Gamelan comes from the Javanese word gamel, meaning "to strike or hammer.” Originating in Central Java, a gamelan is a set of kettle gongs, hanging bronze gongs, and xylophones on beautifully carved ...

Gamelan Kusuma Laras presents an evening of Javanese music for the public in the klenengan format. An informal music event in Java, a klenèngan features musicians who gather for a kind of jam session, ...

As the lights dimmed at the Music Arts Center Concert Hall, accomplished Indonesian composer Peni Candra Rini took to the stage, sitting in front of the crowd, as the calm, meditative sound of bronze ...

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Plainfield may well be the Javanese gamelan capital of the western world, and certainly of the United States. It all began in the 1960s when Dennis Murphy built the first gamelan in the world outside ...