Let's Play Pan 21+ with Barrels to Beethoven

224 North Euclid Avenue,Pittsburgh PA 15206

31 August, 2022

Description

The Equity | Impact Center presents, Let’s Play Pan21+ with Barrels to Beethoven!Let's Play Pan 21+ features complimentary Caribbean inspired food and drinks that guests can enjoy while they learn to play the steelpan. Participants will learn various songs in a steel band setting and are able to perform together by the end of the night! A great cultural and musical experience! All proceeds from this event will support The Equity | Impact Center in providing capacity-building, leadership development, and organizational development support to advance social justice missions. The Equity | Impact Center launched in June 2021 to address systemic inequity through broad social, cultural, and economic solutions and comprehensive, intentionally designed initiatives. Special thank you to our Let's Play Pan 21+ event host: Alice Beckett-Rumberger ABOUT BARRELS TO BEETHOVEN Founded in 2014, BARRELS TO BEETHOVEN is dedicated to the preservation of the steelpan, a handmade musical instrument developed by Afro-Caribbean people, through inspiring educational programs and innovative manufacturing techniques. We provide engaging, entertaining, and interactive opportunities for the public, especially young people, to learn the history of the steelpan, the building and tuning process, music theory, performance skills, and playing technique. Our mission is to provide impactful arts education, teach accurate historical and cultural content, and inspire a new generation of steelpan builders, tuners, players, and teachers. Barrels to Beethoven utilizes creative placemaking strategies to build community, engage residents, and present a more expansive image of what Black art is and where it comes from. In the Caribbean, the steelpan is a means of expression, creativity, innovation, access, competition, celebration, and connection. Our work follows the steelpan tradition of inherently collaborative and community-oriented art, based on principles of justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.