The UW Steelband (Shannon Dudley, director) presents an end-of-quarter concert of Caribbean classics—calypso, soca and son montuno--as well as an original new tune by Emily Silks.
Program
Sugar Bum Bum: Aldwyn Roberts, aka Lord Kitchener (arr. Shannon Dudley)
Manicero: Moises Simón (arr. Shannon Dudley)
Show Yuh Emotion: Andre Tanker (arr. Shannon Dudley)
Seven-thirty AM: Emily Silks
Charlotte Street: Ray Holman (arr. Shannon Dudley)
Performers
Kimani Bishop, Joseph Schafer, Emily Silks, Peter Hale, Jacob Schultz, Ryan Singh, Galin Hebert, Nicole Setiawan, Travis Villegas, Anita Kumar ,Melisa Wang
Special Guest
Marisol Berríos-Miranda, guiro
Biographies
UW Steelband
The UW steelband was founded by Ray Holman, who served as Visiting Artist at the UW School of Music from 1998 to 2000. It is directed by Ethnomusicology professor Shannon Dudley, who has played with numerous steelbands in Trinidad and performs in Seattle with Dingolay. The UW steelband’s repertoire tends towards Caribbean dance styles, including calypso, soca and salsa, and students focus on achieving the rhythmic ensemble that this kind of dance music requires.