Gamelan Yowana Sari

Sunday, Aug. 4, 4pm

PS21
Pavilion Theater
2980 Route 66
Chatham, NY 12037

New York-based Gamelan Yowana Sari of 20 artists perform traditional Balinese music and dance for the “Samara Dana” gamelan, plus new works by Michael Gordon and Evan Ziporyn. 

Join us after the performance to try out the instruments and talk with the performers!

Since forming in 2011, Gamelan Yowana Sari has been a performing Balinese Art Ensemble in residence at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, NYC. Under the direction of Michael Lipsey and Fred Trumpy, Yowana Sari have toured Bali multiple times, studying and performing under the master composer and musician I Dewa Ketut Alit in Pengosekan, Bali. For 2024, the group has commissioned new works from Michael Gordon and Evan Ziporyn and will perform these alongside compositions by Dewa Alit and Vivian Fung at the Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, PS21, and MASS MoCA Summer Music Festival.

Dewa Ketut Alit is widely acknowledged as the leading Balinese composer of his generation and for his incredible creative and collaborative approach to Balinese gamelan music worldwide. New York’s Gamelan Yowana Sari have traveled to Bali and back to bring Dewa Alit and a brand new commission to PS21.

Program:

Pendet Penyambutan — Traditional
Dancer – Miranda Danusugongo

Stones are the Flowers — Kyle Miller

Sea Salt — Michael Gordon

Pangenter Alit I Ketut — Dewa Alit
Dancer – Miranda Danusugondo

Aeriform Kite — Evan Ziproyn