Welcome to CultureMix

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CultureMix Arts Ltd is an organisation specialising in the steel pan music and carnival arts experience, for all ages and all sectors. Our mission is to widely promote and raise awareness of the benefits of participation in carnival arts and music by encouraging access, education, professional development and entertainment locally, nationally and internationally.

Browse the site or click the bold links for more information on booking workshops in steel pan music and carnival arts. Find the right steel band or go to the Agency page for a choice of artists to suit your event. You can learn how to play pan at our Centre for Steel Pan Music in central Berkshire. We provide tutors for schools, colleges, universities and youth clubs through our highly respected music service plus specialist workshops in music therapy and team building. See our guide on How to Set Up a Steel Band.

Meet the CultureMix team and RASPO Steel Orchestra. The Showcase section has pictures and archive video of live RASPO performances including WOMAD and RASPO on TV, check the calendar for upcoming dates. In Resources there is plenty about steel pans including the history and profiles on UK pan pioneers. We can organise pan tuning and the purchase of steel pan sets.

Contact our friendly team with any enquiries, to sign up for our regular newsletter or to purchase a 'RASPO Live!' CD. We warmly welcome you to the CultureMix web site and look forward to hearing from you.

The Artistic Director
Mary Genis

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RASPO'S PANYARD CLOSES - Abbey Gateway unsafe

16 FEBRUARY 2010

The Abbey Gateway home to RASPO Steel Orchestra since 2005 has been fenced off by contractors following safety concerns about the ancient structure. More...

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS - RASPO Performances 2010

11 FEBRUARY 2010

See RASPO Steel Orchestra live. Click here for confirmed public performances and events for 2010. More...

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PANYARD DATES 2010

14 FEBRUARY 2010

Want to learn to play steel pan music? Check 2010 dates and times here.
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BAS AWARD FOR RASPO - 10th Anniversary of Performance

06 JANUARY 2010

The British Association of Steelbands (BAS) celebrated ten years of RASPO performances with an award presented by Toussaint Clarke to RASPO's director Mary Genis at the glittering Annual Awards ceremony. More...

Mary with Bubbles and Matthew Phillip from Mangrove Steel Band.

2009 CULTUREMIX REVIEW

16 FEBRUARY 2010

Read about the 2009 achievements of CultureMix Arts and RASPO Steel Orchestra's tenth anniversary celebration of performances ... More...

Kisha - Classroom Music [Rhinegold]

'RASPO LIVE!' CD LAUNCH

05 AUGUST 2009

RASPO has completed recording the best of their repertoire for their first CD to be launched at WOMAD festival this year. The CD, recorded in the natural acoustics of Abbey Gateway, shows off the steel percussion orchestra's skills, styles and arrangements at its best. RASPO at WOMAD 2009 - see video, pics and read review More...

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EVENTS ARCHIVE

03 APRIL 2009

Check past events, press releases and photos here... More...

RASPO Reading Carnival 2008

PAN FEVER - A Calypso Summer Starts...

26 MAY 2008

The summer has finally arrived with an unprecedented demand for performances from the increasingly popular Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra (RASPO). The 2008 performance season launched with the Engine Room Collective at South Street Arts Centre on 4 May. More...

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