GAMELAN PADHANG MONCAR

CONTACT US

Gamelan Padhang Moncar rehearses on Monday nights from 6-8 at the NZ School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington campus. Membership is open. (Never too young to join!)

Please send us an e-mail (see below) if you would like to:

play gamelan

join 'Friends of the gamelan' to receive e-mails about upcoming events

book a performance or workshop

or generally contact us

E-mail: hilderjomATgmail.com (where AT = @)

OTHER NZ GAMELAN

IN WELLINGTON:
Gamelan Taniwha Jaya (Balinese)
The First Smile (Cirebon gamelan)

AROUND NEW ZEALAND:
Gamelan Banyu Gunung Salju (Balinese) - Christchurch
Gamelan Puspawarna - Otago University Gamelan(Javanese) - Dunedin - 2011 details
Auckland Gamelan (Javanese, Iron)

OTHER INDONESIAN MUSIC IN NEW ZEALAND

Megan Collins is an exponent of Sumatran Music (rabab pasisia, voice and randai) in Wellington.

mp3 sample of saluang jo dendang (Megan Collins, voice; Rafiloza bin Rafii, saluang)

ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS we have worked with

Jack Body - our manager and a prominent NZ composer whose music is often influenced by Asia (See article in Jakarta Post, November 2008)
Gareth Farr - a prominent NZ composer and percussionist who owns and co-directs the Balinese gamelan, Gamelan Taniwha Jaya and writes for both Balinese and Javanese gamelan
I Wayan Gde Yudane - a leading Balinese composer resident in Wellington
Chris Watson - a prize-winning NZ composer who was commissioned to write a piece for us for the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival, 2007
Didik Nini Thowok - amazing trans-gender Javanese dancer
Waldjinah - famous kroncong diva
Joko Susilo - Javanese dalang (master shadow puppeteer), resident in Dunedin
Slamet Gundono - incredible multi-disciplinary dalang, singer and more
Irwansyah Harahap and Rithaony Hutajulu from Suarasama - Sumatran musicians

GAMELAN AROUND THE WORLD

List of Gamelan in Australia and New Zealand
Swara Bendhe - Australian based magazine covering Indonesian performing arts
American Gamelan Institute - has links to gamelan all over the world
United Kingdom Gamelan Information
Mekar Bhuana - a Bali-based association aiming to preserve rare classical Balinese dance and gamelan, one of whose co-founders is a kiwi who plays with GPM when in Wellington.