From the Hill and Beyond #6 by Malik Seneferu

Presentation: Steelpan with Fauna Solomon

Saturday, 2/1/2025
10:30 - 11:00
Parkside Children's Area
Parkside

1200 Taraval Street
San Francisco, CA 94116
United States

415-355-5770

Take a trip with musician Fauna Solomon to the tropical West Indies and learn the unique history of the steelpan, often called the steel drum. Steelpan’s origins in the Caribbean is a tool of resistance and cultural pride For children and their families.

Fauna Solomon is a former teacher and musician currently residing in Washington, DC. Born in Guyana, South America into a musical family, Miss Solomon started playing the steelpan at the age of 5 and has performed for audiences of all ages on stages around the country. Her father Phil Solomon who makes the instruments, is the inventor of the modern steelpan and started the first steelpan manufacturing company in the US.

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