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In all of the U.S., there are only a few dozen sets of instruments that qualify as gamelan ensembles – the collections of gongs and other tuned percussion instruments needed to play this form of music ...

At home in Indonesia, gamelan is more than just a kind of music—it’s a way of life. So much so, in fact, that Gamelan Gita Asmara’s I Wayan Sudirana is mildly taken aback when asked how he came to be ...

New Yorkers will descend onto Brooklyn Heights on Saturday night to experience a special evening of music, witnessing the United States’ largest gamelan – a traditional Indonesian percussion ensemble.

Thu, June 7, 2012 Published on Jun. 7, 2012 Published on 2012-06-07T11:57:51+07:00 span class="caption" style="width: 467px;">Ganug Nugroho AdiThe man is a famous ...

Buffalo Gamelan Club is looking for a home. BRO first featured Buffalo’s fledgling gamelan scene in 2015, when gamelan enthusiast Matt Dunning was attempting to ship a wide array of instruments that ...

The gamelan, a collection of traditional Javanese percussive instruments, has been skirting the periphery of our musical landscape for more than two decades now, and UCC professor of music Mel Mercier ...

Have you ever heard the hauntingly beautiful melodies of a gamelan orchestra? It sings of a world forgotten by time, a realm mysterious and enchanting. “The sound of the gamelan, its echoes … is very ...

What do gongs, xylophones, funny hats, music students and a world-class Indonesian vocalist have in common? They are elements of an ensemble — music professor Henry Spiller's new "gamelan" ensemble, ...

BOGOR, Indonesia — It is here, in one of Indonesia's last remaining gamelan workshops, that the complex, layered tones of the country's traditional music are shaped, fine-tuned and shipped around the ...

James Howe '23 had never considered himself a musical person, but he wanted his college experience to be about stepping outside his comfort zone. After taking a crash course in the gamelan as part of ...

BOGOR, Indonesia Every day, a dozen grizzled men shirtless, shoeless and with clove cigarettes dangling from their lips hover over a pit of fire here in a tin-roofed shack, taking turns pounding ...