GSJ Calendar
May 3 (Sat)performance8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Gamelan Sekar Jaya Performs at Humboldt State
GAMELAN SEKAR JAYA performs its first-ever Arcata concert of traditional Balinese gamelan and cutting-edge compositions, on Saturday, May 3 at 8 PM in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus. $10 general, $5 students from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. HSU students free with ID. http://HSUMusic.blogspot.com. Guest Music Director: Dewa Ketut Alit Adnyana. An HSU Dept. of Music production.
Time: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Price: $10/$5/free
Where: Fulkerson Recital Hall, HSU Campus (download a campus map [pdf])
Contact: HSU Music; attentionservices@sbcglobal.net (707) 826-3928
May 10 (Sat)performance8pm
GSJ Performs at Noe Valley Ministry
Noe Valley Ministry – Music and Dance of Bali
Tickets: $ 15 Advance / $17 at the door.
For tickets, call (415) 454-5238 or visit Streetlight Records in SF, or Downhome Music in El Cerrito.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya, the Bay Area’s acclaimed gamelan ensemble, present the interlocking rhythms and refined dances of Bali in a special presentation, recreating the traditional “kalangan” stage arrangement used in Balinese village settings. Led by one of Bali’s most brilliant artists, Dewa Ketut Alit Adnyana (guest music director) from the famed Cudamani ensemble, Sekar Jaya will feature two large percussion orchestras — the bronze gamelan gong kebyar, and four-tone ceremonial orchestra, gamelan angklung — as well as the delicate music of the gender wayang, a quartet that usually accompanies the shadow puppet play.
Also featured will be guest dancer Kompiang Metri-Davies, from the dance ensemble Gadung Kasturi, who will perform the ground-breaking early 20th-century piece, Kebyar Duduk.
The kalangan arrangement reflects the open-air settings used in traditional Balinese contexts, where groups often play within or in front of temple courtyards. The audience is welcomed to enjoy the performance from various sides and perspectives, to enjoy the rich metallic sonority and tight-knit ensemble sensibility of Balinese gamelan, and the myriad expressions and delicate hand and eye motions of Balinese dance.
1021 Sanchez St.
San Francisco, CA
May 24 (Sat)performance1pm – 2:30
GSJ Performs at Yerba Buena Gardens
May 24 (Sat), 1pm – 2:30
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival – Balinese Gamelan 101
Free admission!
The fifty performers of Gamelan Sekar Jaya, led by outstanding Balinese artists-in-residence I Dewa Ketut Adnyana, present the powerful rhythms and refined dances of Bali in this beautiful garden setting. Sekar Jaya will feature three types of gamelan: the orchestra of bronze metallophones and gongs called gamelan gong kebyar, the enchanting gender batel ensemble traditionally associated with shadow plays, and the ensemble of giant bamboo marimbas, gamelan jegog. The audience is welcomed to enjoy the complex interlocking melodies of these ensembles, and the myriad expressions and delicate hand and eye motions of Balinese dance, in this free outdoor setting.
The Yerba Buena Gardens esplanade is located at Mission Street between 3rd & 4th Streets in downtown San Francisco.
More info and directions: ybgf.org.