Title: Pan in A Minor

Performers: Amoco Renegades, 1987 Panarama Competition

Origin: Trinidad and Tobago

Orchestration: Lead Steel Drum, Double Tenor Steel Drum, Double Second Steel Drum, Triple Guitar Steel Drum, Cello Steel Drum, Bass Steel Drum, Drum Set, Iron, Percussion (Engine Room)

Ethnomusicology is the study of music of different cultures, particularly non-western ones.  This is crucial to world music pedagogy that we practice in the classroom.  Ethnomusicology gives us the information that we need as music educators to effectively execute the pedagogy in our classrooms.  The piece that I have presented to day is a staple in the  repertoire of  steel drum ensembles.  the studies that ethnomusicologists have made in the area of steel drum performance, history, philosophy, and culture have given us,as educators, the tools we need to teach this art form effectively. From personal experience of performing this piece with the Florida State University Steel Band, the information that I found by ethnomusicologists in preparing for the performance was invaluable.