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…
In 2002, Yogya Kids Playgroup and Kindergarten in Yogyakarta purchased a mini-gamelan. The students enjoyed learning simple pieces. When the school closed, the gamelan was purchased by Oliphant Playgroup Kindergarten…
In 1987, Gamelan Pacifica director, Jarrad Powell, commissioned the building of a new gamelan in Java to expand the instrumentation of their ensemble. The new gamelan was a full slendro/pelog…
Though I didn’t know him very well personally, I will never forget Suhirdjan’s innovative spirit. He was of immeasurable help guiding me through my first gamelan ordering experience in 2000-2001.…
Pak Suhirdjan made the pelog section, 'Kaduk Raras', of the Montebello Gamelan. This complete Javanese gamelan has the unique characteristic--outside of Java--of being housed in its own open-walled pendopo. But…
Suhirdjan built the instruments for the HMC American Gamelan, currently in use in Claremont, California. It is a set of iron and brass instruments tuned to my own versions of…
I teach "Children of the Mud Volcano," a Central Javanese gamelan ensemble class at Arizona State University. We play traditional repertoire, but often with somewhat eclectic and neoIndonesian techniques appended…
