MUSIC 3613 - Cornell Steel Band

(crosslisted) LATA 3613

Fall, spring. 1 credit. Student option grading.

Permission of instructor required.

C. Miller.

The Cornell Steel Band explores the wide variety of music for an orchestra of instruments fashioned from 55-gallon oil drums, and an “engine room” of non-pitched percussion. Interwoven into the focus on hands-on practice is reflection on the meanings of steel band, historically and in the present, in its native Trinidad and Tobago and here in the United States. Formal musical training is not necessary, though a sense of rhythm and a good ear are helpful.