BY LAUREN OWENS Morning News
FLORENCE, S.C. — The sounds of steel drums can be heard from the music class at Greenwood Elementary School this week.
Kimberly Roberts, a Lexington-based artist, visited third-grade students at Greenwood Elementary this week to teach them about Caribbean music and playing the steel drums.
Roberts began her time at Greenwood Elementary on Wednesday. She presented her book “Jammin’ Geography Caribbean Cruise” and showed fifth- and sixth- grade students Caribbean money and sand. She began with third-grade students Thursday.
Roberts’ last day at the school will be Monday.
During the Greenwood artist-in-residence visit, Roberts has taught children how to play steel drums, about the history of steel drums and the percussion family.
Roberts has taught students songs that she has composed in the styles of reggae, calypso and beach music. She said she taught them specifically at the beginner level of difficulty so that they can learn the techniques of steel drums.
Replies