Michael Amos beats on the large steel round barrels. He is not alone as fellow student percussionists also take part in the Mentor High School Fine Arts Center. Michael and the others were being ...

The steel drum, also called the steel pan or just pan, is surely one of the most unusual and versatile musical instruments in the world. The clangy sound of a steel band performing during carnival in ...

A year-long, project-based learning unit at DuBose Middle School has landed more than 100 students on iTunes. DuBose’s steel drum program has successfully released a CD, titled “Momentum,” that is now ...

Pan Arts is celebrating 20 years of bringing the sweet sounds of steel drum music to the North Coast, with a free open house and community workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Pan Arts ...

SUNBURY — Did you ever think you’d see flamenco dance or hear steel drum music in Central Pennsylvania? On Saturday, both flamenco and steel drums will be part of a World Rhythm and Dance Festival at ...

Thundering. Clangoring. The air around me throbs and shatters with the sound of steel pans. I'm in Queen's Park Savannah, a big patch of green in the heart of Port of Spain, capital of the island ...

Five years ago, Josh Quillen, a member of Sō Percussion, a Brooklyn-based music ensemble, spoke with a maker and tuner of steel drums named Kyle Dunleavy about building a potentially unworkable design ...