Antiguan musician and cultural ambassador Khan Cordice has been honoured in Toronto for his outstanding contribution to the steelpan art form.
Cordice, Director of Culture and arranger for the Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra, received recognition from the Canadian Steelpan Federation and the Pan Arts Network during a special ceremony celebrating Caribbean musical excellence.
Expressing his gratitude in a social media post, Cordice said he was “eternally grateful” for the honour. “Thank you to the people of Canada for this. I am honoured and humbled to be able to share a bit of what I do with you and your people,” he wrote, also commending the organizations for “changing lives of many in our communities.”
The recognition adds to Cordice’s growing list of international achievements as a leading steelpan educator, arranger, and advocate for cultural development.
His visit to Canada coincided with the Antigua and Barbuda Association of Toronto’s 44th Independence Dinner and Dance, where he also served as featured speaker alongside performers including Claudette “CP” Peters.
(Photo: Khan Cordice, second from right, with fellow honourees and event organizers in Toronto.)
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Big up once again to our maestro on pan for another huge award, do hope with recognition such as this and your work with Exodus, plus your many masterpiece arrangements with Hells Gate, you will now be seen in the same light as the Andre Whites and others, who are presently making big money all across the UK and America as arrangers.
By the way is there a kid in TnT who is not into pan? I just watched the launch of Panorama, which caught me off guard, since it’s separate from the launch of carnival and you won’t believe it, the crowd at the Panorama launch way out numbered the original carnival launch crowd.
We often highlight the big soca and calypso tunes coming out of TnT, but to me pan is the biggest art form over there. Do you realize from October up to February pan never ends and that’s just for the carnival festival, then after that, the beating continues throughout the year.
Got to give it to them they really love their pan and the advancement is unmatched, yes we have a few Orchestra that’s doing their thing, but we still need a lot more involvement, sponsorship, expansion and talented teachers. Our pan association needs to wake up.
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