Since the spring of 2015 I have been studying and performing Balinese gamelan here in California. Until the end of 2019 I was active with the community ensemble Gamelan Merdu Kumala and also Gamelan Burat Wangi at California Institute for the Arts. In 2022 after my relocation to the Bay Area, I have resumed my studies, this time with Gamelan Sekar Jaya in Berkeley.
Here are few links to videos describing the Balinese gamelan:
Balinese Gamelan: An Introduction [with Dr. Elizabeth Clendinning]
Night of the Thousand Temples with Gamelan Burat Wangi
Gamelan Semar Pegulingan (Gamelan of the Love God) [full album].
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