Performers- Steel Band at the 30th annual Flatbush Frolic in Brooklyn NY, 2007
Culture- Performers come together to celebrate their heritage by performing a song from their current country on instruments authentic to their nationalities.
Instrumentation- Steel Pan Ensemble
After reading the email sent out this evening regarding the inclusion of steel pans in tomorrow's class, I became very excited to finally have the opportunity to experience these instruments up close. This was a section that was unfortunately not covered in our percussion methods class. I am very interested to see exactly how the instruments are played and specifically, if it is something that would be beneficial to a public school's music program.
Obviously, any type of world music would be beneficial to students, and I believe that steel pans would be one type that would really get students interested and excited. Unfortunately, these instruments are large and expensive, so a music teacher would have to be able to justify the decision to purchase them.
