If you happen to visit Bogor in West Java and you are looking for a different kind of experience in the rainy city, a trip to a 230-year-old gamelan workshop would be an interesting addition to your ...

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Gamelan, the indigenous music of Java and Bali, remains a minority taste in Vancouver. Yet over time our three major gamelan ensembles have exerted a strong, if covert, influence on contemporary music ...

What do gongs, xylophones, funny hats, music students and a world-class Indonesian vocalist have in common? They are elements of an ensemble — music professor Henry Spiller's new "gamelan" ensemble, ...