Our steelpan program has a long history of great students who have gone on to do great things after graduation. Here are just a few notable examples, and if you are an alum we’d love to hear about what you’re up to.
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| David Aarons | Assistant Professor Ethnomusicology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Charlton Alfonso | Lecturer, School of Music at the Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts |
| Khan Cordice | Director of Culture, Cultural Development Division of the Ministry of Sports, Culture, National Festivals and the Arts in Antigua and Barbuda |
| Khion De Las | Instructor in Music at the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, University of the West Indies |
| Adam Duym | K-5 Music Educator and Chorus Director, Spring Brook Elementary School, Indian Prarie School District #204 |
| Josanne Francis | Executive Director, Cultural Academy for Excellence (C.A.F.E) in Mount Rainier, Maryland |
| Seion Gomez | Senior Instructor of Music (Pan), The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) |
| Mia Gormandy | Assistant Professor of Music, The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) |
| Adam Grise | Data and Systems Analyst, School of Music at the University of Maryland |
| Kenneth Joseph | Director, St. Luke’s Steelband in New Haven, Connecticut |
| Akua Leith | Artistic Director, National Steel Symphony Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago (N.S.S.O) |
| Angela Gay Magnus | Lecturer, Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Barry Mannette |
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| Scott McConnell | Steel Orchestras Director, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (C.Y.S.O) |
| Daron Roberts | Associate Director for the Rhythm Project, The Virginia Arts Festival |
| Dajhumbay Russell | General music teacher grades K-6, Ridge Circle Elementary School and Hawk Hollow Elementary School |
| Satanand Sharma | Lecturer in Music and coordinator of the Music Unit of the Department of Creative and Festival Arts and faculty of Humanities and Education, University of the West Indies |
| Tyler Smith | Instructional Technology Coach, Diamond Lake School District 76 |
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