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Catskill Mountain Gamelan has been performing since 2012 at locations throughout the Hudson Valley, performing traditional Indonesian music, original songs and arrangements. We return this season with new members, led by Dorcinda Knauth.
- Ashley Enright
- Sue Kiel
- Alex Letourneau
- Amy Recchia
- Alvaro Romao
- Annmarie Tedeschi
- Julien Valenstein
At our Sept 20 show, expect to hear some beloved Sundanese classics, a retelling of a trickster story: Kancil, and even see some Turkish-gamelan fusion dance.
They’ll be playing on The Rose Blossom Gamelan, a red and gold West Javanese gamelan built in 2012 by master builder Asep Ahum. It is tuned to the pentatonic (Five-tone) scale called degung. Gamelan would typically be used in Indonesia for playing ceremonial music, accompanying elaborate all-night long puppet shows that double as providing social or political commentary, or accompanying important life cycle events like weddings.
Hope you can come!