Revitalized ensemble brings traditional Indonesian music back to campus, fostering new collaborations and partnerships.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Dozens of people gathered in South Philly on Saturday at the Gamelan Gita Santi’s ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — Most groups that play gamelan, an Indonesian form of music, are playing traditional work. "But that's not what we do," said Michael Lipsey, in an interview with The Eagle. In 2011, ...

Prof. Marc Benamou is director of the Javanese gamelan ensemble at Earlham College. Several local projects are among the most recent recipients of funding from the National Endowment for the ...

Canada’s Gamelan Madu Sari do one of the most interesting jobs of fusing the heart of Javanese gamelan music with Western sensibilities…. There’s plenty of time for the music to be explored… and to ...

On Saturday, December 14, at 7pm, the community is invited to attend a magical gamelan music and dance performance event at Nusantara Arts. Since its inception, Nusantara Arts has become a cultural ...

Sierra Madre Playhouse presents a unique collaboration between TAIKOPROJECT and Gamelan Merdu Kumala, bringing together Japanese taiko drumming and traditional Indonesian gamelan music. This ...

It's been 15 years since Vancouver’s new music / Javanese gamelan group released its last record, Hive. In the meantime, the ensemble took a new name. Traditionally, gamelans are named after the ...

If you’ve ever wanted to step into another world — one filled with shimmering metallic melodies, hypnotic rhythms, and centuries-old movement traditions, this fall in Buffalo offers a rare chance to ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. We hardly knew ye, Old Granddad No. 4. The rare musical instrument will soon head back to the East Coast after a ...

Some of my favorite music in the world is Indonesian gamelan music. The unique, otherworldly music is named after the Javanese word for bronze instruments. Ensembles play gongs, chimes, cymbals, ...

Los Angeles-based TAIKOPROJECT, the first American taiko group to win the prestigious Tokyo International Taiko Contest, partners with Gamelan Merdu Kumala, a Southern California-based gamelan ...