Event Info
Gong! The Gamelan Festival: Javanese Gamelan Workshop, Balinese Gamelan Workshop, Gamelan Gita Asmara, Guest Dancers
Gong! The Gamelan Festival, April 15-17 at SFU Woodward's.
A celebration of I...
3:00pm - 10:00pm Doors at: 2:30pm
Free
Artists
Javanese Gamelan Workshop
Balinese Gamelan Workshop
Event Description
Gong! The Gamelan Festival, April 15-17 at SFU Woodward's.
A celebration of Indonesian music, dance, theatre and food where everybody is welcome.
WORKSHOPS
Friday
Discover Gamelan instruments and learn to play a short piece
3:00-4:00pm Javanese Gamelan Music.
4:30-5:30pm Balinese Gamelan Music.
Saturday
Lecture-demo
5:00-5:45pm Shadow-puppet theatre (Wayang) and Sundanese music.
Sunday
Interactive introductory workshops
1:00-2:30pm: Balinese Dance.
1:00pm-2:00pm: Sundanese (West Java) Gamelan Music.
2:00pm: Indonesian Food Tasting Table
SHOWS
Friday April 15, 7:30pm: BALINESE MUSIC & DANCE, with Gamelan Gita Asmara (led by I Wayan Sudirana, Putu Widiantini and Michael Tenzer). The ensemble will have special guest Balinese dancers & musicians, renowned as among the best of Bali. The combined effect of the music, dance, instruments and costumes is dazzling.
Saturday April 16, 7:30pm: JAVANESE SHADOW THEATRE, with live music by Gamelan Madu Sari and special guest puppet-master Matthew Cohen performing "Anoman the Envoy". Opening the evening is Toronto's Sunda Duo.
Sunday April 17, 3:00pm: CONTEMPORARY GAMELAN MUSIC: Gamelan Madu Sari and Gamelan Si Pawit (led by Jon Siddall) present a program of new music for Javanese and Sundanese gamelan.
More at www.caravanbc.com