2023 Conference

2023 NSSBE Conference Schedule

Friday, February 24^th

• 1:00pm Check-in (Voxman Lobby)
• 2:00 pm Steelpan recording workshop– Hands On  (Percussion Suite)
• 5:00 pm Dinner/ Vendor Time
• 7:30 pm Iowa Steel Band with Victor Provost, NSSBE Host Concert (Concert Hall)

Saturday, February 25^th

• 7:30am Coffee & Check-in (Voxman Lobby)
• 8:00am Dr. Chris Tanner: President’s Welcome (2400 VOX)
• 8:15am Victor Provost: “Hit the Pan Running: Beginning Improvisation in the Steel Band Classroom” (2400 VOX)
• 9:30am Panel Discussion (recital hall)
• 10:45am Larnell Lewis: “Get organized behind the drums!” (Concert Hall)
• 12:00pm Lunch/ Vendor Time (on your own)
• 1:45pm Joy Lapps-Lewis: “Introduction to Steelband Arranging” (2400 Vox)
• 3:00pm Northern Illinois University Steel Band 50^th Anniversary Celebration Concert (Concert Hall)
• 4:30pm Dinner/ Vendor Time
• 7:30pm Larnell Lewis with Joy Lapps-Lewis & Friends, NSSBE Closing Concert (Concert Hall)