"Professor"







KEN   PHILMORE

DATE OF BIRTH: April 30, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH: ..., Trinidad
EDUCATION: ...
STEELBANDS:
  • Fonclaire
  • Invaders
  • SPECIALTIES:
  • Player
  • Arranger
  • Composer
  • CAREER:                                        Philmore began his arranging career in the 1980s with Fonclaire Steelband in San Fernando. As a soloist, he has recorded and performed in other countries, including the USA. In the 1990s, he began arranging music for other steelbands, including Invaders. The following is a summary of Philmore's success in the steelband Panorama competition:
    • Panorama
    • 1986 - "Pan Here to Stay" (Lord Kitchener), 3rd
    • 1989 - "Fire Down Below" (Lennox Sharpe), 2nd (Tied)
    • 1990 - "Pan by Storm" (Ken Philmore), 2nd
    • 1991 - "Pan Ecstacy" (Ken Philmore), 2nd (Tied)
    DIED: September 30, 2018, at the San Fernando General Hospital, Trinidad, where he was hospitalized after being injured in a vehicular accident on September 24, 2018.
    Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit