Rockcreek Steel Drums is a company owned and run by Kevin Martin.

Rockcreek’s Mission Statement since 1998

Our mission is to participate in the expansion of the steel pan (and since 2007 also the steel tongue drum) art form of Trinidad and Tobago through instrument construction, education and performance.

Kevin Martin began building steel pan instruments while a student at Cornell University in 1989, with Sean Martin and John Rezai.

Since 1991, Kevin has performed as a musician with thousands of shows by The Geckos, based out of Annapolis, MD. (www.thegeckos.com)

Between 1999 and 2020 Rockcreek taught over 100,000 people to play a steel pan or steel tongue drum in person through our school Artist In Residence programs and through The Steel Drum Experience (our large group beginner steel pan workshop tours). We have brought our workshops to over a thousand classrooms, festivals, retirement communities, churches, jails, hospitals, restaurants, after school programs, and private homes.

An an instrument company, we have built and shipped many thousands of steel pans and steel tongue drums to almost every state in the USA and to over 30 countries.

Rockcreek Steel Drums has been a Roster Artist for The Maryland State Arts Council for the past decade and have brought our residencies and workshops to over 400 schools and community groups up and down the USA East Coast to Midwest.

Below is a little promo we made over twenty years ago. Some of what we offer has changed, but the spirit and mission of Rockcreek has remained the same.

Contact Us

info@rockcreeksteeldrums.com