Gamelan Son of Lion Events

GAMELAN SON OF LION

Winter 2012 and upcoming 2013

Saturday Dec.15th, 4:00pm	The Gamelan Loft 167 Spring Street, corner of West Bwy NYC	Apples, Oranges and Pears Our annual Selamatan holiday house concert with music by group composers. New works by ensemble members now being created. Donation $10. RSVP 212 489-1641
Wednesday Dec. 19th, 7pm	Spectrum (New Spectrum Foundation) 121 Ludlow Street, NYC, 2nd floor	Apples, Oranges and Pears (Encore) New works by ensemble members now being created. New Spectrum is located one half block north of Delancey; just over a block from the Essex/Delancey stop of the F, M, J and Z trains.
Thursday February 14 8:00pm	Harvestworks (Studio PASS) 596 Broadway, 6th fl. New York, NY	Wayang Esther: A Javanese Purimspiel VIDEO Screening of Barbara Benary & Barbara Pollitt's 2001 production at HERE Arts Center using traditional Javanese puppets and gamelan to tell the story of the Biblical book behind the Jewish holiday. RSVP - 212 431-1130
Wed. March 13th 8:00pm	Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue. Brooklyn, NY	David Simons birthday concert Highlights of the composer's accoustic and electronic repertoire by Gamelan Son of Lion, Momenta Quartet, David and fellow musicians. 917 267-0363
Wed. April 10 1:00-3:00pm	Queensborough Community College 22205 56th Ave. Flushing, NY	Gamelan music Program of new and traditional music for Javanese/Balinese instruments. Call music dep't - 718 631 6262.
Sun. May 19th 3:00pm	Piermont Library 25 Flywheel Park. Piermont, NY	Gamelan music and Javanese shadow puppets Features a new wayang kulit play about the famous Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold plus new music by enemble composers. Admission free. 845 359 4595
Thurs. June. 13th 8:00pm	The Brecht Forum	New Music A variety of recent compositions by the ensemble composers. 212 242-4201 Admission $15. 917 267-0363
Sat. June 29th 8:00pm	Haverstraw Youth Theater Central Presbyterian Church New Main St. Haverstraw, NY	The Shadows of Treason A new wayang kulit play about the famous Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold by Barbara Benary and puppeteer Barbara Pollitt. plus Balinese Gamelan Angklung music and an exhibit of Ms. Pollitt's maskmaking and puppet design.

Recent events: Spring 2012

Sunday May 6th, 4:00pm	The Gamelan Loft 167 Spring Street, corner of West Bwy NYC	Spring House Concert/party New works by ensemble members including premiers by Skip LaPlante, Larry Simon and Shawn Russell. Food and celebration. Donation $10.
Sunday May 20th 7:30pm	Nyack Library 57 South Broadway Nyack, NY	Carnegie Room Concerts Part I: Heterophony: a selection of pieces mixing different scales and tuning systems. Gamelan meets its diatonic rivals grand piano and clarinet in pieces by Barbara Benary, Daniel Goode and David Demnitz. Part II: Highlights from our 9-11 Memorial Suite by Laura Liben, David Simons, Denman Maroney Lisa Karrer, and a finale by Goode and Jody Kruskal. Tickets: $25, 20, 18, 12, 5. Further info:845 608-3593
Sunday June 3 12:00-4:00pm	Manitoga 584 Route 9D Garrison, NY	The Russel Wright Museum of Design Gamelan plays Balinese angklung music outdoors for the awards ceremony and fundraising event. Ticketed admission. Call (845) 424 3812
Friday June 22nd 8:00pm	Issue Project Room 22 Boerum Place Brooklyn, NY	Issue Project Room As part of Issue's "Darmstadt" Festival, the Gamelan revisits some of our early repertoire from the 1970's - 80s in a program of early Minimalist pieces by Barbara Benary and other ensemble composers Call 718 330-0313

Last Fall-Winter 2011

Sunday Sept 11th, 2011
4pm

The Gamelan Loft
167 Spring Street, corner of West Bwy
NYC

House Concert and Webcast:
Nine-Eleven, A Memorial Suite

in honor of the fall of the World Trade Center. The original sections by group composers Benary, Liben, Goode, Demnitz and Simons with new additions by Lisa Karrer and Denman Maroney. See video performance.

Sunday Dec 18th, 2011
4pm

The Gamelan Loft
167 Spring Street, corner of West Bwy
NYC

Holiday Concert and Party

Our annual Selamatan (celebration of peace and food) with music by group composers. Welcome to our new players Larry Simon, Kate Peoples and Shawn Russell.

Wednesday Dec 21st, 2011
7:30pm

Soho
Starting at the park at Spring Street and 6th Ave
NYC

SoHo Gamelan Walk & Hubcap Parade

Sponsored by Make Music New York. Join the gamelan as we "play" the hollow facades of select SoHo buildings as if they were gamelan instruments in a walk that lasts about an hour, accompanied by a hubcap parade .

2010 - 2011

Sunday Dec. 12th, 2010 4pm	The Gamelan Loft 167 Spring Street, corner of West Bwy NYC	CD Release Party & Concert in honor of Jody Diamond's new album "In That Bright World." Gamelan Son of Lion will play a selection of Diamond's pieces combining American song, traditional Javanese karawitan and new music too. RSVP: Daniel 212 925-6684
Saturday May 14th, 2011 7:00pm	GAGA/Garnerville Arts Gallery 55 Railroad Avenue Garnerville NY	A Collage of Covers At the closing of the exhibit of collage artist Sari Dienes, Gamelan Son of Lion offers a program of gamelan-transformed new arrangements and "covers" of everything from the The Beatles and Bob Dylan to Tito Puente and Thailand. Donations welcomed. GAGA: 845 947-7108
Saturday June 4th 12:30-!:30pm; 1:45-2:45; 2:45-3:00	Spoke The Hub Dancing Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY	Spoke The Hub's Local Produce Festival Gamelan members play at the Tour of Local Gardens. We perform in shows at three locations: first at Warren-St Marks Community Garden, parade to Garden of Union, 636 Union St; parade to President St. Garden. Event is co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Conservatory and Spoke The Hub: 718 408-3234
Saturday June 11th 8:00pm	Tenri Cultural Institute 43A W. 13th St. NY, NY	Spring Concert: Covers and More Our newest experiment: a program of gamelan-transformed new arrangements and "covers" of everything from the The Beatles and Bob Dylan to Tito Puente and Thailand, plus other new works straight from the composers' minds. Admission $15/$10 Tenri: 212 645 2800
Saturday June 25th 4:00pm	The Gamelan Loft 167 Spring St. #5SE Corner of W. Bwy NY, NY	Spring Concert: Covers and More Our newest experiment: a program of gamelan-transformed new arrangements and "covers" of everything from the The Beatles and Bob Dylan to Tito Puente and Thailand, plus other new works straight from the composers' minds. Admission $15/$10 RSVP: 212 925 6684

2009 - 2010

Saturday Oct. 17 8:00pm	The Brecht Forum Westbeth (451 West St. & Bethune)	Music of Laura Andel: Two gamelan pieces with Taylor Ho-Bynum - trumpet, and Carl Maguire - Fender-Rhodes keyboard, as well another Andel premier featuring baritone Thomas Buckner. (212) 242-4201
Sunday Nov 8th 3:00pm	Garnerville Arts GAGA Gallery Railroad Ave. Garnerville, NY	GONGing Ceremony David Simon's piece for the large gamelan gongs commissioned by Arts Council of Rockland, plus works by other gamelan members, Balaganju parade and dance by Tjokorda Gde Arsa Artha and Carols Fittante of Balam Dance Theatre. (845) 947-7108. Donation requested. Gamelan Music: Parades and Atmosphere Select repertoire from our recent and distant past celebrating this wonderful, big new gallery as a performance space. Also at the gallery: an exhibit by installation artist Andrea Stanislav. 845-947-7108
Wednesday Nov. 18 4:00pm	Bronx Community College 2155 University Blvd Bronx, NY	Gamelan music Program of lively traditional and new pieces for Javanese and Balinese instruments, including a short shadow puppet play based on the Ramayana, at the Gould Memorial Library. For info call music department: 718 289 5100
Saturday Nov. 21 8:00pm	Artists Now Highland Park, NJ	Gamelan music Program of lively traditional and new pieces for Javanese and Balinese instruments
Wednesday February 24th 2010, 1:00pm	Queensborough Community College 22205 56th Ave. Flushing, NY	Gamelan music Program of new and traditional music for Javanese/Balinese instruments. Call music dep't - 718 631 6262.
Sunday May 2nd 7:00pm	Tenri Cultural Institute 43A W. 13th St. NY, NY	Spring Concert Program of premiers and other new pieces for gamelan with soprano Sheila Schonbrun, Mezzo Lisa Karrer and a piece of multimedia colonial history. Tenri: 212 645 2800
Saturday and Sunday June 19th and 20th 10:00 to 1:00pm	Wave Hill 675 West 252nd St. Bronx, NY	Music in the Garden: workshops As a prelude to the gamelan's June 20th concert, Wave Hill offers an instrument making workshop for children at 10am to 1pm. led by gamelan members David Simons and Lisa Karrer. Participants are encouraged to join the performers on Sunday in an outdoor parade with their instruments. For workshop information or reservations call Wave Hill: 718 631 6262
Sunday June 20th 1:00 and 3:00pm	Wave Hill 675 West 252nd St. Bronx, NY	Music in the Garden: concert Wave Hill, New York public garden and cultural center, presents an afternoon of new and traditional music for Javanese/Balinese instruments. 1pm show - rain or shine. 3pm show - shine only. 718 631 6262
Monday June 21st 4:30pm	Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier One Section, Brooklyn, NY	Make Music New York The gamelan joins in the huge city-wide outdoor music festival. Parade music and concert pieces from all our recent programs.

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