Steel on Wheels

Have you Googled today?

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, the steelpan!

On this day in 1951, the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performed at the Festival of Britain, introducing the steelpan and a new music genre to the world.

Graphic artist Nicholas Huggins acclaimed trumpeter Etienne Charles (composer, arranger, producer) and legendary pan arranger Len “Boogsie” (composer) Sharpe , Mick Seegobin (motion design), , .pg14, Josanne Francis 🇹🇹] and Billy Sheeder recorded and worked on the production for the Doodle.

Yes! Steel On Wheels’ very own Josanne Francis 🇹🇹] is on the recording!

Head to google doodles to find out more about the history of steelpan:
https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-steelpan

Make sure you check out the wonderful video:
https://youtu.be/j-_LHVn6RHE

🎶We have been quiet but busy!!! Steel on Wheels is happy to announce that we just successfully completed three programs:
•11-week residency at the Boys & Girls High School in NY with Teaching Artist Kendall Williams
•11-week residency at Urban Assembly School for Applied Math in NY with Teaching Artist Jahlani Roberts
•5-week program at A. Mario Loiederman Middle School in Maryland with Classroom Teacher Dory’Ann Benjamin

Can you believe these students didn’t know how to play Steelpan before?!!! This would not have been possible without our AMAZING teaching artists and definitely not without the support and partnership of
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Stay tuned for summer programming!

First one for the year! We are at Rosa L Parks Elementary School with Josanne Francis today, working with 130 students! 🤩 This residency was sponsored by the Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council. Thank you PGAHC!!!

Stay tuned, we have lots more coming soon!!
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We had an extraordinarily successful virtual workshop this morning with 320 students and staff at Carderock Elementary School!!


Students learned the history of the steelpan while exploring the various instruments in the steel orchestra, and the music the instruments can play!

Check out the storytelling mural done by Elizabeth Caesar, which served as a great backdrop and excellent teaching tool!

This engaging virtual workshop is ahhhmazing in these covidious times!!

CONTACT US IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS “AT” YOUR SCHOOL!

Wow! It has been exactly one year since we’ve posted!!! The last post boasted of our excitement to have Teaching Artist working with students at the Boys & Girls HS in Brooklyn, NY for what would have been a 12-week residency. Who knew that a pandemic would be declared just a few days later?! 😩
2020 halted all in-person programming but gave us time needed to step back and get some serious business and planning done.

Excited to see that our founder will be representing us well in an upcoming masterclass at

Stay tuned for more PAN!!!
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Steel on Wheels is in full swing at Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn NY with Teaching Artist Earl Brooks Jr!!!
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SAY IT AGAIN!
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Welcome to month, friends!


Educational Theatre Association

We had an excellent planning meeting today with the NYC Department of Education, The Boys & Girls HS, & Steel on Wheels in preparation for our 11-week residency at the Boys and Girls High School!
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This residency’s teaching artist: the one and only Earl Brooks Jr!!!!
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Contact us if you want Steel on Wheels to come to your school/program!!
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Purchase your tickets here:
https://www.atlasarts.org/events/parallel/