The Department of SteelPan Education and Culture is responsible and charged with producing and providing
educational programs for the steelpan industry. We take a stance to ensure that the future of steelpan practitioners
are educated to build a successful career in the steelpan industry both locally and internationally.
Steel Pan Literacy and Performance certificate is aimed at contributing to the promotion of steel pan education. Through the steel pan literacy and performance program, students will understand performance skills and gain knowledge in the history of steelpan, develop their ability in the theory of music and produce a repertoire of songs.
This certificate provides students with the knowledge of the making and tuning of all the steel pan instruments, constructing and applying musical voices to the instrument and the history of making and tuning of the steel pan, it’s tuners, developments, innovations and experiments.
The Steelpan Education Diploma gives students the needed tools to thrive in the classroom understanding their role as a steelpan educator. Students are exposed to a series of courses such as the roles and functions of the steelbands, Teacher Characteristics & Professionalism, History of Steelpan and Music History.
Topics taught in this course will introduce students to arranging different types of musical geners for the various tonal ranges of the steelpan instruments. Students will also develop technical and expressive skills as soloists and performers in ensemble settings as well as develop the tools and processes needed for independent learning.
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