Pan Trin­ba­go has ex­tend­ed greet­ings to mu­si­cians world­wide in recog­ni­tion of World Mu­sic Day, ob­served an­nu­al­ly on June 21. The or­gan­i­sa­tion ac­knowl­edged the glob­al cel­e­bra­tion of mu­sic and paid trib­ute to steel­band mu­si­cians in Trinidad and To­ba­go.

This year’s ob­ser­vance fol­lows the re­cent pas­sage of the Na­tion­al Mu­si­cal In­stru­ment Act, 2024, which of­fi­cial­ly de­clares the Steel­pan as the na­tion­al mu­si­cal in­stru­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go. The leg­is­la­tion con­firms the in­stru­ment’s long­stand­ing role as a na­tion­al sym­bol of iden­ti­ty and uni­ty.

Pres­i­dent of Pan Trin­ba­go Bev­er­ley Ram­sey-Moore is­sued a state­ment on the oc­ca­sion. She high­light­ed the need for con­tin­ued ad­vo­ca­cy and op­por­tu­ni­ties to ad­vance Steel­pan and Steel­band mu­sic across var­i­ous plat­forms.