Stories about "Bates Gamelan Orchestra"
Indonesian drummer-composer Wahyu Roche.
Gamelan features U.S. and Indonesian guests, work by Maine composer

Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:18 pm

Guest artists from Indonesia and the U.S. and a Bates composer all have a part in the March 31 Bates Gamelan concert.

Performance of Indonesian music, puppetry scheduled at Bates

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 2:14 pm

The Bates College Gamelan Orchestra, joined by Indonesian puppeteer Apep Sobani and by composer Wahyu Roche, performs in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 13, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

Gamelan Orchestra performance includes student composition

Monday, December 7, 2009 4:36 pm

The Bates College Gamelan Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. "Gamelan" refers to a broad genre of traditional Indonesian music played primarily on percussion instruments. Senior Barbara Byers, an interdisciplinary major in music and dance, composed a piece titled "Monkey" that's included on the program.

Guest artists to join Bates Gamelan performance

Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:10 pm

The Bates College Gamelan Orchestra, joined by professional guest artists from Indonesia, will perform a concert on March 14.

World Music Week explores music and dance of India, Indonesia

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:23 pm

With the theme "Musical Legacies of South and Southeast Asia," Bates College students and faculty, as well as internationally esteemed performers, present the college's World Music Week from March 5 through March 15.

College presents students, eminent singer in Indonesian concert

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:16 pm

Bates College presents a concert of Indonesian music featuring student musicians and a singer who is one of the Pacific nation's leading classical recording artists Saturday, March 17, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

World Music Weekend explores an Indian epic

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:00 am

Featuring the college gamelan orchestra and a Cambodian music and dance troupe, this year's World Music Weekend at Bates College takes place Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Titled "The Ramayana in Southeast Asia," the weekend explores adaptations of the ancient, seminal epic from India titled "Ramayana."

Indonesian shadow puppets, orchestral concert make for intriguing evenings in Olin Concert Hall

Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:29 pm

At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, the Bates College Orchestra presents a program including a work by conductor Philip Carlsen, a setting of poems by renowned Maine writer Wesley McNair. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, Indonesian puppet master Joko Susilo will present a shadow-puppet performance of "The Abduction of Sinta," a central story from the Hindu epic Ramayana. Susilo will be accompanied by the Bates Gamelan Mawar Mekar ("blossom of inspiration"), an Indonesian-style gamelan orchestra, and guest musicians from New Hampshire and Minnesota. Both events take place in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates, 75 Russell St., and are open to the public at no charge. For more information, please call 207-786-6135.

Collaboration made 'Salt' possible, says playwright Maurizio

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:32 am

"The Memory of Salt," a play written by Lisa Maurizio, associate professor of classical and medieval studies at Bates College, will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22, in the college's Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall.

New play by Bates College professor taps Japanese, ancient Greek traditions

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 3:53 pm

"The Memory of Salt," a play written by Lisa Maurizio, associate professor of classical and medieval studies at Bates College, will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22, in the college's Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall.

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