Press Releases
January 19, 2017 / Denver, Colorado – High Arts Asia: Music & Dance of Bali (PDF)
April 19, 2016 / Denver, Colorado – Awake Mountain: Music & Dance of Bali (PDF)
April 17, 2015 / Denver, Colorado – From Bali to Denver – Gamelan Tunas Mekar and World-Renown Balinese Dancer Dr. I Made Bandem Come Full Circle After 39 Years (PDF)
April 27, 2014 / Denver, Colorado – Gamelan Tunas Mekar presents a performance of Balinese Music and Dance (PDF)
February 13, 2014 / Denver, Colorado – Gamelan Tunas Mekar announces the launch of their Indiegogo project: The Power of Community: Documenting 25 Years of an American Gamelan Ensemble (PDF)
Gamelan Tunas Mekar Electronic Press Kit (EPK)
Download the Gamelan Tunas Mekar Electronic Press Kit (high resolution PDF)
Download the Gamelan Tunas Mekar 1-sheet (PDF)
High Arts Asia 2017 Press Materials
Download the High Arts Asia: Music & Dance of Bali Press Release
Download the High Arts Asia: Music & Dance of Bali flyer:
Press Photos
Permission to reproduce with copyright statement and photographer credit (where available).
I Ketut Gede Asnawa
Ni Nyoman Yonitika
Ni Made Yunirika
Ni Ketut Marni performs Oleg Tambulilingan with Gamelan Tunas Mekar. © Copyright 2010 Gamelan Tunas Mekar
I Made Lasmawan & Ni Ketut Marni. © Copyright 2016 Gamelan Tunas Mekar. Photo taken by Photography by Van Pelt, Inc., www.facebook.com/photographybyvanpeltinc
Artist-in-Residence I Made Lasmawan. Photo by Shawn Collins. Copyright 2014 Tunas Mekar Inc. All Rights Reserved.
© Copyright 2013 Gamelan Tunas Mekar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Photo by Shawn Collins
© Copyright 2013 Gamelan Tunas Mekar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Photo by Charla Bevin
© Copyright 2013 Gamelan Tunas Mekar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Photo by Miranda Fan
© Copyright 2013 Gamelan Tunas Mekar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Photo by Miranda Fan
Short Description of Gamelan Tunas Mekar
Based in Denver, Colorado, USA, Gamelan Tunas Mekar is a community orchestra under the direction of Balinese composer and Artist-in-Residence I Made Lasmawan.
Tunas Mekar presents the indigenous music of the island of Bali at music festivals, schools, private events, local venues, specially produced concerts, and by special invitation both internationally and nationally.
Modeled after typical village groups found throughout Bali, and learning by traditional methods, Tunas Mekar provides American audiences the rare opportunity to experience one of the world’s most beautiful and sophisticated performing arts.
Logos
Gamelan Tunas Mekar logo for web (72 dpi, RGB png with transparent background at 674 x 800 pixels)
Gamelan Tunas Mekar logo for print (300 dpi, CMYK jpeg at 4 x 4.75″)
Audio Samples
Gamelan Angklung
Composition: Kreteg Layang (“Bridge Fly”), composed by I Made Lasmawan, 1991. Performed by Gamelan Tunas Mekar on April 3, 2007 at the King Center in Denver, Colorado.
Gong Semaradana
Composition: Liar Samas (“100 Liar”). Composed by I Wayan Lotring. Performed by Gamelan Tunas Mekar on April 3, 2007 at the King Center in Denver, Colorado.
