Author: Juliana Allen

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Students at the International School of Minnesota (ISM) are learning to play steelpan instruments while exploring the drums’ cultural history, thanks to a partnership with the music education program Pan Outreach. Several sets of steel drums arrived on the ISM campus in mid-December, where they will stay on loan until the end of January. Steel drums are percussion instruments that originated in the West Indies. They are also known as steelpans, or pans. Jackson Lee, a music teacher at ISM, said, “The goal is to create a deeper appreciation for music through an instrument that is rarely played by the…

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