Steel Drum Musician Shares Passion With Young Students

Nov 16,2017 by Bethany Hooper

Musician and instrument builder Kevin Martin works with Willards Elementary students during a steel drum demonstration on Monday.

WILLARDS – An artist-in-residence shared his love of music and steel drums to students at Willards Elementary School this week as part of an arts integration program.

On Monday, steel drum builder and musician Kevin Martin introduced second grade students at Willards Elementary School to the art of steel drum music as part of a week-long program that integrates school subjects into the arts.

Martin – whose company, Rockcreek Steel Drums, works with Young Audiences of Maryland to offer steel drum programs to schools across the state – said the week-long residency will integrate certain school subjects through the arts.


“This residency is unique in that it’s an arts integrated residency,” he said. “An arts integrated residency serves duel purposes, to put on a concert, but to combine it with subject matter that they’re learning in the classroom.”

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