Rachel has over 22 years experience teaching steelbands in a huge variety of environments, she teaches complete beginners to conservatoire-level players, from age seven to adult.

She taught pan in the London Borough of Barnet from 1996 - 2007, taking her groups to the National Finals of Music For Youth on numerous occasions - the Dollis Deep-Pans won a Highly Commended Certificate there in 2006. Under her direction they also performed at the Royal Festival Hall, and toured Slovenia (1999), where they played at the British Ambassador's Champagne Reception. She was Surrey County Steelband Co-ordinator and organised a fifty piece County Steel Orchestra which performed at the Woking Pops Concert (1999) and at the Albert Hall Gala Concert (1998). She has worked with excluded young people at South East Surrey Pupil Referral Unit, and taught the award-winning Reigate Pilgrim Steelband for over 10 years. She has also run taster sessions in shopping malls, day workshops, and week long residential courses. She also runs training days for music teachers wishing to improve their knowledge of pan.

Workshops can be tailored to the needs of an individual institution:

demonstration: talk and solo performance
workshop: technique and improving skills for established players and bands
advice on setting up a steelband project
arranging and teaching skills
percussion for steelbands
sheet music provided

Please Email me to discuss your requirements.