gamelan in the worlds

Emory Gamelan Ensemble

• For information contact : Steve Everett, director

Instruction in the performance of the traditional music of Central Java and the traditions of Indonesian culture and history.

Recent Performances:

Solo Java
Emory University
December 5, 2006

Program
Ladrang Wilujeng laras slendro pathet manyura
Ladrang Wilujeng laras pelog pathet barang
Ladrang Pangkur laras pelog pathet barang
Ladrang Duporo laras slendro pathet manyura (1976) K.P.H. Notoprojo
Ladrang Duporo laras pelog pathet barang
Gendhing Gambirsawit kethuk 2 kerep, minggah Ladrang Sri Karongron laras slendro pathet sanga
Lagu Dolanan Swara Suling laras pelog pathet nem (1959) Ki Nartosabdho
Buburan – Udan Mas laras slendro pathet manyura
Udan Mas laras pelog pathet lima
Udan Mas laras pelog pathet barang

Listen – Gendhing Gambirsawit kethuk 2 kerep, minggah Ladrang Sri Karongron laras slendro pathet sanga

– Sept, 30, 2006, Emerson Hall, Emory University – 90th birthday celebration for Cherry Emerson

– guest musicians: Midiyanto (gender) and Darsono (kendhang)

Javanese Wayang Kulit Under the Stars
Midiyanto, shadow puppeteer / Darsono, guest drummer-gender
September 30, 2006
Outdoor performance at Emory University

(photos: Andrea Childress)

The ENSEMBLE

The Emory Gamelan Ensemble was formed in 1997 by Emory professor Steve Everett and has presented both concerts and wayang kulit (shadow puppet plays). They have performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, at the 50th Society of Ethnomusicology Conference, for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Asian Cultural Experience of Atlanta, Southeast Association of Asian Studies Conference, Savannah Asian Arts Festival, and at numerous universities in the Southeast. Guest performers and teachers have included Midiyanto, Sumarsam, Hardja Susilo, I.M. Harjito, Darsono, Sri Maeny, Muryanto, Emiko Susilo, Sarah Weiss, Susan Walton, Marc Perlman, and Vincent McDermott.

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1) Rehearsal with Pak Sumarsam, Schwartz Performing Arts Center, Emory University and 2) High Museum of Art, Atlanta

3) Gongs at the Schwartz Center and 4) Rehearsal with Pak Sumarsam and Ibu Maeny in Burlington Road Building (photos: Steve Everett)

Links:

Javanese Gamelan Description (University of Michigan)

Introduction to Gamelan (Alex Dea)

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