JOHOR BARU: With heads bent over “instruments”, the SK Bandar Uda 2 pupils wowed the audience with the melody of Malay classics on stage. However, the music is not produced from traditional gamelan ...

Have you ever heard the hauntingly beautiful melodies of a gamelan orchestra? It sings of a world forgotten by time, a realm mysterious and enchanting. “The sound of the gamelan, its echoes … is very ...

The Bates College Gamelan Orchestra, a student ensemble that plays music of Indonesia, and special guest artists perform Lou Harrison’s remarkable Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Javanese ...

The Bates College Gamelan Orchestra, a student ensemble that plays music of Indonesia, and special guest artists perform Lou Harrison’s remarkable Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Javanese ...

Buffalo is known for a lot of things, but were you aware that it’s known as one of the epicenters of gamelan (pronounced ga · muh · lon, with an initial soft ‘A’) music, outside of Indonesia? It’s an ...

James Howe '23 had never considered himself a musical person, but he wanted his college experience to be about stepping outside his comfort zone. After taking a crash course in the gamelan as part of ...

Students play in BYU's gamelan ensemble. The group will perform Saturday, Nov. 7. (Bailey Fruit) Not many are familiar with a gamelan ensemble or know that BYU has its very own gamelan ensemble ...

Musicians sit cross-legged on tiny floor mats, tapping out tinkly, sweet, bell-like sounds on an assortment of shiny percussion instruments. It is magical, exotic and uplifting. The Evergreen Club ...

Americans tend to believe that Walt Disney’s Snow White, from 1937, was the first animated film. But that honor actually goes to The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the earliest surviving animated ...