Every year, the Indonesian government offers two great scholarship opportunities to experience Indonesia. It is for people who are interested to learn Indonesian arts, music, dance, culture, and language. Indonesian Arts and Culture Scholarship (2018 application linked) - offered annually since 2003 through the Indonesian Embassy. Purpose is to deepen recipients' understanding of Indonesian arts and… Continue reading Art & Cultural Scholarship Opportunities to Indonesia
We invite our audience to stay after the show to try out playing gamelan instruments and meet the musicians and puppet master. Everybody is welcomed to learn. Just be prepared to take off your shoes and don't step over the instruments.
On December 3th, 2017, the Emory Gamelan Ensemble performed its Fall Concert, Kidung Jaman Edan (Songs of a Crazy Time). It featured Javanese gamelan and Balinese Bela Ganjur. We were happy to have a full house and warm audience, who gave us a standing ovation and fully immersed in our play-and-learn session, trying out instruments after the show.
What a fun and tasty event this was. Even though it was a dark and rainy day outside, you would have never guessed it from the lively crowd continuing to fill the event halls. Vendors set up around a large gymnasium selling food and Indonesian crafts. The program included an address by Houston's new… Continue reading Taste of Indonesia 2017
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We were delighted to bring two guest artist Pak Midiyanto (Puppet Master) and Pak Muryanto (Drummer) for our Spring 2017 Wayang Performance. Midiyanto is an internationally renowned puppeteer and Gamelan maestro who teaches at UC Berkeley. Born in Central Java, he graduated from the Indonesian Conservatory of Traditional Arts. Muryanto is a master drummer… Continue reading Prosperity of Wibisana – A Wayang Show