Music

Anguillian jazz vocalist, Jaine Rogers, will now be having her first album on the market and the seeds are being sown for one or more young great drummers to emerge from the school system into the community and the musical world.

World famous trumpeter Louis Armstrong, affectionately known as Satchmo, once said…”I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show …’cause what you’re there for is to please the people”.

Glenford Romney, an employee at Flag Luxury Properties is a proud young man, having established himself and his musical group as popular performers with their new CD entitled “LIFE.”

With over forty years of experience and over 150 awards Byron Lee & the Dragonaires (BL&D) continues to command respect and admiration world-wide. A band that has worked hard to forge a Caribbean blend of music with its mix of reggae, soca, flavour of ska, rockstaedy and rock and roll, BL&D has become a household name in the West Indian communities around the world with their international success rivaling many major bands. Since his debut single “Dumplins” in 1960, Byron Lee has grown a successful, enduring career and has become an entertainment legend.

As the Morlens Recital Series rolls on, pianist Elson Richardson will be the next performer at the St.Augustine’s Anglican Church in East End. Like all the other performances, this promises to be an afternoon well spent with a multitalented pianist. Elson has been studying piano for the past eight years at the Morlens studio and has shown a rare talent, aptitude and virtuosity at the piano. His repertoire will feature contemporary arrangements of popular hymns flavored with light classics and ragtime favourites.

A piano recital featuring Kandyce Smith was held at the St Augustine Anglican Church on Sunday May 20. The performance was one in the series presented by the Morlens Music Studio that features students of the Studio. It was attended by a large number of family, friends and visitors.

Pianist Chrystal Duncan will take the stage next in the Morlens Recital Series 2006 - 2007. Chrystal will perform a predominantly classical and sacred repertoire flavoured with light jazz and contemporary pieces.

Guitar students in the Anguilla Stingray Music Programme were in for a treat when master bluegrass musician Richard Hefner recently visited the class at the Athlyi Rogers Study Centre.

NEW YORK (February 10, 2007) – Three of America’s emerging jazz stars, who performed at the 2005 Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Festival, are jazzing up BET J’s airwaves, the fruit of a partnership between the television network and Concord Music Group.

The Anguilla Community Foundation will be presenting its Annual Classical Music Concert at the Bethel Methodist Church on Wednesday, February 21, commencing at 7.30 p.m.

As the music continues in the Morlens Recital Series, another talented performer is set to present her brand of music to the usual large and appreciative audience. Ojeda Vanterpool, who is studying piano and clarinet at the Morlens Music Studio, will present her recital on both instruments on Sunday February 25, 5:30 pm at the St. Augustine’s Anglican Church in East End.

This year, Anguilla’s internationally-known entertainer, Bankie Banx, is catering for up to five thousand fans for next month’s Moonsplash and the Tourist Board, which is promoting various annual festivals, is assisting him with some of the financing.

Anguillian popular country singer, Evan Webster, has released a new Gospel CD entitled “My Favourite Songs.” It is his fourth CD and comprises eleven Gospel favourites produced in his own unique style.

Journey of Promises was the theme of a song presentation by the St. Augustine’s Chorale which closed out 2006 on December 31 and was attended by a capacity crowd at the Anglican Church at East End.

“Joyous Melodies” is the title of a new CD featuring Michael “Dumpa” Martin on the double tenor steel pan. The CD is a collection of gospel music of well known pieces and he is accompanied on the piano by Lennox Vanterpool.

By Colville L. Petty

My first thought was to stay home and rest. For it was a waste of time going to a concert to listen to one artiste, a teenager, playing a flute for a whole long hour while I keep wiggling around on a hard bench. It isn’t worth it, I told myself. It would be too boring. Give me calypso any day. Yet I ended up at the concert.

Cable & Wireless has joined a number of other donors in contributing to the purchase of a grand Steinway’s Piano on behalf of the Music Teachers’ Association of Anguilla and students.

The East End Community has been given a donation of USD$3,000 by Cable and Wireless towards the presentation of a special Christmas programme called ‘Festival D-Noel’ to be held from December 8-15 at the Basketball Court area in that village.

The establishment of the Anguilla Music Publishing & Production Company, a joint venture enterprise involving local and overseas partners, is attracting a good deal of interest on the island.

One of Anguilla’s leading private music education institutions, the Morlens Music Studio, will be presenting senior music students in concert, beginning on Sunday November 19 2006 with flautist Shermel Richardson. This performance will be held at the St. Augustine’s Church in East End at 5:00 pm. Miss Richardson will present quite a varied program with genres including classical, folk, sacred and jazz ballads.