Gamelan

PS21 PATHWAYS PERFORMANCE August 4th, 4 pm, PS21 Grounds Gamelan New York-based Gamelan Yowana Sari perform an indoor-outdoor, site-responsive performance of traditional Balinese music for the “Samara Dana” gamelan, plus new works by Michael Gordon and Evan Ziporyn. Join us after the performance to try out the instruments and talk with the performers! Since forming in 2011, Gamelan Yowana Sari has been a performing Balinese Art Ensemble in residence at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, NYC. Under the direction of Michael Lipsey and Fred Trumpy, Yowana Sari have toured Bali multiple times, studying and performing under the master composer and musician I Dewa Ketut Alit in Pengosekan, Bali. For 2024, the group has commissioned new works from Michael Gordon and Evan Ziporyn and will perform these alongside compositions by Dewa Alit and Vivian Fung at the Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, PS21, and MASS MoCA Summer Music Festival. Program: Pendet Penyambutan — Traditional Dancer – Miranda Danusugongo Stones are the Flowers — Kyle Miller Sea Salt — Michael Gordon Pangenter Alit I Ketut — Dewa Alit Dancer – Miranda Danusugondo Aeriform Kite — Evan Ziproyn