for further information call (845) 354-3375
| Friday Nov 7th 7:00 and 8:00pm |
Garnerville Arts GAGA Gallery Railroad Ave. Garnerville, NY |
Gamelan Music: Parades and Atmosphere Select repertoire from our recent and distant past celebrating this wonderful, big new gallery as a performance space. Also at the gallery: an exhibit by installation artist Andrea Stanislav. 845-947-7108 |
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| Friday January 16th 8:00pm |
Galapagos Art Space 16 Main St at Walter St. "Dumbo," Brooklyn |
Special program honoring the release of our new CD, SONOGRAM (Innova #178) Selections from the two disc set as well as solos by composers on the album. Admission $10. or $20. with purchase of the CD. Call 718 222-8500 |
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| Wednesday February 18th 12 noon |
Interchurch Center The Chapel at 475 Riverside Dr. New York NY |
Gamelan Angklung music Half hour lunchtime program of lively traditional and new pieces for the four note Balinese keyboard instruments and the tuned bamboo rattles for which they are named. Call 212 870 2220 |
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| Monday April 27 12 noon |
Rockland Community College 145 College Rd. Suffern, NY Student Union, room 3217 |
Angklung Gamelan Music As part of the annual Asian and Pacific Islander Month celebrations, the gamelan presents an hour of traditional and new music for the four note Balinese instruments popular for parades and festivals. Call 845 574 4193 |
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| Sunday May 3rd 2:30pm |
Warner Library 121 North Broadway Tarrytown, NY |
Gamelan Music: New and Traditional Selections from the Balinese Gamelan Angklung and Javanese Karawitan repertoire along with newly composed pieces by the ensemble members. Call 914 631 7234 |
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| Sunday June 7th 2:30 - 5pm |
F.O.R. 521 North Broadway Nyack, NY |
GONGing Ceremony An outdoor spectacle with large gamelan gongs plus stilt dancers and kites. Stroll the beautiful grounds of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to the sound of gamelan music by David Simons and other ensemble members. Indoors in case of rain. Call Fellowship of Reconciliation: 845 358 4601. Donation requested. |
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| Sunday July 12th 3:00 - 5pm |
The Noguchi Museum 32-37 Vernon Boulevard Long Island City, NY |
Gamelan In The Garden Music representing both traditional Indonesia and contemporary compositions for the instruments by American composers in the ensemble and Indonesian composers. Call The Noguchi Museum: 718 204 7088. |
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| Postponed to October 2009 |
The Brecht Forum Westbeth (451 West St. & Bethune) |
Music of Laura Andel: Two gamelan pieces with trumpet and Fender-Rhodes keyboard, as well another premier featuring baritone Thomas Buckner. RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 17th |
Recent concerts 2007-8
| Saturday Sept 29th btw. 1-5pm |
Saint Marks Church 131 E. 10th St. NYC |
Festival of New Trumpet Music Gamelan performs a new work by Laura Andel for gamelan and trumpet. |
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| Saturday November 4th 3:30pm |
Pomona Cultural Center 76 Route 304 Pomona, NY |
Gamelan Son of Lion New music at the gallery by ensemble composers and guests. Free event. Call 845 268-8062 |
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| Saturday November 17th 2pm |
New York Public Library Hamilto Fish Park Branch 415 Houston St. NYC |
Op on Screen Festival A screening of two Neo-Opera projects of the gamelan: Karna: A Shadow Puppet Opera by Barbara Benary (LaMama, 1994) and Woman's Song: the Story of Roro Mendut by Lisa Karrer (The Kitchen, 2003) |
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| November 2,3,4
7:30pm |
The Living Theatre 21 Clinton St. NYC |
Living Gamelan: Music about Theater & Politics Featuring the musical works of Daniel Goode, David Demnitz, Patrick Grant and other Gamelan Son of Lion composers with concerts, free workshops & open rehearsals See full workshop and event schedule. Reservations 212 792 8050 |
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| Thursday March 20th 8pm |
Issue Project Room The (OA) Can Factory 232 3rd St. 3rd fl. Brooklyn, NY |
Gamelan performs for Issue's Chamber Music week . A program of pieces by Laura Andel, David Demnitz, Lisa Karrer, Laura Liben and David Simons. Gamelan is joined by guests Taylor Ho Bynum (trumpet) Carl Maguire (keyboard), Stephanie Griffin (viola) and Rob Shwimmer (theramin). | |
| Friday April 25th 7:30pm |
The Living Theatre 21 Clinton St. NYC |
Strange Music Boxes and other new works Two interpretations of the music box by John Morton and Jody Kruskal, a gamelan and glass piece by Miguel Frasconi, Dan Goode's Toy Symphony, and pieces by Barbara Benary and Patrick Grant. Reservations 212 792 8050 |
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| Sunday June 22nd 2pm |
Piermont Public Library 25 Flywheel Park West Piermont, NY |
Gamelan for the Solstice Various new work by the ensemble composers. Free event. Call 845 359 4595 for info. |
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| Tuesday July 22nd 2pm |
Washington Square Park New York, NY |
Gamelan Son of Lion performs in the Washington Square Music Festival - a free concert series in the park (weather permitting) or in nearby NYU (weather not permitting). The program includes Lou Harrison's Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Gamelan with soloists from the Festival Ensemble, and a traditional Javanese gamelan piece, as well as pianist David Oel performing works by Erno Dohnanyl and Eric Satie. | |
| August 16-18 |
Conway, NH Cambridge, NY |
New England and Upstate Tour. For our summer vacation, the Gamelan will give workshops and concerts at the World Fellowship Center in Conway, NH on 8/16, and at Pompanuck Farm in Cambridge, NY. Piermont, NY on the 17th. Program will be of Balinese and new music for gamelan Angklung. |
Recent concerts 2006-7
| Sunday. Sept 10th, 3pm |
Historical Society of Rockland 20 Zukor Rd. New City, NY |
Rockland Folk Life Festival Gamelan joins a selection of other groups representing the cultural diversity of artistic life in Rockland County. Outdoors. Admission free. |
| Saturday January 13, 2007 9pm (roughly) |
Issue Project Room 400 Carroll St Brooklyn, NY (btw Bond & Nevins) |
Gamelan Son of Lion appears as artists of Locust Music (Chicago) in a series showcasing performers of the record lable. Program will include selections from Locust's reissues of the ensembles early recordings: The Complete Gamelan in the New World (1979, Folkways) and Metal Notes (1985, New Wilderness Audiographics) plus pieces by current ensemble members. Tickets are $15. for entire evening, which includes two other performing groups. Event begins at 8pm. Gamelan is second set. 718 330 0313 |
| Sunday March 4, 1:30 pm |
Suffern Library Route 59 Suffern, NY (opposite hospital) |
Gamelan Son of Lion New gamelan pieces by Rockland County and Manhattan composer members. Program is shared with solo pianist performing Asian/Pacific influenced repertoire. For further info call 845 357 1237, x 26 |
| Saturday April 28 8:00pm |
Hubbard Hall 25 East Main St. Cambridge, NY |
Gamelan Son of Lion A selection of new gamelan pieces, including John Morton's "She Had To Go" combining gamelan with electronically processed music boxes, plus pieces by composer-performers Barbara Benary, David Demnitz, Daniel Goode, Lisa Karrer, Laura Liben and David Simons. Call 518) 677-2495 |
| Sunday April 29th 10am-noon |
Pompanuck Farm Institute 494 Chestnut Hill Rd. Cambridge, NY |
Gamelan Workshop Try your hand at the instruments, play new music, traditional music and improvised music at this informal workshop session for all ages. Reservations and information 518 677-5552 |
| Friday May 18 8:00pm |
The Construction Company Gallery 10 East 18th Street, 3rd floor (btw 5th & Bwy) NY, NY |
Gamelan Son of Lion Spring showcase of new compositions for gamelan including NYC premiers: Denman Maroney's "Gamelan Around," David Demnitz "Hemiola Goes East" David Simons' "Angklung Pelukan" and pieces by Lisa Karrer, Barbara Benary and Laura Liben Call 212-924-7882 |
| Wednesday August 22nd 4 and 8pm |
Lincoln Center New York City |
Gamelan Son of Lion joins three other ensembles to present Dormant Craters by spatial music pioneer Henry Brant, conducted by Neely Bruce at Lincoln Center Out of Doors. Free event in the main plaza. |