Innovation from Bali: A World Premiere
FREE Indonesian Gamelan has seen an explosion of innovative and ground-breaking composers in the past decade, with young musicians experimenting with forms and instrumentation in…
FREE Indonesian Gamelan has seen an explosion of innovative and ground-breaking composers in the past decade, with young musicians experimenting with forms and instrumentation in…
NEW BRONZE AGE: STREET GAMELAN IN VANCOUVER By Kaelan Unrau In the summer of 2015, the Western Front hosted New Bronze Age, a series of…
Tickets $ 20 / $16 / $10 Don’t Miss This Exclusive Canadian Engagement! From the aristocratic Sunda culture of West Java comes tembang, an extraordinary…
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 2, p. 8, November/December 1997: Fresh from their Toronto appearance at the Gamelan Summit – A Canadian…
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 5, p. 10, May/June 1997: Gamelan Madu Sari presents a concert of Javanese music and dance…
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 5, p. 10, Summer 1996: – Gamelan Madu Sari presents an evening of Javanese Gamelan 06/01/96 with guest…
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 1, p. 8, September/October 1995: The Western Front continues its tradition of artistic exchange with artists…
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VI, no. 5, p. 13, May/June 1995: Gamelan(s) are ensembles of mostly percussion and are of varying size, made…
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VI, no. 1, p. 23, September/October 1994: For the last three years, Daniel Scheidt and Robert Kyr have…
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. V, no. 5, p. 15, Spring/Summer 1994: The Western Front and Vancouver Community Gamelan are offering their second…
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. V, no. 4, p. 9, March/April 1994: The Western Front is pleased to ring in Spring with two…
Traditional Indonesian music and dance.
Javanese dinner and gamelan music, marking the end of Pak Rusdiyantoro’s four-month residency at Simon Fraser University. Presented by the Vancouver Community Gamelan Society.
One of a new generation of Indonesian composers who use their solid grounding in classical Indonesian court music as a base from which to explore…
New gamelan and dance collaboration.
Subono returned to the Western Front to perform wayang kulit (shadow play), this time with the Simon Fraser University gamelan, Kyai Madu Sari. Co-sponsored by Simon Fraser…
A concert by Evergreen Club Gamelan live at the Western Front. Audio Recording duration: 01:54:26 Digitized audio of this concert is available through the Western…
Lerman is accompanied by the Gamelanians Leon Wolf, Ken Morrison, Ken Newby, Ann Hepper and Alex Varty, playing compositions they had performed 296 times at…