The Center for World Music and the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Los Angeles will present Gamelan Festival 2011 in San Diego at 6:00 P.M. on Friday, April 29, 2011 at Canyon Crest Academy, the first American high school to purchase a full Javanese gamelan and to enjoy year-round, weekly, on-campus instruction by a distinguished senior Javanese musician. With dancers and musicians from both San Diego and Los Angeles, and trained by two distinguished Indonesian artist directors (Pak Djoko Walujo and Pak Ade Suparman), five local gamelan groups will participate: a professional Sundanese gamelan degung (Kembang Sunda), a children's Balinese gamelan angklung, the Javanese gamelan from San Diego State University, the Javanese gamelan from CSU San Marcos, and the high school Javanese gamelan from Canyon Crest Academy. The Festival will celebrate the arrival and naming of the new Javanese gamelan at Canyon Crest Academy.
Gamelan is an Indonesian percussion orchestra featuring brass kettle drums, gongs, xylophones and drums but may also include flutes and stringed instruments. There are three major styles of gamelan, Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese (West Javanese). Both Balinese and Sundanese styles are energetic and dynamic but Javanese gamelan tends to be slower and meditative. In traditional settings gamelan orchestras predominantly play for spiritually infused lifecycle ritual events and temple ceremonies. Concerts are rare save for those performed at tourist venues. The music also can accompany various forms of dance and singing as well as wayang puppet performances. Somewhat similar percussion orchestras can be found elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
Admission: $10 - $15
Location:
Canyon Crest Academy
5951 East Village Center Loop Road
San Diego, CA 92130
Friday April 29 - 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
For more information, please call: (760) 845-9480, visit: www.centerforworldmusic.org or email John Gabriel at
To purchase Gamelan Festival 2011 tickets please visit: www.brownpapertickets.com
Gamelan is an Indonesian percussion orchestra featuring brass kettle drums, gongs, xylophones and drums but may also include flutes and stringed instruments. There are three major styles of gamelan, Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese (West Javanese). Both Balinese and Sundanese styles are energetic and dynamic but Javanese gamelan tends to be slower and meditative. In traditional settings gamelan orchestras predominantly play for spiritually infused lifecycle ritual events and temple ceremonies. Concerts are rare save for those performed at tourist venues. The music also can accompany various forms of dance and singing as well as wayang puppet performances. Somewhat similar percussion orchestras can be found elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
Admission: $10 - $15
Location:
Canyon Crest Academy
5951 East Village Center Loop Road
San Diego, CA 92130
Friday April 29 - 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
For more information, please call: (760) 845-9480, visit: www.centerforworldmusic.org or email John Gabriel at
To purchase Gamelan Festival 2011 tickets please visit: www.brownpapertickets.com
