Steelpan Classes
Where can I go to learn how to play steelpans?
As you have been reading about the world of pan, you now may want to apply the knowledge gained by actually playing these wonderful instruments - putting your knowledge into practice.
Finding a band to join can be very daunting, as with other instruments, because it could be difficult to fit in to a well-established group.
Where can I go to start lessons for beginners?
The list below gives some of the organisations that provide steelpan courses, and / or lessons in a group environment throughout the United Kingdom.
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All Nations Steel Band
11 Albion Road, Albion Estate, West Bromwich
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Beginner Steel Band
Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary
Jack Walker Way, Fernhurst Farm, Blackburn
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Birminghan School of Pan
The Multicultural Music house
55 Great Hampton Street, Hockley, Birmingham, West Midlands
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Blackburn is Open
The Bureau, Victoria Street, Blackburn
Children and adults
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Cambridge University Steel Pan Society - CUSPS
Cambridge University
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Children's Steelpan School
Percey Community Centre, New King Street, Bath
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Community Steel Pans
Swinton High School, Sefton Road, Pendlebury, Manchester
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Creative Unity Steelband
St Matthias Community Centre, 113 Poplar High Street, London
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Croydon Steel Orchestra
Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington, Croydon
Woodside Primary School, Morland Road, Croydon
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CSI Steelband
Randolph Beresford Nursery, Australia Road, White City, London
From 3 years
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Daysprings Steelband
Earlsdon Methodist Church, Albany Road, Earlsdon, Coventry
From 7 years
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Dog Kennel Hill Primary School
Dog Kennel Hill, East Dulwich, London
Adults
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Don't Panic Steel Pan Band
St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead
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Ebony East Steelband Academy
1 Bishops Avenue, off Plashet Road, Plaistow, London
Children and adults
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Ebony Steelband Trust - Children's Steelpan Classes
YAA Centre, 1 Chippenham Mews, London
Children
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Endurance Steel Orchestra
Waterside Centre, 26 Avenue Road, South Norwood, London
Children and adults
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Enfield Arts Support Service
Houndsfield Primary School, Ripon Road, Edmonton, London
Children and adults
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Euphoria Steelband
Same Sky, Belmont Street, Brighton, East Sussex
Children and adults
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Finchley Music Service
Moss Hall Junior School, Nether Street, Finchley, London
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Fisher Arts Community Steel Pan Band Beginners
Fishers Arts, Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, West Yorkshire
Adults (no longer available 2012)
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Greenfield Community and Arts Centre
Greenfield school, Greenfield Way, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham
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Heart of Steel
Charlotte Turner Primary School, Benbow Street, Deptford
Children and adults
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Holly’s School of Pan
60 Wembley Avenue, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
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Hub Sixty Seven
Hub 67, 67 Rothbury Road, Hackney Wick, London
Adults
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Independent College
Arch 197, Preband Gardens, Chiswick, London
From 8 years
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Jack Drum Arts
St John's RC Academy, Bishop Aukland, County Durham
Children - term time only
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King Edward VI's Adult Community Steel Band
The King Edward VI High School, Cottingwood Lane, Morpeth, Cumbria
Adults - term time only
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Kingscote Steelpans
Kingscote Village Hall, Kingscote, Gloucestershire
Adults
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Leeds Silver Steel Sparrows
City of Leeds High School, Woodhouse cliff
13 to 19 years
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Manchester Youth Steel, Orchestra
Xavarian College, Lower Park Road, Manchester
Intermediate and advanced
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Holy Trinity First School, Bell Tower Place, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Children and adults
Mangrove Steel Pan Classes
The Tabernacle, Powis Square, London
11 to 15 years
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Metronomes Steel Pan Classes
Meanwhile Gardens Community Associations
156 -158 Kensal Road London
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Milnthorpe Steelband
Creative Confectionary Company Warehouse, Mainline Industrial Estate,
Milnthorpe
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New World Steel Orchestra
Leeds West Indian Centre, 10 Laycock Place, Chapeltown, Leeds
6 to 19 years
New World Steel Orchestra
82 Sheepscar Street, North Leeds
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Pan at Paddington Arts
32 Woodfield Road, St. John's Wood, London
6 to 10 years
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Pan Crazy - adults
Panic Attack - children
Garforth Academy, Lidgett Lane, Garforth, Leeds
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Pan Nation Steel Orchestra
Holly Trinity Primary School, Somerset Road, Tottenham, London
Children and adults
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Panash Steel Orchestra
All Saints Primary School, Upper Norwood, London
Children and adults
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Pandemonium Steel Pans
MAB, Homerton College, Cambridge University
Open to members of Cambridge University
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Pantonic All Stars Steel Orchestra
Hazel Grove High School, Jacksons Lane, Hazel Grove, Stockport
Children
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Pantonic Steel Orchestra
St Thomas' Church, Hackney, London
Children and adults
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Phase One Steel Band
St Paul's Church, Foleshill Road, Coventry
8 years and above
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Plymouth Junior Steelband
The Soundhouse, Tor Bridge High, Miller Way, Eastover, Plymouth
Children
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Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra - RASPO
MacDevitts Studio, South Street Arts Centre
21 South Street, Reading, Berkshire
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Salford Steel
Co-op Academy, Swinton, Manchester - Thursday evenings
Beginners 7-11 years, Community band 11 years onwards, short courses,
parents and teachers encouraged.
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St Matthias Community Centre
113 Poplar High Street, Tower Hamlets, London
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Steel for Stoke Community Steel Band
Lindsay Annexe, Cannon Place, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
14 years and above
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Steel Pan drumming for Children
Somerhill Junior School, Somerhill Road, Hove
Children 7 years and above
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Steel Pan playing - an introduction, Steel Pans for Improvers
Porchester Community School, White Hart Lane, Portchester, Hampshire
Adults
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Steelpan Academy
St Margaret's Centre, 103 Whitnash Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Children and adults
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SteelPanTrust
Cowgate Day Centre, Greenford, Middlesex
Children and adults
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Steelworks - Acorn Centre
Acklam Grange School, Acklam, Middlesborough, Cleveland
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Stevenage Music Centre
Nobel School, Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage
Children and adults
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Stockport Steelband Classes
Walthew House, 112 Shaw Heath, Stockport
Adults
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Sunshine Panners Steel Band
The Backyard, Haydon Bridge High School, Hexham, Northumberland
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Sussex Steel
The Littlehampton Academy, Fitzalan Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex
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Charles Dickens School, Broastairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent
Children and adults
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The Sage Gateshead
St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
3 St Mary's Road, Luton, Bedfordshire
West Leeds Music Centre
Pudsey Grangefield Maths & Computing College
Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey, Leeds
City of Leeds School
Bedford Field, Woodhouse Cliffe, Leeds
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Armley Ridge Road, Armley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Children and adults