Steelband Camp
For Coed Students Entering Grades 6-9 (limited to 13 students per session)
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 13-17, 2021
Morning Session - FULL
8:30-11:30 a.m.
Afternoon Session - FULL
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Cost is $55
Registration is due by Monday, May 16, 2022.
Notes:
This camp will be limited to 13 students per session due to the limited instrumentation.
Pre-requisite: Participants must know how to read music, but percussion experience is not necessary.
Note: Registration for Steelband Camp is now closed.
This camp will be limited to 13 students per session due to the limited instrumentation.
Pre-requisite: Participants must know how to read music, but percussion experience is not necessary.
Note: Registration for Steelband Camp is now closed.
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.
