BOONE—The Steely Pan Steel Band at Appalachian State University presents its annual fall concert Friday, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium. Admission is $7 and tickets are available at the auditorium box office. Proceeds from the concert will be used to purchase equipment and to assist with travel for the band.

Under the director of Scott Meister, a professor in Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music, the band is known for transforming gospel, classical and other compositions into works for steel drums and percussion.

Zawadi Morrow, a senior music education major at Appalachian State University, rehearses with the Steely Pan Steel Band for a Sept. 26 performance in Farthing Auditorium. (Photo by university photographer Marie Freeman)

The performance will feature a gospel composition arranged by Meister and performed by the band and the Appalachian Gospel Choir.

The music school’s Treble Choir will perform “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” accompanied by the steel band.

Other concert highlights include Appalachian fiddle tunes, the popular “Pan in A minor” by the late Lord Kitchener, a renowned calypso artist from Trinidad, and compositions that feature soloists from the band.

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