This is a directory of currently active gamelan groupsand groups performing related
arts in
the United
States. Its purpose is to provide a communication network so that
gamelan
performers and enthusiasts can get current information about eachother
easily,
and so those who are interested in playing or listening to gamelan
music can
locate groups near them.
The North American list (USA and Canada) was first compiled
in 1983
by Barbara Benary with
assistance from
Jody Diamond and Richard North; it was revised in 1997-8 and posted to
the web
by Marc Hoffman. The current list is hosted by the American Gamelan Institute, and
maintained
by Diamond and Benary.
If you are aware of any necessary changes or additions to this list, please let us know
at changes@gamelan.org.
Each listing follows this format:
Name of the group, kind of instruments and builder if known, repertoire
played,
and contact information. Groups are also welcome to add a description
of the
group, its philosphies, special projects, etc. If a group has a web
site, you can link to their page by clicking on the group's name (first
item in a listing).
A second listing of USA gamelan groups has been posted on Wikipedia by Sam Wantman. The Wikpedia list can be self-edited, but the new information does not automatically forward to this list.
The information that follows was last updated on March 5, 2006.
ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO,
CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, WASHINGTON
D.C. , FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII,
ILLINOIS, IOWA, MAINE,
MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN,
MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA,
NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW
MEXICO, NEW YORK, OHIO, OREGON,
PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, TEXAS,
VIRGINIA, VERMONT, WASHINGTON,
WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
AZ --- Tempe
Name of Ensemble: Javanese Gamelan at Arizona State University
Instruments: Javanese
slendro and pelog, bronze
Repertoire: Traditional
Central Javanese
Contact: Ted Solis,
Prof. Ethnomusicology
Director, Javanese gamelan and "Marimba Maederas de Comitan"
School of Music, Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
(480 965-8612
Email: ted.solis@asu.ed
AZ --- Tucson
Name of Ensemble: Fine Stream
Gamelan:
Kyai Wisiking Wuluh (Whispering
Grass,
referring to bamboo) pelog, and Kyai Wisiking Sato Edi (Sounds of All Good Creatures)
slendro
Instruments: Javanese,
Sundanese
Degung, Balinese Gong Kebyar--Iron/brass (by Matt Finstrom, augmented
with
instruments from Suhirdjan in Yogya). Banyumas Calung - Bamboo (Matt
Finstrom)
Repertoire: Traditional,
some
American compositions. Also regional styles including Banyumas,
Semarang, and
Angklung Banyuwangi
Contact:
Matt Finstrom, director
1901 N. Avenida Azahar
Tucson, AZ 85745
(520) 743-9879
David Dettman, asst. dir.
2717 E. Waverly St.
Tucson, AZ 85716
Email: dettman@geo.arizona.edu
Web page: www.metro-
arts.org/gamelan/finestream
Teachers/Performers welcome. We are a community based group formed in
1988.
Past invited teachers include Pak Rasito and Rene T.A. Lysloff.
CA--- Arcata
Name of Ensemble: Sekar Sequoia
Instruments: Javanese
gamelan
gadon, bronze, pelog
Repertoire: Traditional
Solonese
Gadhon
Contact:
Sharon Millman
388 11th #1
Arcata, CA 95521
(707) 822-7053
Email: ssmillman@erthlink.net
Gamelan study
group
working for depth within a limited and consistent traditional
repetoire.
Emphasis on elaboration and development of soft instruments. Occasional
performances are not the focus of practice. Beginners and visitors
welcome on
Wednesday nights from 8pm-10pm. Located six blocks from Humboldt State
University.
CA--- Berkeley
Name of Ensemble: Sari Raras / Kyai Udan Mas
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Midiyanto (Widiyanto S. Putro), dir. and Ben Brinner
Dept. of Music #1200
UC Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-1200
(510) 642-2688
Email: brinner@berkeley.edu
Web page: http:
//ls.berkeley.edu/dept/music/calendar.html
Joint university and community ensemble.
CA--- Claremont
Name of Ensemble: Giri Kusuma
Instruments: Balinese
gamelan
gong kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional--instrumental
and dance music from the kebyar and pelegongan repertoire
Contact:
Katherine Hagedorn, Ethnomusicologist on the Pomona College faculty or
Nyoman
Wenten, instructor
Pomona College
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 621-8155
Email: khagedorn@pomona.edu or wayne@gsj.org
Taught by Wayne Vitale; the emphasis is on direct hands-on training and
the
development of ensemble skills. Classes meet on Mondays from 4 - 6pm,
and are
open to students, faculty, and members of the Claremont community. A
performance is given at the end of each semester, with guest
appearances by
renowned Balinese artists.
CA---
Claremont
Name of Ensemble: Harvey Mudd American Gamelan
Instruments: American,
tuned and
adapted for new American music
Contact:
Bill Alves
Harvey Mudd College
301 E. 12th St., Claremont, CA 91711
Email: alves@ODIN.AC.HMC.EDU
CA--- El Cerrito
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Sekar Jaya
Instruments: Gamelan
Sekar Jaya
Instruments: Balinese Gong Kebyar, Angklung, Gender Wayang, Joged, and
Jegog
Repertoire: Traditional
and new
music and dance by both Balinese and American artists
Contact:
Wayne Vitale, director Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
6485 Conlon Ave.
El Cerrito, CA 94530
(510) 237-6849 (phone and fax)
Email: wayne@gsj.org
Email: gsj@gsj.org
Web page: http: //www.gsj.org
Gamelan Sekar Jaya, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a fifty
member
ensemble founded in 1979. It has been led by master Balinese artists,
many from
Bali's National College of the Arts (STSI) for extended residencies. In
addition to an extensive concert and touring schedule, the group
regularly
sponsors workshops in Balinese music and dance, lecture-demonstrations,
and
school programs.
CA--- El Cerrito
Name of Ensemble: Sierra School Gamelan
Instruments: Balinese
gong
kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
and
student pieces student pieces
Contact:
Maddie Hogan
Sierra Elementary School
960 Avis Drive
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Email: labsierra@aol.com
CA--- La Mesa
Name of Ensemble: Center
for World Music
Instruments: Javanese
gamelan
Kyai Mari Oneng (Recovering from Longing) sl., Kyai Udan Asih (Rain of
Love)
pel., and other Balinese sets listed below
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Center for World Music
La Mesa, CA 92041
tel (619) 447-4949
Balinese instruments which may be in use include: gender wayang,
genggong,
suling, gambang, gong kebyar, semar pegulingan.
CA--- La Verne
Name of Ensemble: Gong Kyai Pramugari
Instruments: Javanese
laras pelog, bronze by Pak Kuat
Repertoire: Solonese
klenengan
Contact:
Craig Rowe, dir.
Ensemble members are often drawn from Cal Arts, UCLA, various other
institutions and the Indonesian community. Ensemble was named by and
dedicated to Bapak Djoko Waluyo.
CA--- Los
Angeles
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Kembang Atangi (Flower of
Awakening)
Instruments: Balinese
Angklung,
5-tone
Repertoire: Traditional
Angklung
pieces and Kreasi in the Angklung Kebyar style
Contact:
Dr. Paul Humphreys
Loyola Marymouth University, Department of Music
One LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 338-7432
Email: Phumphreys@lmu.eduor nwenten@yahoo.com
Mission: One half of the LMU World Music Ensemble (Along with Ghanian
percussion), open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the
community.
Active since Spring 2000. Meetings are monday and wednesday nights at
6pm, from
january through april, and september through late november.
CA--- Los
Angeles
Name of Ensemble: UCLA ensembles: Gamelan Sekar Anyar
(Balinese) and
Kyai Mendhung (Javanese)
Instruments: Balinese
gong
kebyar and Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
music
and dance and occasionally new music and dance.
Contact:
Instructors: Balinese, Dr. I Nyoman Wenten; Javanese, Djoko Walujo.
Department of Ethnomusicology
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095
(310) 206-1096 or (310) 825-8381
Email: nwenten@muse.calarts.edu or
nwenten@yahoo.com
Javanese and Balinese ensembles were being taught in alternate years
(Balinese
in 1995).
CA--- Mission Hills
Name of Ensemble: Bali
and Beyond / Udan Arum (sweetly scented rain)
Instruments: Balinese
gender
wayang, semar pegulingan, gamelan beleganjur(pelog), and Javanese
gamelan gadon
Repertoire: Traditional
and
contemporary music, shadow theatre and dance and dance
Contact:
Maria Bodmann
14701 Blackhawk St
Mission Hills, CA 91345
ph: 818 837-9485, fax: 801 904-6509
Email: gamelan@balibeyond.com
shadow@balibeyond.com
Web page: http:
//www.balibeyond.com/gamelan
CA--- Oakland
Name of Ensemble: Mills College Gamelan Ensemble/Si Darius
and Si
Madelaine
Instruments: American
-
Javanese, aluminum (Lou Harrison/William Colvig)
Repertoire: Traditional
and American
new music
Contact:
Lisa Gold, director
Mills College Music Department
5000 Macarthur Blvd
Oakland, CA
CA--- Riverside
Name of Ensemble: UC Riverside
Instruments: Javanese
slendro
(by Tentrem Sarwanto, Solo)
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Rene Lysloff
Department of Music
U.C. Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
Email: LYSLOFF@mail.ucr.edu
Program began in fall 1996. Dr. Lysloff will also bring a set
of
calung.
CA--- San
Anselmo
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Marin / Adi Luhung
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Bob and Nan Mitchell
2 Legend Rd.
San Anselmo, CA 94960
(415) 485-4484
Email: rmitch4484@aol.com
Community gamelan.
CA--- San Diego
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan at San Diego State College
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Djoko Walujo, dir.
contact: Lewis Peterman
Music Dep't, San Diego State College
5402 College Ave.
San Diego, CA 92115
CA--- San
Francisco
Name of Ensemble: ShadowLight
Productions
Instruments: Gender
wayang
Repertoire: Balinese
wayang
kulit and new shadow theatre
Contact:
Larry Reed
22 Chatanooga St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 648 4461
Email: shdw@SIRIUS.COM
Web page: http: //www.shadowlight.com
CA--- San Francisco
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Bamboo
Bali
Instruments: Balinese
bamboo
grantangs (also called tingklik) and suling, played by Sam Wantman,
Michael
Steadman and Ken Worthy
Repertoire: Traditional
Balinese
Rindik and Joged music.
Contact: Samuel
Wantman
Web page: http://www.bamboobali.com
CA--- San Francisco
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Sekar Jaya -
Bamboo Ensembles
Instruments: Joged
(Balinese
bamboo & bronze ensemble) and Jegog (West Bali bamboo ensemble).
Repertoire: Traditional
Balinese
Contact: Samuel
Wantman
These ensembles are part of Gamelan Sekar Jaya (see CA --- El
Cerrito);
rehearsals are in San Francisco.
CA--- San Jose
Name of Ensemble: Pusaka
Sunda
Instruments: Sundanese
degung
and kecapi suling
Repertoire: Traditional
and
contemporary
Contact:
Burhan Sukarma, dir.
contact Rae Ann Stahl
PO Box 721011, San Jose, CA 95172
(408) 275-9575
Email: rstahl@email.sjsu.edu
Web page: http:
//www.bookrat.com/pusaka-sunda
Name of Ensemble: Monkey C
Instruments: Javanese
pelog
Repertoire: Strictly
American
and often alternative
Contact:
Edward Dorsey, dir.
Music Department
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Email: : Jonathan
Smith: jon@monkeyc.org
Web page: http://www.monkeyc.org
CA--- Santa
Barbara
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Kyai Selamet
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional,
American, Cirebon, West Java
Contact:
Music Dep't
UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Instruments at University of California Santa Barbara .
CA--- Santa
Barbara
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Sinar Surya
Instruments: Cirebonese
-
slendro iron (Budi Daya - Power of Wisdom) and Cirebonese iron
pelog/degung
combination (Sekar Parahyangan, Flower of Sunda)
Repertoire: Cirebon and Sunda
pelog/slendro, degung and gong renteng; Malaysian
Contact:
Richard North
Email: GamelaninSB@AOL.com
website: http://www.GamelanSB.com
Formerly Gamelan Northwest of Seattle, Richard North and his
instruments
specialize in traditional music of Cirebon, Sunda and Malaysia..
CA--- Santa Cruz
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Swarasanti
Instruments: Balinese
angklung
Repertoire: Traditional
and new
music for Balinese Angklung, especially new music by Balinese composers
Contact:
Linda Burman-Hall
Porter College
U. California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(831) 423-9693
Email: lbh@cats.ucsc.edu
Web page: http:
//arts.ucsc.edu/music/swarasanti/
This is a joint ensemble of UC Santa Cruz and the community. Ensemble
was recently included on a CD of computer-composed music.
During
Summer, '97 half of the membership went to Bali, playing and learning
gamelan.
Have recently been performing traditional music and other performances,
e.g.
the S.F. Raves.
CA--- Santa Cruz
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Anak Swarasanti
Instruments: Balinese
angklung
and beleganjur
Repertoire: Traditional
and new
music for Balinese Angklung and Beleganjur, including extended
arrangements
with electric accompaniment and treatments.
Contact:
Martin Randall
227 Northrop Place
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 423-6189
Email: martin@anakswarasanti.com
Web page: http: //www.anakswarasanti.com/
Gamelan Anak Swarasanti is a community-based Balinese gamelan orchestra
that
performs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond in a wide
variety of
settings. Based in Santa Cruz, the group has its origins in UCSC's
teaching
gamelan, Gamelan Swarasanti - the name "Anak Swarasanti" means
"Child of Swarasanti".
CA--- Santa Cruz
Name of Ensemble: Sundanese gamelan at UCSC
Instruments: Instruments
include
Sundanese salendro gamelan Galuh Pakuan
Sundanese gamelan degung Nyi Arum Bandung
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Undang Sumarna, dir.
contact:
Kathy Foley, Provost
Porter College
U. California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(408) 459-2564
Kathy Foley teaches and performs wayang golek. Balinese instruction is
sometimes offered by the program.
CA--- Valencia
Name of Ensemble: Cal Arts ensembles / Burat Wangi (Balinese)
and
Kyai Dara Dasih (Javanese)
Instruments: Balinese
Semar
Pegulingan and Gamelan Gong Kebyar, and Central Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
music
and dance as well as New Music by American and Indonesian composers for
both
ensembles.
Contact:
Instructors: Dr. I Nyoman Wenten - Balinese; Djoko Walujo - Javanese
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Pkwy, Valencia, CA 91355
(805) 255-1050
Email: nwenten@muse.calarts.edu
All ensembles are active during the school year. Players are
primarily
CalArts students, along with community members from the greater Los
Angeles area.
Javanese and
Balinese dance instruction offered by Nanik Wenten. Classes also given
in
Balinese Gender Wayang and Gong Suling.
CA--- Vallejo
Name of Ensemble: Gemelan Range of Light
Instruments: American,
made of
aluminum
Repertoire: American/Central
Javanese
Contact:
Director/contact: Joan Bell Cowan
5211 Kenyon Way
Vallejo, Ca. 94589
707 557-3281
Email: JBELLCOWAN@aol.com
Gamelan Range of Light is played primarily by children and young adults
for
school productions and summer workshops.
CO--- Boulder
Name of Ensemble: Naropa Institute gamelan / Eka Mudra
Instruments: Balinese
gong
kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
I Made Lasmawan (dir)
Naropa Institute
2130 Arapahoe
Boulder, CO 80302
(303) 444-0202
CO--- Colorado
Springs
Name of Ensemble: Tunjung Sari
Instruments: Balinese
Kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
I Made Lasmawan, dir.
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
CO--- Denver
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Tunas
Mekar
Instruments: Balinese
angklung, Semaradana
Repertoire: Traditional
and new
Balinese. Angklung, Gong
Kebyar and Semar Pegulingan
Contact:
Tunas Mekar
PO Box 6735
Denver, CO 80206
contact:
Michael Fitts and Jill Frederickson,
(303) 433-3588
I Made Lasmawan (dir)
(303) 572-2947
Email: fitts@indiego.com
Web page: http: //www.tunasmekar.org
A subgroup of the ensemble is gender wayang quartet Catur Eka Santi.
CT--- Middletown
Name of Ensemble: Wesleyan University gamelan / Kyai Mentul
(bouncing)
Instruments: Javanese
(a
Jogjanese set dating from early part of century)
Repertoire: Traditional
music
and dance
Contact:
Sumarsam and I.M. Harjito, directors
Music Departmen
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06459
Email: sumarsam@eagle.wesleyan.edu
A previous Javanese slendro set, Kyai Muntjar Basuki (sparkling
fountain) is
used for wayang. Instruments were made around 1964 for the World's
Fair. Its
pelog instruments are in use at Smith College, Northampton. Dance is
taught by Sri Maeny.
DC--- Washington
Name of Ensemble: Javanese Ensemble of the Indonesian Embassy
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Bp. Muryanto, Gamelan Director
Department of Education and Culture
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia,
2020 Mass. Ave. NW, Washington DC
(202-775-5200)
The Javanese ensemble, open to members of the community, meets on
Mondays and Thursday
evenings.
DC--- Washington
Name of Ensemble: Mitra
Kusuma
Instruments: Balinese
gamelan
gong kebyar and gender wayang
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Nyoman Suadin, Artistic Director
Contact Latifah Alsegaf.
Email: Latifah@DCgamelan.com
Web page: http://www.DCgamelan.com
Community group.
DE--- Newark
Name of Ensemble: Kyai Tlogo Beruang Perak (Lake of the
Silver Bear)
This set of instruments, built by and taught
for many years by Michael Zinn, is no longer at University of Delaware
Music Department.
FL--- Tallahasse
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Hanuman Agung
Instruments: Balinese
gong
kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Michael B. Bakan
School of Music
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Fla. 32306-2098
Email: bakan_m@cmr.fsu.edu
GA--- Atlanta
Name of Ensemble: Nyai Tentrem (Miss Peaceful)
Instruments: Javanese,
slendro
and Balinese gender wayang
Repertoire: Traditional
and
modern
Contact:
Director: Steven Everett
Department of Music
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-7937
Email: gsevere@emory.edu
Javanese ensemble plays both traditional and modern compositions.
GA--- Auburn
Name of Ensemble: Auburn University Gamelan
Instruments: Cirebon
set from
1930's
Repertoire: American
percussion,
some Balinese percussion; some Balinese
Contact:
Greg Byrne
Music Dep't
Auburn Univ.
Auburn, GA 30203
(334) 844-4166
Email: byrnegp@mail.auburn.edu
HI--- Honolulu
Name of Ensemble: University of Hawai'i Gamelan Ensemble /
Kyahi
Gandrung (Javanese) and Segara Madu (Balinese)
Instruments: Javanese
and
Balinese kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Hardja Susilo, dir.
Music Dep't,
University of Hawaii
2411 Dole St.
Honolulu, HI 96822
Email: susilo@hawaii.edu
The ensemble has also begun performing kecak.
IA--- Grinnell
Name of Ensemble: Kyai Biwara (messenger)
Instruments: Javanese,
iron
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Roger Vetter
Music Department
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA 50112-0806
(515) 269-3067
Email: vetter@ac.grin.edu
A student group at a four-year undergraduate liberal arts institution.
Central Javanese gamelan taught by Roger Vetter; Central Javanese dance
taught
by Valerie Mau Vetter.
On-campus performances are presented each year in early December and
early May,
and the group is usually invited to give one or two performances per
year in
Iowa or surrounding states.
IL--- Chicago
Name of Ensemble:Friends
of
the Gamelan (FROG)
Instruments: Sri
Sadana, Central
Javanese bronze; Nyai Panjang Sari, Central Javanese iron
Repertoire: Javanese
and
American
Contact:
Friends of the Gamelan
The University of Chicago
Department of Music
1010 East 59th Street,
Chicago, IL 60637
Email: gamelan@uchicago.edu
Web page: http://www.chicagogamelan.org/
The ensemble practices jointly with University of Chicago Central
Javanese
Performance Ensemble.
IL--- Chicago
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
at the Consulate General of Indonesia
Instruments: Javanese
bronze
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Bp. Minarno, dir.
Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia
540 N. La Salle St.
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 595-1777
Web page: http://www.indonesiachicago.org
A new and large set of instruments.
IL--- DeKalb
Name of Ensemble: Asian Music Ensemble, Northern Illinois
University
Instruments: Balinese
angklung;
Javanese, iron (Suhirjan)
Repertoire: Traditional
and new
music
Contact:
Han Kuo-Huang
School of Music
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
IL--- Urbana-Champaign
Name of Ensemble: University of Illinois Gamelan
Instruments: Javanese
bronze
Repertoire:
Traditional music
and dance and new compositions
Contact:
Charles Capwell
Raharja, dir.
School of Music
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801
MA--- Amherst
Name of Ensemble: Ensemble at Amherst College
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
David Reck
Music Department
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 542-2364
MA--- Amherst
Name of Ensemble: Sundanese Gamelan
Instruments: Sundanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Sandra Moulon
Leveritt Craft Center
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 256-6731
MA---
Boston/Medford
Name of Ensemble: Boston Village Gamelan and Tufts Gamelan
Ensemble
Instruments: Javanese,
Rinengga
Sih Tentrem (Solo, by Tentrem Sarwanto)
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Barry Drummond, Artistic Director
Music Department, Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
(617) 547-3395
Email: barry.drummond@tufts.edu
webpage: http://www3.shore.net/~samq/
The Boston Village Gamelan is in residence at Tufts University, and
rehearses with the Tufts ensemble. Rehearsals are Monday and
Thursday
evenings. The repertoire is drawn largely from the Solonese court
traditions.
In addition to a couple of concerts at Tufts per year, the ensemble
performs
several other times in the New England area. It performs also
occasionally on a
19th century Solonese set owned by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Kyai
Jati
Mulya.
MA--- Cambridge
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Galak Tika
Instruments: Balinese
pelegongan, kebyar, gender wayang, Angklung Banyuwangi
Repertoire: Traditional
Balinese
and American kreasi
Contact:
Evan Ziporyn
Music and Theater Arts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave. 14N-229c
Cambridge, MA 02139
Email: ez@media.mit.edu
Web page: http: //www.galaktika.org
MA---
Northampton
Name of Ensemble: Smith College Gamelan / Kyai Muntjar Basuki
(sparkling fountain)
Instruments: Javanese
pelog
(other half of set on loan from Wesleyan Univ.)
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Sumarsam, dir. (see listing for Middletown, CT, Wesleyan U.)
MA--- Worcester
Name of Ensemble: Gita Sari (Essence of Song)
Instruments: Balinese
Gong
Kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
and
contemporary
Contact:
Lynn Kremer, Theatre Department
Shirish Korde, Music Department
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Email: lkremer@holycross.edu
SKorde@holycross.edu
Gita Sari arrived in the spring of 1999. Resident artists were Desak
Suarti Laksmi, and, in 2006, Wayan Dibia.
MD--- Baltimore
Name of Ensemble: The Robert Macht Gamelan Ensemble
Instruments: Javanese,
bronze
Repertoire: Traditional
&
contemporary American
Contact:
Robert Macht
6140 Barroll
Baltimore, Md. 21209
Email: machtone@erols.com
The Robert Macht Gamelan Ensemble performs on a central Javanese
gamelan set
both Slendro and Pelog. Recently the ensemble performed Macht's Kreasi
Baru
with the Delaware and Lancaster Symphony orchestras. The ensemble also
performs with the Kimberly Mackin dance company. A CD
has
been released on the Dorian Label (DIS 80161) entitled, Suite for
Javanese
Gamelan and Synthesizer. Call 1-800-DORIAN-6 to order direct.
MD--- Baltimore
Name of Ensemble: UMBC ensembles
Repertoire: Balinese
angklung;
possibly some Javanese
Contact:
Joseph Pacholczyk
Music Dep't, University of Maryland
Baltimore County
5401 Wilkins Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21228
(410) 455-2942
MD--- Boyds
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Wrhatnala of Boyds
Instruments: Gong
Kebyar, Gender
Wayang, Joged Bumbung, Gong Suling, Tektekan, Genggong and Godogan
Repertoire: Balinese
traditional
and new music and dance compositions
Contact:
Marilyn DeReggi, Director
I Gusti Agung Ngurah Jenggala Supartha, Vice Director
Boyd-Maughlin House
15215 Barnesville Rd.
Boyds, MD
(301) 540-8586 (Marilyn) or (301) 340-8373 or (703) 305-1284 (Dave)
e-mail: GustiAgung@aol.com or dereggi@erols.com
Web page: http://www.gamelanwrhatnala.com
Gamelan Wrhatnala of Boyds, USA is the sister of Gamelan Sanggar
Wrhatnala
Pusat Abiantuwung in Bali. Both are directed by I.G.A. Ngurah Supartha,
who is
also a prominent choreographer, composer and puppeteer. Gamelan
Wrhatnala of Boyds performs every year in early July or August
on the
lawn of the Mauglin Historic House. and gives other performances and
workshops
around the US. Gamelan Wrahatnala is a community orchestra, and new
performers
and repertoire are welcomed. Rehearsals are held Sundays, at the
Boyd-Maughlin
House.
MD--- Landover
Name of Ensemble: Art & Cultural Center of Indonesia
(ACCI)
Instruments: Javanese,
Sundanese
and Balinese
Repertoire: b>Javanese,
Sundanese and Balinese
Contact:
Soeprapto
512 Brightseat Road(br) Landover, MD. 20785
(301) 336-0812 or (202) 619-1443
e-mail: s_prapto@hotmail.com
or ssoeprap@voa.gov
The Art &
Cultural Center of Indonesia (ACCI), in Maryland, U.S.A.
is a
non-profit organization in the city of Landover. Since its operation in
1976,
ACCI has three main departments: Indonesian Traditional Art of Music
and Dance,
Indonesian Authentic Shadow Puppet Theater, and Gallery of the
Community Arts
& Crafts.
ACCI has been participating in various cultural activities in
Washington, D.C.
areas and beyond. Its department of music and dance group has performed
in
several festivals. The department of Shadow Puppet Theater has also
performed
extensively in several educational and cultural institutions from coast
to
coast, while its collection of arts & crafts has been displayed in
many cultural
exhibitions.
MD--- Ellicott
City
Name of Ensemble: Seka Genta Semara
Instruments: Balinese
5 or 7
tone - a unique tuning by Wayan Beratha, 1983
Repertoire: Traditional
semar
pegulingan and angklung repertoire
Contact:
Steve & Diana Pope
985 Fairmount Avenue
Towson, MD 21204-2603
410-823-7941
Email: steve.pope@mindspring.com
Genta Pinara Pitu has 11-key gangsa and a 14-kettle terompong. It
permits
4-tone slendro, 5-tone slendro, 5-tone pelog, 6-tone pelog and 7-tone
pelog.
Current instructor Made Hood. Rehearsals are on Monday and Thursday
nights at
7: 45. Please call for directions.
ME---Lewiston
Name of Ensemble: Mawar Mekar (Bates College Gamelan)
Instruments: Central
Javanese,
iron with brass, by Mulyadi
Repertoire: Traditional
and new
Contact: Gina Fatone
MI--- Ann Arbor
Name of Ensemble: Kyai Telega Madu (Lake of Honey)
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Judith Becker
Music Department
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
MN--- Saint Cloud
Name of Ensemble: Schubert Club Gamelan at Saint Cloud
University
Instruments: Javanese,
slendro
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Joko Sutrisno, gamelan dir.
Stephen Fuller
Music Dep't
St. Cloud State University
720 Fourth Ave. S.
Saint Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 255-3223
Email: sfuller@tigger.stcloudstat
e.edu
The slendro half of a gamelan, purchased from the Chicago Indonesian
Consulate
in 1995 by The Schubert Club. It is used for mixed college and
community
classes at St. Cloud State University. Also dance programs and
workshops for
local schools.
MN--- Saint Paul
Name of Ensemble: Kyai
Medharing Madu
Instruments: Javanese,
made by
Tentrem Sarwanto of Solo; also an iron gamelan (pelog only) made by Pak
Mulyadi
of Solo.
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
John Brower, Indonesian Performing Arts Assoc. of Minnesota
651 486-4655, or Holly Windle, Director of Museum Education
The Schubert Club
(612) 292-3267, or fax (612) 292-4317
Email: ipaam@ipaam.org or
hwindle@schubert.org
Web page: http://www.schubert.org/gamelan.html
Both gamelan sets are owned by The Schubert Club. The bronze gamelan is
housed
at University Technology Center in Minneapolis, and the iron one is
used in
school residencies. Through the Indonesian Performing Arts Association,
there
are community classes, a children's class, introductory workshops,
school
residencies, and a variety of performances and demonstrations. Gamelan
instruction is by Joko Sutrisno. Dance classes are led by Tri Sutrisno.
MN--- Winona
Name of Ensemble: Winona Gamelan Ensemble at Winona State
University
in partnership with the Schubert Club of Saint Paul
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Cathy Schmidt, ensemble administrator
Winona State University
PO box 5838
Winona, MN 55987-5838
(507) 457-5256
Email: cschmidt@vax2.winona.msus.ed
u
Instructors and loan of instruments arranged through The Schubert Club
of St.
Paul. A community/university ensemble performing one concert per year
with
occasional school workshops and demonstrations.
MO --- Kansas
City
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Genta Kasturi
Instruments: Balinese
Semaradhana
Repertoire: Traditional
Balinese
and new compositions
Contact:
Pat Conway, Director
University of Missouri at Kansas
City Music Conservatory
Email: sam_w_hughes@hotmail.com
Web page: http://conservatory.umkc.edu/gamelan.asp
A course in the conservatory and an active community group. First CD
"Kembang Anyar" may be purchased through our website or
http://cdbaby.com/cd/kasturi.
NB--- Omaha
Name of Ensemble: Son of the Good Earth
Instruments: Javanese,
iron
(Suhirjan)
Repertoire: Traditional
Javanese
and contemporary Western
Contact:
Marilyn Kielniarz
Creighton University
Dep't. of Find and Performing Arts
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NB 68178
Email: mkieln@creighton.edu
A community ensemble that
rehearses Saturday mornings (10-12am).
Numerous
performances during the year, both on campus and throughout Nebraska.
Participation available for University credit. Balinese gender wayang
also
available.
NC--- Chapel Hill
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Nyai Saraswati
Instruments: Javanese
slendro
and pelog (bronze)
Repertoire: Traditional
and not-so-traditional.
Contact:
Department of Music
CB #3320 Hill Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3320
Web page: http://www.ibiblio.org/gamelan/
Resident at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Gamelan Nyai Saraswati is a group specializing in Central Javanese repertoire whose members come from both the university and the community at large.
NC--- Cullowhee
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Kyai Tatit Ratri
Instruments: Javanese
slendro
(iron); Sundanese degung (iron), Sundanese degung (bronze) and Balinese
angklung (bronze).
Repertoire: Traditional
and some
experimental.
Contact:
Dr. Will Peebles
Music Department
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 227-3260
Email: wpeebles@wcu.edu
NH--- Hanover
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Lipur Sih
Instruments: Javanese
gadhon (by
Tentrem Sarwanto), Banyumas Calung ensemble
Repertoire: Traditional
and
contemporary
Contact:
Jody Diamond
American Gamelan Institute:
PO box 1052
Lebanon, NH 03755
(603) 643-9037
Email: Jody.Diamond[at]dartmouth.edu
This gamelan is used for two courses at Dartmouth College: Performing Arts of Indonesia (fall), and History and Culture of Indonesia (spring). Concerts often include shadow puppets. There is also a community group that meets to play music of various styles: Javanese, Balinese, Sundanese, and new music from many traditions. Past guests have included Joko Susilo, Kuwat, I.M. Harjito, Sumarsam, and Barbara Benary.
The instruments of Lipur Sih are housed the Asian Studies Center of
Dartmouth College, on North Main Street. Contact Jody Diamond about
currently
offered courses and community group schedule.
Name of Ensemble: Si
Betty
Instruments: American,
built on Javanese model, aluminum (Lou Harrison, William Colvig)
Repertoire: Traditional
and
American
Contact: Jody Diamond jd[at]gamelan.org
(currently in storage in Aptos,
California; looking for new location)
Name of Ensemble: Sleeping Fox
Instruments: Balinese
Gamelan Angklung
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact: Margaret
Williamson
NM---
Albuquerque
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Encantada
Instruments: American
- Javanese
(Barbara Benary), iron Balinese selonding
Repertoire: Traditional
and
American new music
Contact:
Jenny DeBouzek
413 Tenth St. SW,
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 242-6198
Email: alphavil@nmia.com
Iron-keyed gamelan selonding instruments are from the village of
Tenganan,
Bali, where I studied with I Nyoman Partha Gunawan. Gamelan Encantada
is rolled
steel, slendro and pelog, with gongs, drums, and suling from Java. We
have 10
members (approximately) performing traditional Javanese music and New
Music; we
have a couple of composers in the group as well. We've done some
selonding
music from transcriptions I did when I got back from Bali.
NM--- Santa Fe
Name of Ensemble: CSF Gamelan
Instruments: Ni
Giwang:
Cirebonese slendro, bronze (iron gong agung)
Repertoire: Central
Java, Sunda,
and Cirebon
Contact:
Steven M. Miller
Contemporary Music Program
The College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michael's Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 473-6196
Email: smill@csf.edu
Web page: http:
//www.csf.edu/perfart/cmp/gamelan.html
Currently offers community classes and lecture workshops as well as
student
ensemble classes. Long term goal is to form an ongoing community-based
performing ensemble.
NY--- Annandale-on-Hudson
Name of Ensemble: Hudson Valley Gamelan Ensemble, comprising Gamelan
Giri Mekar, Gamelan Chandra Kanchana, and
the Bard Gender Consort
Instruments: Balinese
gong
kebyar, gender wayang
Repertoire: Primarily
traditional
Contacts:
Walt Farrell,
845-679-8792
wftemp1@hvc.rr.com
Garry Kvistad
Woodstock Percussion
167 DuBois Rd
Shokan, NY 12481
845-657-6000
garry@chimes.com
Gamelan Giri Mekar,
originally of Woodstock, NY, is now in residence across the river at
Bard
College, Annandale-on- Hudson, NY where we meet Tuesday evenings at for
practice when school is in session (generally from the beginning of
September
to mid-December and from the beginning of February to mid-May).
Drop-ins and
new members are always welcome; contact Walt Farrell (see above) for
more
information and to confirm practice dates/times and location. Gamelan
Chandra Kanchana is primarily
composed of
Bard students but also has some faculty and Giri Mekar members.
Musical Director I Nyoman Saptanyana, who was trained both in the
village
tradition and at STSI, the Balinese Conservatory of the Performing
Arts, has
been leading the Hudson Valley Gamelan since August, 2001.
NY---Bronxville
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Chandra Buana
Instruments: Balinese
gamelan
angklung
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact: Chet
Biscardi, Music
Department Chairman
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY 10708
Student ensemble. Currently being offered as part of ethnomusicology course by music department.
NY--- Ithaca
Name of Ensemble: Cornell Gamelan Ensemble
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional,
Cirebon
and Sundanese
Contact:
Martin Hatch
Southeast Asia Program
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-4097
Email: mfh2@cornell.edu
NY--- New York
City
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Son of Lion
Instruments: American
-
Javanese, iron
Repertoire: American
and other
new music
Contact:
Barbara Benary
307 Call Hollow Rd.
Stony Point, NY 10980
(845) 354-3375
Email: bbenary4@yahoo.com
Web page: http:
//www.gamelan.org/sonoflion
Gamelan Son of Lion presents new music concerts in New York City and
downstate
New York counties. New members welcome, both composers and players. A
subsidiary group, Rockland Angklung Society, plays Balinese and American pieces for
gamelan
angklung and is based in Rockland County, 30 min. NW of the city.
NY--- New York
City
Name of Ensemble: Dharmaswara
Instruments: Balinese
Gong
Kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
Director: Nyoman
Saptanyana
Contact:
NY Indonesian Consulate
5 E. 68th St., NY, NY 10021
(212) 879-0600
Ensemble contacts:
Gregory Munna, general
information
Christopher Romero,
booking and
workshops
Web page: http://www.dharmaswara.org
NY--- New York
City
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Kusuma
Laras
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Director: I.M Harjito.
Contact:
NY Indonesian Consulate
5 E. 68th St., NY, NY 10021
(212) 879-0600
Ensemble contacts:
Deena Burton
262 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
(or) Debie Morris
15 Clifton Terrace
Weehawken, NJ 0708
Email: debie_morris@hotmail.com
Email: octobertwelve1582@yahoo.com
Web page: http://www.nygamelan.com/
Gamelan Kusuma Laras was founded in 1983. The group consists of
American and
Indonesian players and rehearses weekly on instruments owned by the New
York
Indonesian Consulate. Rehearsals are held two Tuesdays and two Fridays
each
month. Newcomers are welcome.
NY--- New York
City
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Giri Kusuma
Instruments: Balinese
Angklung,
bronze
Repertoire: Traditional
and
contemporary.
Contact:
Peter Hollerbach, director
The City University of New York/BMCC
199 Chambers Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph.: (212) 220-1468
Email: phollerbach@bmcc.cuny.edu
NY--- Northport
Name of Ensemble: Tamara
and the Shadow Theatre of Java / Srikandi Gamelan Orchestra
Instruments: Javanese,
iron
Repertoire: Javanese
wayang
kulit with traditional style theatre music
Contact:
Tamara Fielding
1 Sir Kenneth Court
Northport, NY 11768
Phone: (631) 754-5035
Fax: (631) 754-2341
Email: javapuppets@aol.com
Web page: http://www.indonesianshadowplay.com/
Performances of shadow puppet
theatre also include gamelan and dance.
NY--- Rochester
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Lila Muni
Instruments: Balinese
angklung
Repertoire: Traditional
and
contemporary contemporary
Contact:
Ellen Koskoff, dir.
University of Rochester
Eastman School of Music
26 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY 14525
(716) 247-1450
Email: kskf@troi.cc.rochester.edu
NY--- Stony
Point
Name of Ensemble: Rockland Angklung Society
Instruments: American
- Balinese
angklung, iron & bamboo
Repertoire: Traditional
and
American
Contact:
Barbara Benary (see
Gamelan Son of
Lion listing)
OH--- Bowling
Green
Name of Ensemble: Sekaha Gong Kusuma Sari
Instruments: Balinese
gong
kebyar
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
David Harnish
College of Musical Art
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Email: dharnis@bgnet.bgsu.edu
OH--- Oberlin
Name of Ensemble: Oberlin College Gamelan / Kyai Barleyan
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Roderic Knight
Conservatory of Music,
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074
(216) 775-8121, 775-8259
Email: r.knight@oberlin.edu
The original Oberlin gamelan was a slendro set from Malang, E. Java,
purchased
in 1970. In 1984 a pelog set was custom built to match by a Yokya
maker.
Several visiting artists from Java have taught at Oberlin in the past,
but at
present the gamelan is offered intermittently at beginning level.
OR--- Ashland
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Spontificus
Instruments: American
style
aluminum/brass pelog, iron degung from Bandung
Repertoire: Central
Javanese,
Sundanese Classical Degung, adapted Balinese, and American
Contact:
Brian Robertson
Email: robe4007@students.sou.edu
Web page: http://www.sou.edu/music/gam
elan.htm
Founder Brian Robertson says, "I played for several years with Gamelan Pacifica so I owe most of my inspiration to Jarrad Powell. When I first got to Ashland I built an American style set from the scraps of the original aluminum Gamelan Pacifica set. Recently, I aquired an iron degung from Bandung for Southern Oregon University. The group's repertoire consists of anything that strikes our fancy."
OR--- Eugene
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Sari Pandhawa
Instruments: Javanese
slendro
(Solo, Pak Tentrem)
Repertoire: Traditional
and
American new music
Contact:
Qehn
943 Olive
Eugene, OR 97401
Email: qehn@efn.org
Web page: http:
//www.efn.org/~qehn/index.html
Traditional music of Central Java as well as new music composed by its
members.
A non-profit educational organization providing classes, workshops,
school
demonstrations, and other opportunities for learning about Indonesian
music and
art.
OR--- Eugene
Name of Ensemble: Kyai
Tunjung Mulya (Noble Lotus
Blossom)
Instruments: Central
Javanese
and Cirebon -- slendro/pelog extended
range -- iron/brass/bronze by Suhirdjan in Yogya (1999).
Repertoire:
Traditional Central
Javanese
Contact:
Mark Levy, Assistant Prof. of
Ethnomusicology
School of Music
1225 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 346-2852 (office) / 541-3460723 (fax)
(541) 344-4519 (home)
email: mlevy@oregon.uoregon.edu
web page: http://music.uoregon.edu/AcademicStudies/Ensembles/javanesegamelan.html
This instruments are housed
at the University of Oregon School of Music. The Javanese
gamelan program began in 2002-03, under the direction of Joko Purwanto,
Fulbright
Scholar-in-Residence. The Cirebon instruments are not currently
in
use.
OR--- Eugene
Name of Ensemble: Pacific Rim Gamelan / Suranadi Sari Indra
Putra
Instruments: Balinese
kebyar
(from Lombok)
Contact:
Robert Kyr
School of Music
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
OR--- Portland
Name of Ensemble: Portland Gamelan Ensemble / Kyai Guntur
Sari (gong name) /
Kagok Laras (Showers of Beauty/
A Different Song)
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional,
some
American
Contact:
Gernot Blume
Music Department,
Lewis and Clark College
Portland, OR 97219
Email: widiyant@lclark.edu
PA--- Lewisburg
Name of Ensemble: Bucknell University Gamelan: Gamelan
Banteng Lembah
Instruments: Javanese
slendro,
iron and brass (by
Suhirdjan)
Repertoire: Traditional
- basic
Contact:
Jackson Hill
Department of Music
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Email: jhill@bucknell.edu
PA--- Pittsburgh
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan groups at Univ. of Pittsburgh
Instruments: Javanese,
iron (by
Suhirdjan, Balinese angklung)
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Andrew Weintraub
Music Department
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
The Javanese ensemble is run
by the music department during the regular
school
year. College also owns a set of calung. During the summers the
Balinese
angklung gamelan is taught aboard a cruise ship as part of the Semester
At Sea;
music program on the ship directed by Max Brandt.
PA--- Swarthmore
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Semara Santi
Instruments: Gong
kebyar with
gender, by Pak Beratha, 1997
Repertoire: Balinese
kebyar and
pelegongan
Contact:
Co-directed by I Nyoman Suadin and Tom Whitman
Tom Whitman
Department of Music and Dance
500 College Ave.
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Email: twhitma1@cc.swarthmore.edu
Web page: http://www.swarthmore.edu/humanities/music/gamelan/index.html
Dance program led by Ni Luh
Kadek Kusuma Dewi. Performances twice a
year in
Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College.
RI--- Providence
Name of Ensemble: Ensemble at Brown University
Instruments: Balinese
angklung,
Javanese slendro/pelog (Tentrem Sarwanto)
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Marc Perlman
Music Dept.
Box 1924 Brown U.
Providence, RI 02912
(401) 863-3234
Email: Marc_Perlman@Brown.EDU
TX--- Denton
Name of Ensemble: Percussion Department Gamelan
Instruments: American-Javanese
slendro, aluminum (Schmidt)
Repertoire: American
Contact:
Robert Schietroma
School of Music
North Texas State University
Denton, TX 96203
TX--- Houston
Name of Ensemble: Space City Gamelan
(ensemble)
Gamelan Swaradewa -- Sound of Heaven (gamelan);
Instruments: Javanese,
bronze
Repertoire: Traditional and contemporary Sundanese
Contact:
Gatot Winandar, Musical Director
R. Gabriel Villalobos, Executive Director
(832)
814-2820
Space City
Gamelan
6222 Tanager
Houston, TX 77074
Email: gabriel@spacecitygamelan.org
or
gatot@spacecitygamelan.org
Website: http://www.spacecitygamelan.org
VA---
Charlottesville
Name of Ensemble: Charlottesville Gamelan
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Cynthia Benton-Groner
1401 Pinedale Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Email: cbg5e@virginia.edu
This is a community - university joint ensemble associated with
University of
Virginia.
VA---
Christiansburg
Name of Ensemble: Sweet
River of Understanding
Instruments: Javanese,
iron
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Marilyn Meador
Department of Music
Box 6968
Radford University
Radford, VA 24142
Email: mmeador@runet.edu
Web page: http: //www.runet.edu/~mmeador/
Played by students from Radford University, Virginia Tech, the
Montgomery
County Orff Ensemble, and community groups.
VA--- Winchester
Name of Ensemble: Angklung gamelan group
Instruments: Balinese
angklung
(by Pak Berata)
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Michael Rohrbacher
Music Therapy program
Shenandoah University
1460 University Drive
Winchester, VA 22601
(703) 665-4560
Email: mrohrbac@su.ed
A community group affiliated with Shenandoah U.
VA--- Williamsburg
Name of Ensemble:
Instruments: full
slendro,
Repertoire: Central
Javanese and
American
Contact:
Cynthia Benton-Groner
The College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA
Email: cdbent@wm.edu
Started in Jan.1999. Present set of slendro instruments were purchased by the college in 2004. Beginning and intermediate credit classes for students.
VT--- Cabot
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Singing Brook
Instruments: Javanese
iron,
brass and bronze (80 year old set supplemented with new instruments by
Suhirjan)
Repertoire: Javanese,
experimental,
American
Contact:
http://www.cabotschool.org
The Cabot School is a preK-12 public school. Students in all grades
use the instruments in a residency setting and/or a semester-long class.
VT--- Plainfield
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Sulukala
Instruments: Javanese
iron,
brass and bronze (Suhirjan)
Repertoire: Javanese,
Balinese,
American, etc
Goddard College
Plainfield, VT 05667
There is a picture of the instruments on the page of gamelan maker Suhirdjan.
VT--- Plainfield
Name of Ensemble: Plainfield Village Gamelan / Venerable
Voice of
Thoom
Instruments: American-Javanese,
iron (Dennis Murphy)
Repertoire: American
&
traditional Javanese
Contact:
Dennis Murphy
Box 47
Plainfield, Vt. 05667
(802) 454-7113
Ensemble also uses a second iron set built by Dennis Murphy, Venerable
Small
Tiger.
WA--- Olympia
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Degung Girijaya
Instruments: Sundanese
gamelan
degung
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Sean Williams
Com 301
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
(360) 867-6623
Email:williams@evergreen.edu
WA--- Seattle
Name of Ensemble:
Gamelan
Pacifica
Instruments: Javanese
iron &
bronze (Suhirjan);American-Javanese, Aluminum, and Cirebon slendro
bronze
Repertoire: Traditional
and
American new music
Contact:
Jarrad Powell
Cornish College
710 E. Roy St.
Seattle, WA 98102
Email: jarradp@aol.com
webpage: http://gamelanpacifica.org
WA--- Seattle
Name of Ensemble: Seattle City Gamelan / Riris Renengga
Instruments: Javanese
gamelan
gadhon (Solonese style)
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
Tom Alexander
5325 NE 190th St.
Seattle, WA 98155
(206) 365-3547 or fax 361-9952
WA--- Seattle
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan Siwa Nada, University of Washington
Instruments: Balinese,
metal and wooden with Pak Sinti's uniques 9-tone scale
Repertoire: Gong
Kebyar, Gong Gede, Angklung, Semar Pelegongan, Bebarongan, Gambuh,
Gambang, Saron (caruk), Slonding
Contact: I Wayan
Sinti or Sabrina Bonaparte
School of Music, University of Washington
Box 353450
Seattle, WA 98195-3450
Email: sinti@u.washington.edu
WA--- Tacoma
Name of Ensemble: University of Puget Sound Gamelan Ensemble
Instruments: Javanese bronze (Pak Tentrem, 1986)
Repertoire: Traditional Javanese
Contact:
Molly McNamara
Email: mollyannmcnamara@hotmail.com
WI--- Madison
Name of Ensemble: Universiy of Wisconsin-Madison Javanese
Gamelan
Ensemble / Kyai Telaga Rukmi (Lake of Gold)
Instruments: Javanese
Repertoire: Traditional,
some
new, experimental music
Contact:
R. Anderson Sutton
School of Music
U. of Wisconsin - Madison
455 North Park St.
Madison, Wisc. 53706
(608) 263-3642
Email: rasutton@macc.wisc.edu
Regular classes, beginning and advanced, every year. Performances with guest artists from Indonesia.
WV--- Morgantown
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan at West Virginia University
Instruments: Balinese
and
Javanese
Contact:
Tim Peterman
College of Creative Arts
West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV 26506
304-293-5511 x186
WV---
Shepherdstown
Name of Ensemble: Gamelan
Wrhatnala Gunung Blue Ridge
Instruments: Balinese
Gamelan
Gong Kebyar
Repertoire:
Traditional, Puri
Buluh Kenana Region, IGA Ngurah Supartha's compositions and SMKI/Kokar
Contact:
Laura Bischoff
Music Department
Shepherd College
PO box 3210 Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Email: lbischof@shepherd.edu or
Jenggala Supartha: gamelan@usa.com
Web page: http:
//www.shepherd.edu/musicweb
Community
and
Shepherd College's students. Premier Dec. 9, 2002 Gala Holiday Shepherd
College.
WY--- Laramie
Name of Ensemble: Chandra Wyoga
Instruments: Balinese
Semar
Pegulingan
Repertoire: Traditional
Contact:
I Made Lasmawan, director (303) 572-2947
Rod Garnett, contact (307) 766-2512
Department of Music
University of Wyoming
Box 3037, Laramie, WY 82071-3037
Email: rgarnett@uwyo.edu
Web page: http:
//ai.uwyo.edu/~karl/gamelan/gamelan.html
The University of Wyoming Gamelan, Chandra Wyoga, has been in existence
for over 6 years and is still going strong! It is a community gamelan
with
many UW students and community members. We play traditional as well as
new
Balinese reportoire