Steel Drums play patio concert April 24

Cornell steel drum bands, Toucan and Pandemonium, will perform an outdoor concert at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 24, on the Lynn Luce Kitt ’91 Patio at the Thomas Commons.

The concert is free and open to the campus and local community members. Audience members are required to follow COVID-19 safety precautions and encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. The Cornell College Music Facebook page will livestream the concert.

The groups will perform popular and traditional music under the direction of Peter Grubisich, who comes to Cornell with a strong background as a percussionist and steel band leader. He holds a Master of Music degree in percussion performance from the University of South Carolina and is a doctoral candidate in percussion performance and pedagogy at the University of Iowa. 

Rain date: 5 p.m. April 25.