CJ Menge established the Inside Out Steelband as an Arts-in-Education project in 1996. Since that time Menge has worked diligently to create a community of steelbands in the Austin, TX area, including Middle School and High School programs in Austin and Round Rock ISD, as well as the Inside Out Community Steelbands. Menge currently leads the Inside Out Community Steelband, composes and arranges for steelband, and works professionally as a steel pan performer and clinician.
The Austin Creative Alliance is funded in part by the City of Austin through the Economic Development Department's Cultural Arts Division and by grants from Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts which believes that a great nation deserves great art. The Creative Alliance also receives generous in-kind support from CreateAustin, and Time Warner Cable News. We are also grateful for the ongoing support and participation of our members and patrons.
