Pan Masters Steel Orchestra

Pan Masters Steel Orchestra was founded roughly four decades ago, celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2025, by veteran pannist, arranger, and tuner Tommy Crichlow, who began playing pan at age nine in Trinidad. Based on Brimley Road in Scarborough, Toronto, the band is a regular competitor in the Toronto Pan Alive Panorama, finishing second to Pan Fantasy in the 2023 competition. Its 2024 Panorama arrangement of Mical Teja's "DNA" was created by arranger Rudo Forteau, with a group of around 80 players. The band hosts fundraising and road performances and draws dedicated support from Toronto's Caribbean community.