Stories about "Philip Carlsen"
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.

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.

Bates College Orchestra and pioneering American composer to perform in weekend concerts

Friday, January 30, 2004 9:20 am

In a big weekend for music, the Bates College music department offers a concert by the college orchestra and one by pioneering American composer Pauline Oliveros.

Collaborations distinguish gamelan concerts

Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:37 am

In Olin Arts Center Concert Hall performances a week apart, Indonesian-style orchestra breaks new ground for the Maine music scene. A concert at 8 p.m. Friday, March 28, pairs the Gamelan Mawar Mekar with the Bates College Orchestra, a collaboration that may well be Maine's first between the traditional Indonesian form and a Western-style orchestra.