Join the RIT Steelband Ensemble this fall!
Interested in learning how to play steel drums? Join the RIT Steelband Ensemble this fall!
This ensemble is designed for beginning musicians who wish to understand the fundamentals of music and performance through the playing of steel drums. The instructor/band director will instruct students using both western music pedagogy and rote learning techniques that emerge from Caribbean music traditions. In addition to studying instrumental technique and individual band parts, students will learn about the history and development of the instrument from its roots in African drumming, its evolution through found instruments and discarded oil barrels to its modern form and practice.
Prior instruction not required, no audition necessary. The first socially distanced open rehearsal of Steelband Ensemble will be held on Thursday, August 20 at 3:30pm in SAU A130. Please contact the director, Mr. Ted Canning, for additional information or to sign up today!
Event Snapshot
When and Where
Who
Open to the Public
| Cost | FREE |
Interpreter Requested?
No