Gongs, drums and a variety of melodic percussion instruments probably unfamiliar to many Smithies will take center stage at Earle Recital Hall (in the basement of Sage) on Wednesday, April 20, for a ...

The Bucknell Gamelan Ensemble invites students of all majors and backgrounds to learn and perform traditional and new music of Indonesia. Each semester, members have the opportunity to develop playing ...

Inside a large room in the School of Music building on North Campus, the rhythmically timed sounds of percussion thump. It’s a soft, melodious music, and distinct from anything else one might happen ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — Most groups that play gamelan, an Indonesian form of music, are playing traditional work. "But that's not what we do," said Michael Lipsey, in an interview with The Eagle. In 2011, ...

Gamelan comes from the Javanese word gamel, meaning "to strike or hammer.” Originating in Central Java, a gamelan is a set of kettle gongs, hanging bronze gongs, and xylophones on beautifully carved ...

In a program titled Mebarung! — a Balinese term for a sort of “battle of the bands” between gamelan ensembles — the Bates Gamelan Orchestra welcomes the Massachusetts group Gamelan Galak Tika for a ...

Exemplifying the robust cross-cultural conversations that happen all the time at Bates College, guest artists from Indonesia, an Indonesian-style dancer from the U.S. and a Maine composer all have a ...

If you’ve ever wanted to step into another world — one filled with shimmering metallic melodies, hypnotic rhythms, and ...

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The Irish Gamelan Orchestra: The Three Forges Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. paviliontheatre.ie The Irish Gamelan Orchestra presents a concert of new music, dance and spoken word with a line ...