March 2011


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Two pan scores

Two students of the Music Unit of the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) – a past and a present – celebrated victories at the recent Panorama competitions.

Michelle Huggins-Watts, a graduate of the Musical Arts Programme and now the senior music teacher at Trinity College, Moka, was adjudicated as joint first-place winner in the National Panorama Championships: Medium Band Category. Her prize arrangement, “Do Something for Pan” with Valley Harps of Petit Valley, represents the first time that a female arranger has won in a major category at Panorama.

Mickiel Gabriel, a first-year student in the Certificate Music programme, led the Success Stars Pan Sounds from Success Laventille Secondary School to first place in the Junior Panorama Non-Schools Category. His prize-winning arrangement, “A Raging Storm” was conducted by Gerelle Forbes, a current student in the Certificate Music programme.

Jessel Murray, Co-ordinator of the Music Unit congratulated them for their successes in these “prestigious contests.”