Iu Steel Pan Ensemble

The iu steel pan ensemble and the afro cuban ensemble from the jacobs school of music will open the event with caribbean traditional and popular music.

Iu steel pan ensemble.

The iu percussion ensemble is offered in the fall and spring semesters. Percussion ensemble afro cuban folkloric ensemble brazilian ensemble and steel pan jazz ensembles. The stock pots and saucepans are made in italy. Steel drum merlin.

Rachel put it this way. While at iu he performed in many ensembles including the iu percussion ensemble the iu brazilian ensemble the iu steel pan ensemble and many of the orchestras at iu. Steelpan musicians are called pannists. You ll be trained in virtually every aspect of percussion performance orchestral percussion timpani solo marimba chamber percussion drum set jazz vibes and world percussion.

The set includes a stainless steel frying pan a blue carbon steel nonstick frying pan a sauce pan a stock pot and a can of carbon steel seasoning wax. The heft of each piece points to the quality like many made in products the frying pans are made in the u s. Indiana university bloomington indiana university bloomington iu bloomington. Indiana university steel drumming ensemble performs their spring 2016 concert.

Brazilian and steel pan ensembles are offered in the spring semesters. Big band serves as the large ensemble for all jazz studies majors. Music education is at the core of everything our department does so you will also be prepared to teach. Big band large ensemble and jazz combos small ensemble.

The modern pan is a chromatically pitched percussion instrument made from 55 gallon industrial drums. Steelpans also known as steel pans steel drums or pans and sometimes collectively with other musicians as a steel band or orchestra is a musical instrument originating from trinidad and tobago. Performers from several international student associations will compete for first second and third place awards with demonstrations of native music and dance.