About the Band
Connecticut's Award-Winning Steel Pan Band
Pan Up!
The Award Winning Silver Steel Band is a Steel Drum Band based in Bridgeport, CT, directed by Jim Royle of Jim Royle Drum Studios. You can find Silver Steel playing many of your favorite Caribbean favorites as well as Soca and Calypso styled music from Trinidad and Tobago. Entering our 5th year together, Silver Steel delights audiences with our infectious rhythms resulting in spontaneous dancing, uncontrollable joy, and perpetual smiles wherever we play! Email us at: manager@silversteelband.com
The Band
The amazing people that keep this band going!
Jim Royle
Director
James L. Royle is a native of Connecticut and former president of the state chapter of the Percussive Arts Society’s for 17 years.
Brian Ente
Assistant Director
Brian Ente is a Musician and Composer who studied at Ithaca College with Gordon Stout and Conrad Alexander.
Bob Chapin
Double Seconds
Milton Clark
Bass Guitar
Stephanie Crowe
Lead Pan
Susan DeLeonardo
Lead Pan
Cindi DeNatale
Triple Cellos
Denise Lauro
Vocals & Lead Pan
Randy Lauro
Congas & Trianglista
Amy Lavin
Double Seconds
Pedro Mata
Lead Pan & CMO (Chief Motivation Officer)
Wendy Probert
Lead Pan
Jan Redfern
Full Bass
Ellie Rigby
Lead Pan & DB2
Boonie Schneider
Tenor Bass & Bartender
Larry Schwartz
Double Seconds
Sharyn Taymor
Lead Pan