Gamelan Ensembles
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Cambridge Youth Gamelan (Gamelan Anak Tika) teaches youth about traditional gamelan music and dance of Bali, Indonesia through hands-on learning experiences delivered by experienced instructors.
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Chicago Balinese Gamelan creates transformational cultural experiences that build community and expand individual perspective.
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Hailing from the village of Pengosekan, Çudamani performs a highly creative musical and dance repertoire that is vibrant, technical, and free spirited.
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Gamelan Burat Wangi seeks to help share and invite people of the US into Balinese cultural traditions through music and dance. We aim to engage through Balinese arts their significance and values; to learn their traditional and their new works, and to exchange ideas for future growth.
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Based in Laramie, WY, a community of members practicing the musical tradition of Balinese gamelan under the guidance of I Made Lasmawan.
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GAMELAN DHARMA SWARA is one of the leading Balinese gamelan and dance groups in the United States and has performed at renownded NYC music venues including (le) Poisson Rouge, Symphony Space, Joe’s Pub, Roulette, and BAM, as well as cultural institutions such as MoMA and Asia Society.
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Gamelan Galak Tika leads the forefront of innovative, cross-cultural music for Balinese gamelan.
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Gamelan Genta Kencana (Holy Golden Sound)
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Gamelan Manik Kusuma is a student ensemble at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Founded by I Made Lasmawan in 2011, this group seeks to experience and promote the rich musical tradition of Balinese gamelan.
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Gamelan Merdu Kumala is an American gamelan, a community, and a grassroots organization based in Tujunga California. Founded in 2014 by the artistic director, Hirotaka Inuzuka, this independent ensemble provides classes, workshops, and performances in order to bring musical fulfillment to individuals and transfigure that energy outward to communities to create a greater shared experience and unity.
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The Colorado College music department provides instruction in Indonesian performing arts under the direction of the internationally acclaimed Balinese master drummer, I Made Lasmawan.
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The word Salukat is Dewa Alit's original combination of two words; "salu" and "kat". "Salu" means house, "kat" signifies regeneration and the cycles of rebirth, and together it makes a place for new creativities based on the tradition.
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Gamelan Sekar Jaya (GSJ) fosters artistic exchange between Bali and the United States through residencies, workshops, performances, and the creation of innovative new works for music and dance. Founded in 1979, the company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and specializes in the performing arts of Bali.
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Formed in summer 2011, Sanggar Manik Galih is a Balinese dance and music studio housed in both Bangah di Baturiti, Bali and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Gamelan music of all kinds, in Indonesia and around the world, is supported and documented by the American Gamelan Institute, an organization devoted to publishing, recording, distributing, and making available information on all aspects of Indonesian performing arts and their international counterparts.
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Balungan: A Publication of the American Gamelan Institute
Balungan is an international journal that presents both scholarly and artistic perspectives on Indonesian and international gamelan music and related performing arts.
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Basa Bali
Community-developed online platforms (forums, wikis, dictionaries) where citizen engage in dialogue, create cultural libraries, and preserve their local language. -
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Insitu Recordings (est. 2016) is a growing network of artists that aim to challenge aesthetic limits and boundaries. We do this by cultivating a space where artists can encounter new ideas and learn from one another.
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Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival
A festival celebrating Balinese Gamelan in the Rocky Mountain region.
Affiliate Artists
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Balinese Experimental Duo. Improvising existence, leaving trails of Indigeneity…
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