Steel Drum Lessons
Steel Drum Lessons are a great option for kids, adults, and musical beginners of most any age. The instrument can be taught without sheet music and relies on muscle memory and and repetition. Learning about the steel drum is a very unique cultural lesson and not only offers historical and modern day relevance, but highlights this very enjoyable musical style. We are also now excited to offer one on one lessons with our pros in drum set, steel drums, and classical percussion! Lessons at our studios start at $55 per hour and $35 per half hour. Lessons at your location start at $65 (depending on commute).
We offer a comprehensive Steel Pan experience and experience with a variety of pans including 6 Bass, Tenor Bass, Triple Cello, Double Guitar, Double Tenor, Double Seconds and Tenor pans. For more info on the builders of our drums, visit the Media Page.
Lessons are currently available at your location (Denver, CO or surrounding only) or by scheduling directly with us at our location in South Denver. Steel Band Classes are currently unavailable. Email thepanassociation at gmail for more info.
Online Content: Details Coming Soon
Drum Set and Classical Percussion Lessons
We’re all drummers at heart. Studying the art of hitting stuff is a special pleasure, and a worthwhile pursuit for any kind of person out there. Expand your coordination and musical understanding with some drum set lessons! For those of you studying classical percussion, our pan professionals are also well versed in percussion instruction on snare drum, timpani, mallets, and auxiliary percussion. This stuff is good for your brain, challenging and full of depth, but most of all, FUN!
Online Steel Drum Lessons
We are super excited to now offer steel drum lessons online! This incredibly versatile instrument fits perfectly for the beginning musician because of its ease of use, and offers an immediate reward for players young and old. Conversely, our pan professionals can teach you if you’re an experienced pan player looking to add a new wrinkle to your playing, or an established musician who wants to learn to play a completely new and unique instrument. Reach out to contact@panassociation.com to schedule an online lesson
We offer the following online classes:
Pan Basics:
Introduction to the basic principles of the steel pan
Info on Trinidad & Tobago and Pan History
Beginning concepts for practicing & performing
Beginner Pan:
Scales, Arpeggios, Performing Excercises
Simple Songs from Trinidadian & American pop standards
Beginning Musical Notation
Intro to Chords
Intermediate Pan:
Intro to Improvisation
Beginning Seventh Chords, lead sheet notation
Standard Rhythms of Calypso, Soca
Musical Forms, Intro to Panorama
Advanced Pan:
Concepts and preparation for gigging pan players
Arranging techniques for steel band
Solo pan playing & accompanying self
Bach on Pan
Professional Pan:
This is an expansion of “The Gigging Pan Player’s Handbook” blog series, and includes concepts related to advanced recording techniques, extensive repertoire suggestions and resources, marketing tools and tips, and much more. Any student that is learning pan in a steel band or solo should consider owning their own drum for gigging purposes!