Caribbean tour that began late December 2007 with a concert to mark the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Saint Lucia School of Music.