Gamelans

Sedulur Gamelan/Gamelan Sisters

Sedulur Gamelan/Gamelan Sisters consists of two interlocking wooden structures that reconfigure elements of traditional Javanese architecture through the De Stijl philosophical principles of neoplasticism to create an abstraction of an…

University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin acquired its gamelan at the end of 1998. We were fortunate to have Pak Rasito Purwopangrawit teach for several semesters between 1999 and 2012.…

Gamelan Naga Mas

The gamelan ordered by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in 1995 is currently housed at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The pelog set is actively played by Naga Mas. The gamelan…

Gamelan Crimson Bloom

Owned by Mike Coffey and first used at Liberty Ridge Elementary in Sumner, Wa. Then moved to Blaine Elementary in Blaine, Wa. Currently in Naples, Italy at Naples American High…
19 Gongs

19 Gongs

This set of 19 gongs, ranging from F# to c”, was commissioned by a Dutch percussionist. The gongs were made from iron sheet metal with a brass cap on the…

Naprstek Museum

In 1989, the Friends of Javanese Culture ordered a simple iron slendro gamelan for the Naprstek Museum in Prague, Republic of Czech. It was the first gamelan in the Czech…

University of Oregon

This complete slendro-pelog gamelan was used regularly by the community-based group, Gamelan Sari Pandhawa, in Eugene. Several years ago, musician-in-residence, Joko Purwanto, taught Javanese gamelan at the University of Oregon.…

Western Virginia University

Gamelan classes are offered every three years and classes culminate in a performance in the World Music Showcase Concert. Their most recent performance was in December 2012, in which they…

Gamelan Cakrakusuma

Originally commissioned by Norman Davies, Cakrakusuma is a pelog gamelan gadon that has recently been donated to a music research group, Taller d’Escultura Sonora Baschet at the University of Barcelona.…

Mini-gamelan

Elsje Plantema developed the idea and designed the instruments for a Miniature Gamelan, that can be played in a normal class room, and is easily transportable. Most of the instruments look…
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