Le'Roi Simmonds is a steel pan artist from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, with a Bachelor's Degree in Pop Music from Florida Memorial University, and a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies from New York University. At the age of ten years old, Le`Roi started playing the steel pan with the Downstreet Pandemonium Steel Orchestra. Today, as an adult he specializes in performance, arranging, and education. Le`Roi presently works for the VI Superior Court Rising Stars Steel Orchestra as an Instructor/Arranger where he and his colleagues are always working hard mentoring the youth of the Virgin Islands using the steel pan, to keep children off the streets and in school.  With over 20 years of experience, Le`Roi has traveled around the Caribbean and the United States, winning various awards, such as the Virginia Panorama Caribbean Festival, Florida Memorial University Research and Performing Arts Day in Miami, the Music USA Festival in Orlando, and the Trinidad and Tobago National Junior Steel Band Panorama to name a few.  Some of Simmonds recorded works include steel bands such as the Rising Stars Youth Steel Orchestra (St. Thomas), E. Benjamin Oliver Steel Owls (St. Thomas), Florida Memorial Steel Band (Miami), and St. Margaret’s Steel Orchestra (Trinidad).  With a plethora of skills in his arsenal, Le’Roi is constantly looking to advance the musical movement in the Virgin Islands and around the world.