Steelpan in Education: A History of the Northern Illinois University Steelband

About Andrew MartinJeannine RemyRay Funk

Andrew R. Martin is professor of music at Inver Hills College where he directs the African music ensemble and steelband. His most recent book is Steelpan Ambassadors: The US Navy Steel Band 19571999 and he writes a semi-regular newspaper column Pan Worldwide for the Trinidad Guardian. Ray Funk is a Fulbright scholar and retired Alaskan trial judge. He has been a coauthor on several projects including a history of Invaders Steel Orchestra a box set on the Calypso Craze and a book on the Trinidad Carnival photos of George Tang. He has published numerous articles on Trinidad calypso steelpan and Carnival as well as extensive research on African American gospel quartets. Jeannine Remy is a senior lecturer of music in the Department for Creative and Festival Arts at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad where she has taught since 2003. Remy is an active composer arranger adjudicator and musical commentator in cultural music. She has received numerous faculty research grants including a Fulbright to research and archive Trinidad and Tobago steelpan music. Remy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Northern Illinois University and her doctorate from the University of Arizona.