Electronic Gamelan, or e-gamelan, is the name of an iOS app that has been created by students and lecturers of the University of Dian Nuswantoro (Udinus) Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The app ...

Gamelan comes from the Javanese word gamel, meaning "to strike or hammer.” Originating in Central Java, a gamelan is a set of kettle gongs, hanging bronze gongs, and xylophones on beautifully carved ...

Jody Diamond does not allow spectators at her weekly Gamelan rehearsals. If you come, you play. Held in the Student Organization Center at Hilles every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., Gamelan lessons take place ...

She told SBS Indonesian about her love and joy of playing gamelan. He believes that by playing gamelan, people can also learn Indonesian. John-Cheong Holdaway argues that school teachers in Australia, ...

A musical group from New York is making waves in Bali — playing the traditional Indonesian style called gamelan. The band, Dharma Swara, is the first American outfit invited to play in Bali's ...

For many, the shimmering, hypnotic tones of the gamelan are intimately tied to the vibrant culture of Indonesia. But thanks to an extraordinary gift from the Sultan of Yogyakarta in 2014, Ireland has ...

Sinta Penyami Storms performs the Tari Cendrawasih, the Birds of Paradise dance. (Emily Neil/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover?

"A Night in Indonesia: Javanese Gamelan," will be held Saturday, March 24 at 8 p.m., with a 7 p.m. pre-concert talk. The concert will offer an experience of the full flavor (sounds, smells, tastes) of ...

Legend has it that when the French classical composer Claude Debussy first encountered Javanese gamelan at the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, he was utterly entranced, returning again and again to hear ...

In the 1960's, composer Terry Riley ushered in the minimalist music movement with his revolutionary classic "In C." The 42-minute, multi-layered, poly-metric mix of interlocking repetitive patterns ...

The musicological study of Bali that Canadian-US composer Colin McPhee and his colleague Lou Harrison undertook during the 1930s is usually seen as critical in bringing gamelan to the West. However, ...