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The Man Behind The Music Dave Martins

The university community also extends our sympathy to other family members, friends, and members of the national, regional, and international artistic fraternity regarding Dave's passing. The University of Guyana was privileged that during this lifetime he spent a year-long stint as second to have been able to honour the Hon. Desiree Bernard in 2022 as an iconic jurist and exemplary Guyanese woman and human. Dave Martins was the University’s second artist in residence from (2017-2018). During that time the University was able to produce Dave’s final countrywide tour which saw him bring joy, pride and laughter to thousands in Guyana and abroad through his 8 concerts some of which were life-streamed. During his time as Artist in Residence Dr Dave Martins also shared aspects of this craft during Master Classes and lectures with students and staff. The University through this programme systematically documents the lives and technical processes of its artists in residence through their own eyes, for posterity and to enable the academic analysis of them and their work. As such the University of Guyana, in trouble to this most magnanimous and iconic son of the soil is delighted to share the following productions as part of our tribute to a beloved part of our University, country and the Caribbean. In 2022 Dave Martins received the prestigious University of Guyana award of an honorary doctorate in Arts and Letters ( click here for an excerpt of that award and his acceptance speech). As part of the University’s citation on that day, Master Orator of the University’s select committee on the conference of awards Al Crighton said this of Dave Martins “. In which language do we extoll the brilliance of an artist whose brilliance is his use of language? Here is a writer whose prose pieces are in precise English, but whose poetic genius is articulated in Guyanese Creole. What is more, the Creole is a language that is not only his tool and resource, but his declared culture and identity. Me feel sure say him woulda feel betta if we did do this citation in Creolese! Yu cyan’t mek out de man from de language…. Dave Martins, singer, songwriter, musician, band leader, story-teller, stand-up comedian, and playwright; newspaper columnist, former director of culture for the Cayman Islands and nightclub operator in Toronto, Canada, who has also been an Artist in Residence at the University of Guyana. He has combined the extraordinary power of the imagination with a clinical sense of observation and a command of music and literature to produce songs and entertainment whose impact on the Caribbean has lasted for more than 50 years.” Vice Chancellor Prof Paloma Mohamed Martin said that Dave was one of the most “authentic human beings to have every graced our lives. He was in every way a citizen scholar and an artistic intellect par excellence. We were privileged TO receive him as our second artist and residence and to introduce him and his music to a whole new generation of students and youth. In honouring him with an honorary doctorate during his life, we know he felt appreciated, exalted and loved. On behalf of the Chancellor Prof. Edward Greene, Deputy Vice Chancellors, Senior Management Team and the entire University community including alumni all over the world, we extend our most sincere condolences to Annette, his sisters in Canada and his extended family and loved ones. May his life and work continue to bring pride and joy and inspire the future. May God bless his reposed soul. ________________________________________________________________________ A production of PACE Starring Musical Icon Dave Martins Executive Producer: Prof Paloma Mohamed Producers: Christine Chowargir and Merlene Gopaul Technical Director: Tara Leuvina Smith Script Supervisor: Prof Paloma Mohamed Script Editor: Christine Chowargir Script Writer Tara Smith Assistant Scriptwriter: Shanelly Wilson Interviewer: Shanelly Wilson Camera Operators: Tara Leuvina Smith and Shanelly Wilson Gaffers: Shanelly Wilson and Orpheao Griffith (Lighting grip): Shomari Wilson Edited by: Tara Leuvina Smith Special thanks to Ansa Mcal Trading Limited for their generous donation to the University of Guyana Artist in Residence Programme and to The Centre for Communication Studies © University of Guyana #Davemartins #DaveMartins #davemartin #Restinpeacedavemartins #guyana #caribbean #Musiclegand #calypso #isweown #Weown #essequibo #essequiboisweown