GRK Plays Javanese Tradtional Music at the Russell Library

Russell Memorial Library 2808 Taylor Rd, Chesapeake, VA, United States

Join GRK for a free performance of Javanese gadhon (chamber) gamelan music. Audience will be invited to try the instruments after the performance.

Free

GRK @ Firehouse Theatre

Firehouse Theatre 1609 W Broad St., Richmond, VA, United States

Richmond’s own Gamelan Raga Kusuma will play a concert of traditional and contemporary music for Javanese and Balinese gamelan (Indonesian gong orchestra). Works by Astita, Lucier, Lotring, Reich, Windha and others. Guest appearance by Rumput. Audience will be invited to try the instruments after the show. $8 advance, $10 at doors. Ticket link: https://www.firehousetheatre.org/gamelan-ensemble

Free

GRK at G5

Gallery 5 , United States

Join members of GRK for a set of traditional Javanese gamelan music as part of First Fridays at Richmond’s Gallery 5.

Free

GRK, Peni Candra Rini And Gusti Sudarta at William and Mary

Ewell Hall, William & Mary 221 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA, United States

GRK accompanies master artist Peni Candra Rini in a concert of traditional Javanese music, joined by the William and Mary Middle Eastern ensemble led by Dr. Anne Rasmussen. Part of the MACSEM regional ethnomusicology conference. Free and open to the public!

Free

UR Global Sounds Spring 2023

Westhampton Green, University of Richmond 28 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA, United States

Master artists Peni Candra Rini and Gusti Sudarta join Gamelan Raga Kusuma and student performers for the spring Global Sounds concert. Free, family friendly and laid back concert including performances by student and community West African, Japanese, Brazilian and Indonesian ensembles. Westhampton Green. (Camp Concert Hall, Rain Location).

Free

GRK, Peni Candra Rini, Gusti Sudarta, and Students @ VCU

Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Ave Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States

Join GRK and students from UR and VCU for a free, family friendly performance of traditional Balinese and Javanese music and dance, featuring master artists Peni Candra Rini and Gusti Sudarta!

Free

Shadow Play with Gusti Sudarta

North Court Choir Room 421 Westhampton Way University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, United States

Balinese shadow master Gusti Sudarta (Indonesian Institute of the Arts) presents a free, family friendly traditional shadow play, accompanied by live traditional gamelan music.

Free

GRK @ VCU Featuring Peni Candra Rini, Gusti Sudarta, and Justin Alexander

Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Ave Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States

GRK is lead by Balinese master artist I Gusti Putu Sudarta and Javanese master artist Peni Candrarini in a concert of traditional Indonesian gamelan music. Sudarta will perform an innovative shadow theater to accompany Justin Alexander’s performance of Glenn Kotche’s Monkey Chant for drumset. Free and Open to the Public.

Free

GRK and Rumput @ Richmond Branch Museum

Branch Museum of Architecture and Design 2501 Monument Ave, Richmond, VA, United States

Free concert of traditional Javanese and Balinese gamelan featuring Peni Candra Rini. Audience invited to try instruments after the show.

Free

UR Global Sounds Concert — Fall 2024

Camp Concert Hall Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA, United States

African drums, Brazillian bossa nova, Indonesian gamelan, Japanese Taiko. FREE!

Free