Balinese Beginner Gamelan I
April 28, 2024 @ 12:30PM — June 9, 2024 @ 2:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Nusantarta Arts @ St. Johns Grace : 51 Colonial Circle Lafayette entrance (basement) Buffalo, NY 14222 Get Directions
Join our 6 week Beginner Balinese Music Class!
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Join Buffalo's new Balinese gamelan music class! 6 weeks of fun community oriented gamelan music classes! We will discuss and practice basic Balinese gamelan skills and methods in an inclusive and fun environment. Sessions are led in a Balinese community oriented style and will focus on players learning several instrument types.
Schedule:
Sundays from 1pm-2:30pm
First class April 28th
No Class June 2nd
Last Class - June 9th
Teacher:
Tom Torrisi
Tom is a professional classical guitarist, composer, arranger, and Balinese gamelan musician from
Clifton Park, NY. Active as both a soloist and chamber musician, Tom has
been heard performing throughout the United States and in the UK. Tom is a passionate explorer of non-Western musical styles. This
interest has led Tom to extensive involvement with Eastman School of
Music’s Balinese gamelan ensembles Gamelan Sanjiwani (gong kebyar) and Gamelan Lila Muni (angklung) and was teaching assistant to gamelan teacher I Nyoman Suadin. Tom is now a core member of Nusantara Arts new Balinese Gamelan program (semar pegulingan and gender wayang styles). Tom is excited to teach his first beginner Balinese music class in Buffalo.
Location:
Nusantara Arts @ St. Johns Grace Episcopal Church
51 Colonial Circle, Buffalo, NY 14222
(Entrance is on Lafayette Ave. Easternmost side of the building next to the fence)
Additional Info: following this Beginner Balinese Music Class will be a Beginner Balinese Music II Class for those students who want to continue to learn and get closer to joining Nusantara Arts ongoing Community gamelan group. At the end of session II there will be a recital for Beginner class participants.
7 tone “Semar Peguliangan” style
gamelan from Bali are an older “traditional” gamelan ensemble
style originating in the 1800’s. Unlike Central Java where many types of music
are performed on one set of instruments, in Bali you have many
different types of ensembles that play specific repertoires. Because our set includes a few
additional instruments we can play a great variety of compositions including older Semar pegulingan court music, "pelegongan" style dance repertoire from
the 1920’s, compositions by the famed composer Lotring, as well as
modern experimental compositions.