steelpan lessons by Bijlmer Steelband

If you transform an oil drum to a musical instrument (steelpan), you can play magnificent music on it. On the Caribbean islands Trinidad and Tobago there are even large steelpan orchestras. But also in Amsterdam you can learn to play steelpan by joining the Bijlmer Steelband. In the panyard, the space where a steelband rehearses, we play together on steelpan instruments in all kind of shape and size. The players create all kind of melodies from the pans like magic. Classical music, pop songs, but also groovy rhythms such as soca, calypso, reggae and samba. The teachers gained their experience in famous orchestras in Trinidad and the UK.