When the Raptors decided to bang a drum about their amazing basketball win, the team turned to Steel! On Monday, Toronto’s All Star Steel Orchestra, (TASSO) was the only steel band performing in the city’s largest ever peacetime parade. TASSO is a Toronto youth based steel pan orchestra under the direction of musician and educator […]
By Oscar Wailoo Last Sunday evening, the Toronto chapter of the venerable La Petite Musicale of Toronto celebrated its 45th anniversary at its annual Christmas concert. Toronto’s La Petite is the proud offspring of the quintessential Caribbean chorale that was founded in the 1940’s by Olive Walke, musician, composer, folk singer and folklorist, and a […]
Toronto-based musician, composer and arts educator Joy Lapps recently clipped one of the five spots given by the Toronto Arts Council for the Artist in the Library residency program and those who want to enjoy steel pan will benefit. The council and Toronto Public Library partnership awarded four artists and one arts organization programming grants […]
