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September 07, 2017

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March 13, 2017
Legendary Bahamian musician King Errisson publishes autobiography

Legendary Bahamian musician King Errisson has recently written a book about his life from childhood in The Bahamas and his climb to fame as a world renowned percussionist. His book ?My Life, My Loves? tells the story of his early years of growing up in the beautiful Bahama islands and knowing that one day he would be somebody. His grandmother knew he was special and she called him ?King.? He is kn...

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December 14, 2016
Bahamian musician named in list of promising artists

BAHAMIAN Jazz trumpeter Giveton Gelin has been recognised in the prestigious National YoungArts Foundation awards, placing him among the most promising young artists in the United States in the literary, visual, design and performing arts.

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November 22, 2016
Bahamian Musician Wins Highest Honour From YoungArts

The National YoungArts Foundation based in Miami, Florida just announced its list of 2017 winners ? 691 of the US?s most promising young artists in the literary, visual, design and performing arts were declared winners.

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January 25, 2012
Accolades for Visiting Chamber Musicians

Freeport, Bahamas -
It was another successful week-end for the Grand Bahama Performing Arts
Society (GBPAS) as it launched its 2012 season with its fourth annual
chamber music concert starring Trio Collage and guest flutist Judith
Pearce. Trio Collage (Tannis Gibson, piano, Mark Tanner, cello and Janna
Lower, flute) first performed for the GBPAS in January of 2010 and they
returned this year...

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August 23, 2016
'Bagpipe lung' warning for wind musicians

Trumpeters, saxophonists and pipers beware - playing a wind instrument could damage your lungs, UK doctors warn in the journal Thorax.

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April 27, 2016
Local musicians, entertainers to participate in Meet in Beijing Arts Festival

In a bid to "jump-start the Bahamian music industry in international markets", a delegation of more than 40 Bahamian musicians and entertainers will participate in the Annual Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Exchange at the 2016 Meet In Beijing Arts Festival, a major artistic gathering.

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April 27, 2016
Musicians and Entertainers Participate in Meet in Beijing Arts Festival

In a bid to ?jump-start the Bahamian music industry in international markets,? a delegation of more than 40 Bahamian musicians and entertainers will participate in the Annual Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Exchange at the 2016 Meet In Beijing Arts Festival, a major artistic gathering.

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April 08, 2016
Some local musicians outraged over carnival headliners

Lead singer of Grammy award-winning group Baha Men Isaiah Taylor yesterday charged that it is "disrespectful to all Bahamian artists that the government has once again chosen to invest in foreign artists to headline Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival after promises that this year's lineup would only showcase Bahamian artists".

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June 28, 2011
Canadian musicians to assist El Sistema Bahamas with concert

Nassau, Bahamas - Please join us on July 3rd at 7pm at Ebenezer Methodist Church, Shirley Street for an evening of chamber music with a Canadian classical trio from 'The Neapolitan Connection Concert Series' in Toronto. The concert is free, but a collection will be taken for El Sistema Bahamas. In case you don't know what El Sistema is, it's a youth orchestra program from Venezuela that has been t...

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