tishdeklerk

tishdeklerk

Covers Musician from Auckland
5 YEARS VETERAN

Steelpannist

Born in South Africa, Tish has been living in Auckland New Zealand since 2007. Performing for more than 21 years, she began playing the steelpan at school in South Africa when she was 12. Now, she runs a small business called The Steel Workshop, which is focused on bringing steelpan workshops into schools in Auckland and surrounding areas, to create interest and knowledge about the instrument. She also works with other already established steelbands around New Zealand, including The Caribbeanz Southern Stars, The Panimals and Bay Silver Pans, and is also the founder and lead pannist for Steel'n Beats Steelband.

She is an active member of PANZ (The Pan Association of Australia and New Zealand) and is currently a committee member. She held the vice president position in 2016 and was voted PANZ President for 2017, and again in 2018/2019.

Tish has assisted in the organisation of the PANZfest Steelband Festival 2017, which took place in Cairns, Australia. She was also on the planning committee for the first Aotearoa Steelband Festival, which took place in Auckland from the 23rd-25th of February 2018, and currently also on the planning committee for the PANZfest 2019 festival due to take place on 20-22 September 2019 in Brisbane Australia.

Other than Steelpan, Tish also shares her passion in playing the Drumkit, Percussion, Didgeridoo and Piano.