Gamelan

Organizations (3)

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- Training exercises and MIDI files.

- Plays traditional and contemporary Gamelan music. Information about the group, membership, music, and performances. [Cambridge, UK]

Central Javanese Gamelan :

- An introduction to the music with reviews of recommended recordings.

Explore the World of Gamelan :

- An introduction to the gamelan of Java and Bali with audio samples and photographs, origins and spread to other areas, comparisons with other music, instruments and ensembles, dictionary, and lists of gamelan CDs, books, and links. In French and English.

Gamelan :

- Traditional musical instruments of Javanese gamelan, their meanings, and the gamelan sets of the royal palaces.

Gamelan Anak Swarasanti :

- Balinese gamelan orchestra based in San Francisco. Schedule of upcoming performances, slide shows of past performances, discography with audio samples, player profiles, and articles.

Gamelan in Australia and New Zealand :

- Profiles of gamelan groups, recordings, courses, mailing list, and links.

Gamelan Mitra Kusuma :

- A Balinese gamelan based in Washington, DC, presents information on the instruments, audio samples, performance schedule, classes, and a mailing list.

Gamelan Naga Mas :

- A community group playing classical Javanese and Balinese music and modern compositions; information about their performances and events, background on the music, and their education activities. [Glasgow, Scotland]

Gamelan Network :

- About gamelan music and the related performing arts of Java, Bali and Sunda. Information about performing groups, events, publications (Seleh Notes), and teaching resources for schools and in the community. [UK]

Gamelan Semara Santi of Swarthmore College :

- Information about gamelan in general, including audio clips, and about Swarthmore's gamelan program and how to join.

Gamelan Sinar Surya (Santa Barbara) :

- A Santa Barbara-based organization dedicated to preservation, teaching and performing traditional Gamelan music of Indonesia and Malaysia. Photo gallery and mp3 samples from their first CD.

Gamelan-L Mailing List :

- This list is for anyone with a scholarly, artistic, or practical interest in gamelan. Archives available.

Hastings Gamelan Society :

- Information about adult and pupil groups, based in the UK. Includes information about performances, membership, recordings, and news.

Lila Cita :

- Founded (as Kembang Kirang) in 1992 (by Andy Channing, director of the LSO gamelan education programme) to perform Balinese gamelan music. Information about performances, workshops, personnel, and associated dance group. [UK]

Metalworks Gamelan :

- A gamelan with eight members, with backgrounds in jazz, Latin American, experimental, Baroque, Indian pop, and contemporary classical music; information about their recordings, workshops and performances. [Berkshire, UK]

Monkey C :

- Experimental gamelan band from Santa Barbara, California present virtual gamelan instruments, audio samples, band and instrument profiles, and links.

Musical Malaysia: the Malay Gamelan :

- And introduction to the music and instruments with photographs and audio and video samples.

One People Voice :

- One People Voice, based in Oakland, CA, is a hybrid processional orchestra and chant ensemble, utilizing gongs and drums from Bali which are interwoven with other world and western instruments. Includes information on their kids program, workshop schedule, guestbook, and photo gallery.

Pusaka Sunda :

- San Jose, California based gameland degung ensemble with audio samples, discography and ordering information, artists profiles, performance schedule, and workshops.

South Bank Gamelan Players :

- Ensemble-in-residence at the Royal Festival Hall, working closely with dancers, puppeteers and composers from Indonesia, Europe and the USA; includes profile, repertoire, education activities, and performance schedule. [London, UK]

UK Gamelan Information :

- An information source for people interested in Indonesian performing arts in the UK; includes news, events, gamelan in education, discography, and a links listing.

Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble :

- Taught by Sumarsam and Pak Harjito. MP3 Sound samples and an introduction to gamelan syllabus (PDF format).