Austin Community Steelband’s professional Steelpan school’s high quality in school, after school, and workshop music programs teach students to play this unique instrument through steelband’s engaging musical teamwork experience. Instruction, stressing excellence, motivates and guides them in developing their talent and creativity to become proficient performers. We incorporate Trinidad’s traditional instruction method that stimulates students’ curiosity and helps them learn quickly, which engages, creates interest, and transcends culture and language difficulties while addressing music TEKS. Our Trinidad-born instructors provide personal interaction and experience rarely found outside Trinidad, steelpan’s birthplace. We also provide performances.