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GRK at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 6:00pm

Join GRK for a relaxing evening in a sonorous garden. Part of the Garden's Toro Nagashi Commemorative Festival. 6-9 pm.

GRK and Rumput at the Highpoint

Saturday, June 29, 2019 - 5:00pm

5:00-6:30 Family Friendly performance of Javanese and Balinese traditional gamelan music. Complimentary Javanese snacks and coffee. Audience is invited to try the instruments afterward.
6:30-7:30 Grab dinner at the food truck parked out front or at your fav Scott's Addition restaurant/brewery. (Remember, Don't Look Back is right next door; and Courthouse Creek is in the back. . . )
Come back for Rumput at. . . .
7:30-8:30 Rumput String-band and Shadow Theater.
Suggested donation: $10 for Rumput or GRK, $15 for both. No one turned away for lack of funds.

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Javanese gamelan at VCU Health Arts

Thursday, May 9, 2019 - 12:30pm

GRK plays a set of Javanese music for VCU's celebration of Pacific Asian American Heritage Month.

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Balinese and Javanese gamelan at Sabot at Stony Point

Sunday, April 28, 2019 - 6:00pm

GRK presents a concert of traditional Balinese and Javanese music at the Sabot School. https://www.sabotatstonypoint.org/explore/concerts-in-the-garden/

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Gender wayang and shadow theater at Saint Gertrudes

Monday, March 11, 2019 - 11:30am

Members of GRK present a workshop on Balinese shadow theater and gender wayang music.

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GRK, Indonesian Master Artists, Richmond Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 7:30pm

GRK is honored to join the stage with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, led by Javanese master musicians Sumarsam and Darsono. We will perform Sumarsam's reconstruction of the gamelan works Debussy heard at the Paris Exposition in 1899. Also on the program: Ziporyn's Ngaben for Balinese gamelan and Symphony Orchestra, Dewa Ketut Alit's Open My Door. Balinese Shadow Master Gusti Sudarta will present a new shadow play, accompanied by Debussy's Le Boîte a Joujoux. Part of the Music Department's Beyond Exoticism Series.

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GRK and Richmond Symphony Orchestra at Hardywood

Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 6:00pm

GRK and Balinese Master Musician Gusti Sudarta join the Richmond Symphony Orchestra with a short set of traditional Balinese music and Evan Ziporyn's Ngaben for gamelan and orchestra.

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Screening of Prince Achmed (1926)

Friday, January 25, 2019 - 3:00pm

A rare screening of Lotte Rieniger's 1926 shadow-film The Adventures of Prince Achmed, with talk-back session featuring Balinese Shadow Master Gusti Sudarta. Free and Open to the Public.

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Balinese Shadow Play

Saturday, January 26, 2019 - 7:30pm

Balinese Shadow Master Gusti Sudarta presents the traditional shadow play Candrabirawa, an ancient Balinese tale of religious tolerance. Accompanied with live gamelan music by members of GRK. After the show the audience will be invited on stage to try making shadows of their own. FREE and open to the public. Part of the Music Department's Beyond Exoticism series.

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