The National Society of Steel Band Educators is dedicated to advancing steelpan and steelband education in the United States. Their website provides helpful resources for all matters of steelband education in the United States. https://weteachpan.org/

Calypso music is an important influence on steelband music in the Caribbean. Roger Gibbs is a calypsonian and historian from Barbados who has created an invaluable web series describing and teaching calypso rhythms and strums from throughout the Caribbean. See his YouTube channel for a wealth of educational content. https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritOfCalypso

The follow links are compiled by Dr. Brandon Haskett of Saginaw Valley State University. Dr. Haskett has created a directory of K-12 school and college/university steelband (United States and Canada) and a directory of community/professional (United States) steelbands. These lists update regularly, so check back often.

K-12 Schools, College, University Steelbands

Community/Professional Steelbands

PanNotation is an online membership-based portal that hosts a wealth of information about the steelpan. Additionally, the website facilitates the purchasing and downloading of music scores.

https://pannotation.com/

Quinten Petersen is director of steelbands at the Wisconsin Lutheran High School. Petersen has created a variety of steelband charts and arrangements for use in worship services. Many of these are for sale and can be purchased here:

Steelband Arrangements by Quinten Petersen

When Steel Talks is an important blog and online gathering space for all things steelpan. The website hosts a dizzying array of steelpan and steelband forums, Caribbean radio streams, audio/video archives, and much more.

https://whensteeltalks.ning.com/

Pan Trinbago is recognized as the parent governing body for steelbands not only in Trinidad and Tobago but in many parts of the world. Though primarily based in Trinidad and Tobago, PanTrinbago is an international organization which is active in the promotion of the steelpan and steelband art form across the globe.

https://www.pantrinbago.co.tt/

This organization seeks the elevation, stimulation, and support of music and the allied arts in all their aspects in the Episcopal Church and the larger Anglican tradition, and especially in their relationship to liturgy. Their website features many resources invaluable to the church musicians. Association of Anglican Musicians

A Facebook group dedicated to religious steelpan music video content. Religious Steelpan Music

Started in the fall of 1999, St. Luke’s Steelband is based in New Haven, Connecticut at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The steelband is very active in their chuch and local community with several steelbands and education outreach programs. St. Luke's Steelband

AmericanClassicalHymns.com was developed in tandem with the book Gems of Exquisite Beauty: How Hymnody Carried Classical Music to America (Oxford University Press, 2020), the first in-depth historical exploration of this repertoire and its creators. The website features a digital archive of scores, audio recordings, and video recordings that is free and open for public use. An invaluable resource for anyone interested in American hymnody.

This site is a central source for information relating to the sacred-texted choral music that was composed, copied by hand, and published in America—particularly in New England—through 1820. The site contains two noteworthy sections: a searchable database representing the complete holdings of printed tunebooks and manuscripts containing sacred-texted choral music in a variety of libraries, and over 600 pages of searchable transcriptions of sacred music.