by Jo Hilder | Dec 4, 2010 | 2010
Saturday 4 December 2010, 11am-4pm Indonesian Embassy, 70 Glen Road, Kelburn, Wellington Gamelan Padhang Moncar and Gamelan Taniwha Jaya performed twice as part of this successful (and sunny) fundraising event for the victims of natural disasters in Indonesia (Mt Merapi eruption and Mentawai...
by Jo Hilder | Nov 20, 2010 | 2010
Saturday 20 November 2010, 6-8pm Massey University Museum Building, Great Hall Gamelan Padhang Moncar was part of Musicircus in the Blow Creative Arts Festival run by the College of Creative Arts/Toi Rauwharangi, Massey University,...
by Jo Hilder | Oct 17, 2010 | 2010
Sunday 17 October 2010, 7pm Adam Concert Room, NZSM, Victoria University Campus This was a concert of Balinese gamelan music and compositions by I Wayan Gde Yudane, one of Bali’s most innovative of composers. Wayan Yudane’s music has been performed throughout the world and includes collaborations with Temps Fort Theatre, France and Cara Bali Group, Munich, Germany. Performed by Gamelan Taniwha Jaya and NZSM students of PERF 252/352. Programme: Gambang Kuta Liar Samas excerpts from Kosalia Arini New works by Yudane: Temporal Paradox for violin, viola and Gamelan Bali Causality for piano, four...
by Jo Hilder | Sep 26, 2010 | 2010
Sunday 26 September 2010, 7-9pm Adam Concert Room, NZSM, Victoria University Campus This concert of Indonesian music and dance from West Sumatra featured percussion, dance and song in traditional music and dance and innovative new compositions created by leading Minangkabau composers and choreographers. Elizar Koto, Asril Muchtar, Oktavianus Binahmad, Denny Maiyosta and company (senior West Sumatran musicians and dancers from Sumatra’s major arts institute, ISI Padang Pajang) visited Wellington for one week. As well as the performance above, they gave a workshop and concert at Te Papa on Saturday 25 September, and a dance and a music workshop at Victoria University of Wellington on Monday 27 September. In a stimulating week-long programme in Wellington, the visiting Minangkabau troupe from Sumatra, Indonesia, gave performances at Te Papa, and at the Adam Concert Room, as well as a series of workshops at VUW. Their programme combined sung and instrumental music with dance and martial arts in a way that makes our separation of these art forms seem artificial. Local ethnomusicologist Megan Collins, and her mentor Jack Body, have a long involvement with studies of the arts of Indonesia. The Embassy’s continuing support of these activities, particularly the gamelan orchestra, was again highlighted by their sponsoring of these visitors. Performers from the cultural training centre, ISI Padangpanjang, enter the stage with a quiet confidence and easy discipline of movement that bodes well for what follows. Their stylized hand, arm, leg and foot positions have such smooth transitions that they seem easy, but “seem” would be the operative word. Clean, clear postures require an innate sense of balance, and the randai martial art...
by Jo Hilder | Sep 5, 2010 | 2010
Sunday 5 September 2010, 11:30am Adam Concert Room, NZSM In partnership with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the New Zealand School of Music presented Percussion Day. As part of this, Jack Body presented Balinese gamelan with I Wayan Gde Yudane and students from PERF250 and members of Gamelan Taniwha...
by Jo Hilder | Jul 31, 2010 | 2010
Saturday 31 July 2010, Adam Concert Room, NZSM Gamelan Padhang Moncar performed Lou Harrison’s Ketawang Wellington as part of the SMP Ensemble concert, Echoes
by Jo Hilder | Jun 14, 2010 | 2010
Monday 14 June 2010, 6pm Adam Concert Room, NZSM, Victoria University Campus Students of PERF presented three traditional pieces as their final performance assessment. Gamelan Padhang Moncar then accompanied six Indonesian dancers performing Gambyong Parianom followed by a suite of pieces based on wayang (shadow puppet) repertoire, and ending with a lively piece by Ki Nartosabdo, Lelagon Prau Layar. We were joined for this last number by members of the Dharma Wanita of the Indonesian Embassy as a chorus. The audience took up the invitation to dance to this last number and were then rewarded with delicious refreshments. Programme: Ladrang Gleyong pelog nem Ketawang Asmaradana slendro manyura LancaranUdan Mas pelog barang Gambyong Parianom Paseban Jawi (including Lancaran Bondet and Cucur Biru) pelog lima Lelagon Prau Layar (AKA Praon) pelog nem Photos: Megan...
by Jo Hilder | Mar 20, 2010 | 2010
Saturday 20 March 2010 Frank Kitts promenade - right on the Wellington waterfront Gamelan Padhang Moncar accompanied Dunedin-based dhalang Joko Susilo performing Wayang Kulit (Shadow Puppetry) in the midst of the busy Night Market. Joko presented the storyAlap-alapan Surtikanthi in two 90 minute shows. Performers: Joko Susilo (dhalang), Budi Putra (gamelan director), Pippa Strom, Mike Jones, Helen O’Rourke, Tristan Carter, Bronwyn Poultney, Catherine Robertshawe, Rupert Snook, Alisa Hogan, Marie Direen, Greg Street, Thomas Barker, Rani Allan, Jo Hilder, Jason Erskine, Judith Exley, Anton Killin This event was kindly supported by the Asia:NZ Foundation and the Embassy of the Republic of...
