Steelpan in Education : : A History of the Northern Illinois University Steelband /

Steelpan in Education : : A History of the Northern Illinois University Steelband / / Ray Funk, Andrew Martin, Jeannine Remy.

Founded by Al O'Connor in 1973, the steelband program at Northern Illinois University was the first of its kind in the United States. Thanks to the talent and dedication of O'Connor, Cliff Alexis, Liam Teague, Yuko Asada, and a plethora of NIU students and staff members, the program has fl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Martin, Andrew,
Funk, Ray,
Remy, Jeannine,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (151 p.) :; 19 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 2 AL O'CONNOR'S LIFE BEFORE STEELPAN
  • CHAPTER 3 FROM HUMMINGBIRD TO HUSKY
  • CHAPTER 4 THE O'CONNOR/ALEXIS ERA AND THE NIU/BIRCH CREEK CONNECTION
  • CHAPTER 5 GUEST ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
  • CHAPTER 6 ON THE ROAD-THE NIU STEELBAND TOURS AMERICA
  • CHAPTER 7 PANNING TO THE EAST-THE NIU STEELBAND CAPTURES ASIA
  • CHAPTER 8 THE PAGANINI OF PAN, LIAM TEAGUE, COMES TO NIU
  • CHAPTER 9 RETURN TO TRINIDAD AND THE WORLD STEELBAND MUSIC FESTIVAL 2000
  • CHAPTER l 0 STEEL PAN DEGREE PROGRAM AND THE NIU/UWI PIPELINE
  • CHAPTER ll O'CONNOR RETIRES, TEAGUE/ALEXIS ERA BEGINS
  • CHAPTER 12 EPILOGUE-THE NIU STEELBAND INTO THE FUTURE
  • Appendix One
  • Appendix Two
  • Notes
  • Index

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