Creativity is the centre of gravity in my personal universe. I’ve been honing my skills as a pannist for the last two decades, and have learned to mold my musicianship to fit other aspects of my imagination over that time. Introductions can rarely escape awkwardness- allow me to give you the long and short:

• I can play any pan in the panyard (even, begrudgingly, double pans). My favourite is a well-tuned four-cello.
• One of my tenor pans is almost as old as I am. Her name is Golda. 
• The way that small children ask “Why?” at any opportunity never went away for me. I’m learning to channel my curiosity into research that will fill the gaps in academic research and recording of the steelpan and the culture(s) surrounding it. 
• I often get goosebumps while teaching. It’s always my goal to deliver concepts to my students in ways that they can internalise and understand. I think that memorisation and regurgitation should not be the final stops in a quality education.
• I spent a while living and teaching in the Dominican Republic. I speak Spanish well enough to chat (and well enough to eavesdrop).
• I have been a bookworm since I learned to read.
• My love for music extends to my curiosity about its history, its significance, importance, and its place is the hearts it came from. I think of the work I’ve begun doing in research as *taking dictation*- compiling oral histories, transcriptions, innovations where all can access. Art is meant to be shared, and this is my contribution to that communion.

You’ll find collected here my original compositions, poetry, academic essays, and a bit of my playing. It’s my honour to share my heart with you.

Happy browsing!

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