Worship Service Links Featuring Steelbands
The following is a collection of links/live streams of churches in the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora in the United States and Canada that regulalry feature steelpan and steelbands as part of worship service. These links/live streams come from a variety of social media and digital platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, etc. This list is only an example of what is present and if you would like your congregation linked to this page, please contact the Church Steelpan Project director.
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Mount St. Benedict Abbey (Trinidad)
The Mount St. Benedict Abbey (Trinidad) streams a daily mass in the Roman Catholic faith. Worship services feature a solo steelpan playing alongside an organist/pianist and cantor.
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Hope Lutheran (Toronto)
Hope Lutheran is a WELS congregation located in Toronto, Canada that celebrates a strong Caribbean membership. Here, steelband is featured as part of weekly worship services.
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All Saints Anglican Church (Antigua)
All Saints Anglican Church of Antigua is an Anglican congregation that regulaly incorporates steelband into its worship services.
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Westchester Methodist Church (Bronx, New York)
The Caribbean diaspora area of New York boasts large populations of expatriates and the countries are thus deeply intertwined on a social, cultural, spiritual, and economic level. This connectivity further stems to the religious affiliations of these people. Many church congregations in these cities with sizable Caribbean immigrant populations feature church-based steelbands as a method to connect their youth with elders, remake traditions, and stay rooted in Caribbean culture for expatriates and their first-generation children. One such congregation is Westchester United Methodist Church (Bronx, New York).
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Church of the Ascension (Mona, Jamaica)
Jamaica is one of the largest Caribbean islands in size and population, and the country has a long and rich musical history that claims many important traditional music styles. In recent years steelbands have become popular additions to worship service here. The Church of ther Ascension Steel Orchestra is an example of how steelband is used in Anglican worship services here (Jamaica).
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Holy Family Cathedral (Antigua)
Holy Family Cathedral has an active steeband that participates in most facets of worship service each week. The steelband has arranged hundreds of hymns over the past 20 years.