Steelband Camp
Coed Grades 6-9 (limited to 12 students)
The Viking Steel program provides students the opportunity to learn and play the traditional instruments of Trinidad and Tobago. Participants will learn how steel pans are built and tuned, discover how steelband arrangements are written, and will craft their own sticks to play with. Students will perform a small concert at the end of the week for family and friends who wish to attend.
The Viking Steel program provides students the opportunity to learn and play the traditional instruments of Trinidad and Tobago. Participants will learn how steel pans are built and tuned, discover how steelband arrangements are written, and will craft their own sticks to play with. Students will perform a small concert at the end of the week for family and friends who wish to attend.
June 15-19, 2020
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Cost is $55
Registration is due by Friday, May 8, 2020.
Note:
This camp will be limited to 12 students due to the limited
instrumentation. Reading music is a necessity, but percussion experience is not.
Register for Viking Explorers Summer Camps here.
This camp will be limited to 12 students due to the limited
instrumentation. Reading music is a necessity, but percussion experience is not.
Register for Viking Explorers Summer Camps here.
Staff
Mr. Quinten Petersen is the Fine Arts Department Coordinator at WLHS and has led the Viking Steel program from its inception in 2017. As a steel pan enthusiast, he has learned from pan players, builders, and tuners in Trinidad and Tobago, Toronto, and the US. Additional staff will be comprised of current and former WLHS Viking Steel students.
Mr. Quinten Petersen is the Fine Arts Department Coordinator at WLHS and has led the Viking Steel program from its inception in 2017. As a steel pan enthusiast, he has learned from pan players, builders, and tuners in Trinidad and Tobago, Toronto, and the US. Additional staff will be comprised of current and former WLHS Viking Steel students.
Contact Quinten Petersen at 414-453-4537 ext. 1411 or at
quinten.petersen@wlhs.org.
quinten.petersen@wlhs.org.
