Percussionist and teaching artist Ted Canning has done extensive freelance work in the northeast United States. His work includes performing classical music, theater, big band, and jazz. He performs on stage and in workshops and residencies at schools, colleges, and community settings throughout Western New York and Pennsylvania.

Ted uses music to teach fundamental curriculum skills such as math, language skills, social studies, history, and science, illuminating concepts to students and opening doors to other styles of learning. He has performed with national champions “Phase II Pan Groove” in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as in Europe, in Latin America, and with numerous steelbands in Brooklyn, New York. Ted now leads the Panloco Steelband, the “Steel Alchemy” Community Steelband, and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Steelband. He performs with the Trinidad and Tobago Steelband, and has performed with “pan” players from Trinidad and around the world.