3 or 4 Piece EnsembleA small 3 or 4 piece group of pan musicians creates a laid back ambient atmosphere.2 x 45m sets within 2 hours. 20m set up time. |
| 3-piece band: £630 |
| 4-piece band: £743 |
Steel Bands 5 - 8 pieceThe popular affordable choice ideal for both background music during dinner and up tempo party music for dancing.2 x 45m sets within 2 hours. 30m set up time. |
| 5-piece band: £877 |
| 6-piece band: £1013 |
| 7-piece band: £1148 |
| 8-piece band: £1350 |
Steel Pan Orchestra 10+An orchestra of 10 to fifty musicians creates a vibrant carnival party atmosphere ideal for the most effective audience impact at larger events.1 x 60 / 75 / 90 minute set. 30-60 minute set up time. |
| 10+ piece band: from £3250 |
Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra started in 1997 in Berkshire UK as a community project with support from Mangrove Steel Band and Arts Council England. The name RASPO commemorates Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO), the very first steel band to play in the UK at the 1951 Festival of Britain.
Awards and Performances:
1997 RASPO set up.
1999 ITV’s Rosie and Jim ‘The Steel Drum’. BBC’s Children in Need Appeal
2001 WOMAD UK. BBC South TV
2004 Arts Council England deciBel showcase
2005 RASPO joins the British Association of Steelbands (BAS)
2006 Olinda Carnival BRAZIL. BBC Radio Berkshire Community Award
2007 Notting Hill Carnival & Steelband Championship
2008 Sky Sports St James Park
2009 WOMAD UK. ‘RASPO Live!’ CD recorded in Berkshire. BAS Achievement Award
2010 Festival of World Cultures Dublin. Notting Hill Carnival & Steelband Championship
2011 Notting Hill Carnival & Steelband Championship
2012 Mayor of London’s Giant Olympic Rings launch at Tower Bridge London.
‘RASPO Rhythms’ CD recorded at Carnival Village, Notting Hill Olympic Torch Relay Madejski Stadium Tour of Showtime for London 2012 Festival during the Olympic Games. Royal Albert Hall performance with BBC Proms Family Orchestra for BBC Radio 3. With awards for achievement and two live CD recordings RASPO is now well established as a professional international outfit providing orchestras and ensembles to surprise and delight audiences at festivals, carnivals and events throughout the year in the UK and abroad.
3 or 4 piece Ensemble when background music is required.
A small 3 – 4 piece group of pan musicians creates a laid back ambient atmosphere.
Steel Bands 5 – 8 piece - for functions, weddings and parties.
The popular affordable choice ideal for both background music during dinner and up tempo party music for dancing.
Steel Pan Orchestra 10+ for carnivals, festivals, stadiums and large theatres.
An orchestra of 10 to fifty musicians creates a vibrant carnival party atmosphere ideal for the most effective audience impact at larger events.
Based in Reading, Berkshire
= areas covered (up to 150 miles)
= free travel (up to 20 miles)
Tempo & Crawford
Moving to the Left
Feeling Hot – Arrow
Dollar - Colin Lucas
Old Lady – Aldwyn Roberts
Sugar – Aldwyn Roberts
Pan in A Minor – Aldwyn Roberts
Peanut Vendor
Jamming Again
St Thomas
Nah Going Home
London is the Place for Me
It’s Showtime
TASPO’s Story
Big Man Sweet Man
Both of Them - The Mighty Sparrow
Can U Feel It – The Jackson 5
Missing You / Stand By Me
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Begging – Frankie Valli
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson
RASPO Go! - Jason Yarde
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky
Carmen Overture / Toreador by Bizet
Carmen Habanera - Bizet
Hungarian Dance - Brahms
Rondo Alla Turca - Mozart
Traditional / Reggae / Gospel / Latin
Monkey Man – Toots & the Maytels
Blue Moon
Jamming – Bob Marley
Pump Me Up
Rivers of Babylon
Red Red Wine
Quando Quando
Brazil
El Cumbanchero
Could you be Loved - Bob Marley
We require protection from the elements when playing outside rain or shine - this can be a 3m x 3m gazebo or similar for a 3 - 5 piece band. For a 3 piece we need 2 parking spaces for a 5 piece or larger we require 3 parking spaces - one for a van. We do not need power as we are an acoustic ensemble.
BBC
Sky Sports
Ferrari
Allium Opus
The Mayors Office
London 2012
Boyes Turner
ITV
Milton Margai Blind Choir of Freetown
Watermans Arts Centre
NHS
WOMAD
Arts Council England
Banlieu Blues Paris
Consiel du Nord Lille
Specsavers
Waitrose
Commonwealth Secretariat
Producao d’Arte Brazil
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