LaMantia

LaMantia is one of the most gifted performers in the Bay Area. Her love for the rhythms of the world has grown into an unrelenting joy as she returns her gift of music and art back to the community which has help nurture her talent. An impassioned performer, while still maintaining her professional career, she has made it her life's passion to lead the way to social change through music and culture of carnival. LaMantia 1st came to Trinidad in '84, and was immediately adopted - it was Love al...

LaMantia is one of the most gifted performers in the Bay Area. Her love for the rhythms of the world has grown into an unrelenting joy as she returns her gift of music and art back to the community which has help nurture her talent. An impassioned performer, while still maintaining her professional career, she has made it her life's passion to lead the way to social change through music and culture of carnival. LaMantia 1st came to Trinidad in '84, and was immediately adopted - it was Love all round and This LOVE CYAN DONE! A composer & performer from an early age, LaMantia fell in Love with Carnival Culture and Music after seeing "Black Orpheus" on an old Black & White TV. Her dream was to go to Rio & join a "Samba School" and play in Rio's Carnival. Then she heard the Steel Pan, met some very nice people who invited her to Trinidad for the following Christmas, and she now lives in Port of Spain part of the year. Her Trinbagonian friends & family call her "d' born again Trini". Ha! In Spring 2013, Martin Raymond's AudioMagic Productions, Trinidad, will be booking LaMantia on a Caribbean Jazz Festival Tour. She will be launching her newest tunes using the Venezuelan Cuatro with her Vocals & Steel Pan, accompanied by Bass & Drums - Jazz infused Calypso, Reggae and Samba. Since 1984, LaMantia's study of Steel Pan included:  - endless Panoramas - Trinidad & Tobago Steelband National Competitions - with Desperados, Starlift & Our Boys  - and more than 2 decades of Carnival 'Bomb' competitions. In the Bay Area:  Numerous Concerts & gigs - From Orchestra Sabrocita in the '70's to Mills' College in the 80's. Performing constantly while writing arrangements for MoLOve Steelband @SF Carnaval & Oakland Carijama.  LaMantia has written several Compositions using Steel Pan in "New Music" (she received 2 Composer grants from Oakland Cultural Arts) & Songs for her own band LilMoLOve's Samba, Jazz, Dancehall and, of course, Calypso, Kaiso & Soca! Music.