Open Directory - Arts: Music: Styles: R: Regional and Ethnic: Gamelan
See also: - Training exercises and MIDI files. - An introduction to the music with reviews of recommended recordings. - Information on the ensemble, and brief introduction to wayang kulit. - Canadian gamelan group. Includes concert and recording information. - An introduction to the gamelan of Java and Bali with audio samples and photographs, origins and spread to other areas, comparisons with other music, instruments and ensembles, dictionary, and lists of gamelan CDs, books, and links. In French and English. - Introduction to gamelan in Java, Bali, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia. - Balinese gamelan orchestra based in San Francisco. Schedule of upcoming performances, slide shows of past performances, discography with audio samples, player profiles, and articles. - A Balinese gamelan based in Washington, DC, presents information on the instruments, audio samples, performance schedule, classes, and a mailing list. - A community group playing classical Javanese and Balinese music and modern compositions; information about their performances and events, background on the music, and their education activities. [Glasgow, Scotland] - Information about gamelan in general, including audio clips, and about Swarthmore's gamelan program and how to join. - A Santa Barbara-based organization dedicated to preservation, teaching and performing traditional Gamelan music of Indonesia and Malaysia. Photo gallery and mp3 samples from their first CD. - Profiles of gamelan groups, recordings, courses, mailing list, and links. - This list is for anyone with a scholarly, artistic, or practical interest in gamelan. Archives available. - Javanese Gamelan notation [PDF]. - Founded (as Kembang Kirang) in 1992 (by Andy Channing, director of the LSO gamelan education programme) to perform Balinese gamelan music. Information about performances, workshops, personnel, and associated dance group. [UK] - A gamelan with eight members, with backgrounds in jazz, Latin American, experimental, Baroque, Indian pop, and contemporary classical music; information about their recordings, workshops and performances. [Berkshire, UK] - One People Voice, based in Oakland, CA, is a hybrid processional orchestra and chant ensemble, utilizing gongs and drums from Bali which are interwoven with other world and western instruments. Includes information on their kids program, workshop schedule, guestbook, and photo gallery. - San Jose, California based gameland degung ensemble with audio samples, discography and ordering information, artists profiles, performance schedule, and workshops. - An ensemble based in London, which performs several kinds of Sundanese music; information about their performances, workshops, and contact details. [UK] - Ensemble-in-residence at the Royal Festival Hall, working closely with dancers, puppeteers and composers from Indonesia, Europe and the USA; includes profile, repertoire, education activities, and performance schedule. [London, UK] - Article by Roger Vetter. - An information source for people interested in Indonesian performing arts in the UK; includes news, events, gamelan in education, discography, and a links listing.
