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Lucy Duran begins a two-programme exploration of Indonesian gamelan music. In this programme she travels east through Java discovering the south coast and music of the royal court. Show more Lucy ...

Sparks danced wildly as they jumped out of the smoldering furnace in the Sumber Gongso workshop in Wirun village, Central Java. Nearby, a group of men alternately hit a bronze slab using wooden ...

Plainfield may well be the Javanese gamelan capital of the western world, and certainly of the United States. It all began in the 1960s when Dennis Murphy built the first gamelan in the world outside ...

An informal music event in Java, a klenèngan features musicians who gather for a kind of jam session, often arranged by a family for a special event. Typically lasting until late at night, audience ...

UCC’s unique Javanese gamelan – a single musical instrument that sounds like a full orchestra – makes its spring appearance tonight… UCC's unique Javanese gamelan – a single musical instrument that ...

The UC Santa Barbara Gamelan Ensemble presented a concert showcasing ancient gamelan styles of music from Cirebon, West Java at Karl Geiringer Hall on May 23.

The gamelan, a collection of traditional Javanese percussive instruments, has been skirting the periphery of our musical landscape for more than two decades now, and UCC professor of music Mel Mercier ...