Javanese Gamelan Community Practices

You are invited to join our Javanese Community Gamelan! Nusantara Arts' twice weekly latihan ("practice" in Javanese) we teach and practice basic to advanced Javanese gamelan percussion music skills and methods in an inclusive and fun environment! This is a class appropriate for intermediate and advanced gamelan musicians as well as adventurous beginners. The sessions are led in a Javanese latihan community style, with a less rigid class structure than our 10 week introductory class.

We focus on playing a variety of Javanese gamelan compositions in both tuning systems and practice for upcoming performances. You don't need to be a performer to join this class. Beginner musicians will be helped along the way, but the learning is slightly more passive in nature than the Beginner 6 week class. People who want to learn in this traditional environment should have some kind of prior musical background, but it is not a requirement for joining for the more adventurous. For those new to music we generally recommend taking the 6 week Beginner course before joining our community group.

Performing - Community gamelan is the gateway to performing with our performance troupe. Nusantara Arts performs many small and medium sized performances a year in Western New York, and even further! It's really fun being involved in ensemble music making, and practicing for performances at interesting venues and often items with incredible guest artists. Performing is optional, not all people who participate in community gamelan perform, it's your choice!

Schedule:

Every Sunday from 6:30-9 &

Every Wednesday from 7:00-9:00pm

For participants age 13 and higher. 

Cost:

Our Class fees are based on a quarterly (3 month) class schedule with Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall sessions. 

Sessions are sliding scale. You may also choose to pay on a monthly or yearly basis. Or if you want to come to just one class choose the one time option:

Quarterly Sliding Scale:

Generosity Registration: $500

Standard Registration: $250

Accessible Registration: $150

Subsidized Registration: $90

When choosing your sliding scale rate, please keep in mind that Nusantara Arts depends on the generosity of its community to support high caliber artists and programming.