Gamelan Kusuma Laras will present an evening of Javanese music for the public in the klenengan format, which features ...

I must say that I’m fascinated by this new gamelan music movement in Buffalo. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been following Matt Dunning’s (Artistic Director, Gamelan Sari Raras Irama) epic adventure, ever ...

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 ...

For professional tuba player Rohan Iyer, playing gamelan opened the door to a deeper understanding of Indonesian culture––its ...

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 ...

Date and Time: November 17th at 7:30 p.m. Location: Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU BYU’s Balinese percussion orchestra, Gamelan Bintang Wahyu, will perform on November 17th at 7:30 ...

The Ministry of Culture is supporting the preservation of gamelan and sinden traditional orchestra heritage through a ...

Housed in the cavernous hardwood expanse of New York’s Indonesian Consulate, the massive, shimmering army Gamelan Dharma Swara are a 20-plus-member crew that explores and subverts Balinese tradition ...

"A Night in Indonesia: Javanese Gamelan," will be held Saturday, March 24 at 8 p.m., with a 7 p.m. pre-concert talk. The concert will offer an experience of the full flavor (sounds, smells, tastes) of ...

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, ...

It was back in 2015 when we first ran a story about Matt Dunning and his efforts to jumpstart the Buffalo Gamelan World Music Club in Buffalo. Five years later, the gamelan music scene has grown more ...

Americans tend to believe that Walt Disney’s Snow White, from 1937, was the first animated film. But that honor actually goes to The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the earliest surviving animated ...