Steelpan Classes 2012
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.
Community Steel Pan Band Beginners
Fishers ArtsHookstone Drive, Harrogate, West Yorkshire
Adults
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UK Centre for Carnival Arts
3 St Mary's Road, Luton, Bedfordshire
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Steel – Pan at Paddington Arts
32 Woodfield Road, St. John's Wood, London
6 to 10 years
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Mangrove Steel Pan Classes
The Tabernacle, Powis Square, London
11 to 15 years
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Holly’s School of Pan
60 Wembley Avenue, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
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Metronomes Steel Pan Classes
Meanwhile Gardens Community Associations
156 -158 Kensal Road London
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Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra - RASPO
PanYard Studio, Watlington Hall, Watlington House
44, Watlington Street, Reading, Berkshire
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Ebony Steelband Trust - Children's Steelpan Classes
Unit 39, Baseline Business Studios
Whitchurch Road, LondonChildren
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Steelpan Academy
11 Willes Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
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The Sage Gateshead
St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
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Cambridge University Steel Pan Society - CUSPS
Cambridge University
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Greenfield Community and Arts Centre
Greenfield school, Greenfield Way, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham
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Acorn Centre
Acklam Grange School, Acklam, Middlesborough, Cleveland
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Steel Pan drumming for Children
Somerhill Junior School, Somerhill Road, Hove
Children 7 years and above
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Endurance Steel Orchestra
Waterside Centre
26 Avenue Road, South Norwood, London
Children and Adults
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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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Enfield Arts Support Service
Houndsfield Primary School, Ripon Road, Edmonton, London
Children and Adult
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Pantonic All Stars Steel Orchestra
Hazel Grove Primary School
Chapel Street, Hazel Grove, Stockport
Children
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Dog Kennel Hill Primary School
Dog Kennel Hill, East Dulwich, London
Adults
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Plymouth Junior Steelband
The Soundhouse
Tor Bridge High, Miller Way, Eastover, Plymouth
Children
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The Birminghan School of Pan
The Multicultural Music house
55 Great Hampton Street, Hockley, Birmingham, West Midlands
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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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Pandemonium Steel Pans
MAB, Homerton College, Cambridge University
Open to members of Cambridge University
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Finchley Music Service
Moss Hall Junior School
Nether Street, Finchley, London
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Community Steel Pans
Swinton High School
Sefton Road, Pendlebury, Manchester
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Beginner Steel Band
Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary
Jack Walker Way, Fernhurst Farm, Blackburn
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Pan Crazy - adults
Panic Attack - children
Garforth Academy
Lidgett Lane, Garforth, Leeds
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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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Leeds Silver Steel Sparrows
The West Park Centre
Spen Lane, Leeds
13 to 19 years
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Steel Pans with One Education Music
Zion Arts Centre
335 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced
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All Nations Steel Band
11 Albion Road, Albion Estate, West Bromwich
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Independent College
Arch 197, Preband Gardens, Chiswick, London
From 8 years
St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead
113 Poplar High Street, Tower Hamlets, London
Earlsdon Methodist Church, Albany Road, Earlsdon, Coventry
From 7 years