Special Gamelan Class

MUS 411-I Balinese Gamelan --- Spring 2015

Instructor: I Mad Widana

MW 2:30-3:20 PM; UHM Music Building # 113 Gamelan Room
This course will introduce basic playing techniques of Balinese gamelan.
The instructor, Mr. Widana, is a renowned performing artist from Karangasem, Bali, with many
years of international performance and teaching experience. The class offers a unique opportunity
to study with a fine young artist of Balinese music and dance. Mr. Widana has been in residence at
UHM in previous years (2009-2013), during which time he led the UHM Balinese Gamelan
Ensemble, Gamelan Segara Madu. He will resume teaching this ensemble January 2015.
This class is offered in preparation for the production of a Balinese shadow theatre production
(Wayang Listrik). The show will be performed on Kennedy Theatre main stage in late January 2016.
Students can also enroll in this class if they do not intend to participate in the production.
For more information
please contact:
Mad Widana

mdwidana@yahoo.com
Annie Reynolds
sparklingmud22@yahoo.com
Kirstin Pauka
pauka@hawaii.edu