Thanks for a great concert! Thanks to all involved for an amazing concert! We had a great time putting it together, though a bit different this year, and we hope you enjoyed it! Be sure to support our program by making a purchase from this website today or donating at www.uakron.edu/music. Tell a friend about …
41st Annual Spring Concert! Today! Peter is smiling because tonight (8pm) is our annual spring concert! Celebrating our 41st year with music by Cliff Alexis, Boogsie Sharpe, Rick Kurasz, Jeff Neitzke, Aaron Copland, and George Gershwin. You can find the link to the stream at www.uakron.edu/music as well as a link to make a donation …
Celebrating our 40th Anniversary for the Second time! Last spring we unfortunately had to cancel our big 40th annivesary show, but we are back! April 10 at 8pm is our virtual spring concert! It will be streamed via the University of Akron School of Music website, www.uakron.edu/music. Program will feature music by Copland, Alexis, Gershwin, …
41st Annual Spring Concert! Streaming April 10 at 8pm! Read More »
Do some holiday shopping and support your steel drum band! It’s not too late to get your last minute holiday shopping in! Our CD’s, DVD’s, T-shirts, new Don Drumm pendants, and other merchandise are great stocking stuffers. You can also get all of our music as downloads, including “A Kiss for Christmas” which features Caribbean …
We hope you had a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Now, to help you get ready for the holidays and check off your gift list, here are great NEW items now available on our website: 40th anniversary UA Steel Band t-shirts Very cool pendants, designed by famed Akron artist Don Drumm UA Samba t-shirts UA Samba …
Fall 2020 Percussion Ensemble Concert – Virtual! “6 Feet Apart” On Tuesday, November 24 at 7:30pm we would have had our usual fall percussion ensemble concert. This year it will be virtual which will allow us to present not only contemporary percussion chamber works, but also soloists and other groups like the steel drum band …
Collage 2020 Virtual Edition! Tonight at 7:30pm log in to the UA School fo Music website here and watch a livestream version of Collage 2020! This action packed concert moves from group to group showcasing over 20 different soloists and ensembles, including UA Samba, Steel Drum Band, Drumline, and Percussion Ensemble.
New Merchandise – UA Samba sticker! UA Samba is the University of Akron Percussion Studio’s Brazilian Percussion Ensemble. The group performs drumming music from Brazil’s Carnival celebrations called Samba Batucada. Show your UA Samba pride with this cool sticker with a logo created by UA’s Myers Art School students, Design X Nine. The sticker is …
We have a new youtube channel! Here we are rehearsing a new tune you may recognize. More to come so subscribe and support the University of Akron Steel Drum Band! You Tube Channel Link https://youtu.be/Bve9J94AmvI
New merchandise available! Our new t-shirt celebrating 40 years of the University of Akron Steel Drum Band is now available along with some very cool pendants created by legendary Akron artist, Don Drumm. Check out all of our merch by clicking here.
