Steelband Music and Education in the 21st Century
Projecting a Vision of the Future through Global Experiences

The world-renowned University of East London Dockland’s Campus was the venue
for the first European International Conference on Steelpan (30^th - 31^st August)
organised by the University of East London, Nostalgia Steelband
and the British Association of Steelbands. 

This event brought together panists, composers, tuners, organisers, students, teachers, academics and the public to discuss and explore the potential
of this unique art form into more diverse dimensions of society.

A major goal of this conference was to help build a platform to gain recognition
of this dynamic instrument to equivalent status of other instruments
and facilitate its movement into higher education and academia.   

We invited anyone with a keen interest in steelpan to participate
in this unique event which comprised workshops and presentations.


The organisers of this conference gratefully acknowledge the support of the following:
                                                                     

 The University of East London
For making available excellent conference facilities

Samuel Dubois, Lionel McCalman and Marvin Barbe
For providing steel pan entertainment during conference breaks

Pantonic Steel Orchestra
For providing instruments for the workshop