Gamelan Classes
Aeolian Community Gamelan Group (Next Classes begin Thursday, March 1, 2012)
Try something new. Bring a sense of musical adventure and openness to learning great music from a distant island culture. As well as being visually stunning, the gamelan offers a unique chance to make music through regular classes with a group, regardless of previous musical experience or ability.
The Aeolian Community Gamelan group began last Fall and we are seeking new members to join the group. Participants will be playing on Gamelan Suprabaningrum (Perfumed Essence of Beauty Stateliness) brought over from Java, Indonesia. The instruments are hand-made and sit on ornately carved teak stands. The class will get a chance to play on hanging gongs, bronze metallophones, horizontally-mounted gongs, wooden xylophone and double-headed drums.
Classes will be taught in traditional fashion, without notation. Participants will be playing music right away as the learning process in gamelan is embedded in the music-making. As well as being great fun, the experience of playing gamelan can help coordination and listening skills, inspire self-confidence and encourage interaction and team spirit.
Instructor: Nur Intan Murtadza
Dates: 5 Classes Thursdays, March 1 - March 29
Time: 6PM-8 PM
Location: The Aeolian. 795 Dundas Street East, London, ON N5W 2Z6,
Please enter through Rectory Street "Conservatory" Door
Size of class: 10 minimum and 14 maximum
Fee: $100.00 + HST = $113.00 for 5 classes/ person. Please register with the Aeolian.
Level: This course is geared for beginners but all levels of experience are welcomed. Participants will be sitting on the carpeted floor to play the instruments. Make sure to bring extra mats and cushions if you need them. Wear loose fitting or yoga clothes.
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend all 5 classes since gamelan music is performed in musical unity, rather than as a group of individual musicians playing separate instruments. Everybody’s contribution is important and interdependent.
519-672-7950
production [at] aeolianhall [dot] ca
