Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 7:00pm

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!

Friday, March 31, 2023 - 8:00pm

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!

Sunday, April 2, 2023 - 3:00pm

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).

Monday, April 10, 2023 - 8:00pm

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

Peni Candra Rini will act as Gamelan Raga Kusuma's Artistic Director from January 9 - May 31, 2023.

A renowned Javanese singer and composer, Candra Rini (PhD) will be in residence at the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University as a Fulbright Visiting Artist-Scholar during the Spring 2023 semester. Faculty at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Candra Rini is a recipient of grants from the Asian Cultural Council, a two-time grantee of the US State Department’s One Beat Program and in 2022 was named an Aga Khan Foundation laureate of the arts.

Sunday, November 20, 2022 - 3:00pm

Join GRK and other community ensembles and student performers for a free, laid back concert of musics from Indonesia, Japan, West Africa and Brazil. Audience will be invited on stage after the concert to try the instruments.

Saturday, April 9, 2022 - 3:00pm

Join GRK for a family-friendly Cage-ian Musicircus, organized by Brian Jones and including: No BS Brass, River City Taiko, Ezibu Muntu Drummers, Schoolwork, Tim Turner, Jones/Whitaker/Hawkins/Pollard, Wrong Worshippers, Tommy Birchett Duo, Elliot Shelton, Paul Hansen, Tom Stevens, David Esleck, Prabir Metha, and Jennifer Cable.

Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 7:30pm

Join GRK for a free performance at VCU's Singleton Center! We will be performing traditional Javanese and Balinese gamelan music, and will be joined by students from VCU's percussion ensemble. The audience will be invited to try out the instruments after the performance!

Sunday, September 26, 2021 - 6:00pm

Interested in trying gamelan music? Join us for a free community workshop! No prior experience required. (Vaccination and masking are required.) Participants must RSVP in advance to amcgraw@richmond.edu

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