{"id":11413,"date":"2016-12-12T10:39:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T17:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=11413"},"modified":"2016-12-12T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T17:39:57","slug":"student-perspective-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2016\/12\/student-perspective-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado College\u2019s Balinese Gamelan ensemble <\/i>made its debut more than 20 years ago, in the spring of 1993, after Professor of Ethnomusicology Victoria Levine imported instruments from Bali and recruited Balinese master drummer I Made Lasmawan to direct the group.<\/span><\/p>\n

T\"cc-bul-winter16-39-stupersp-gamelan1\"<\/a>oday Gamelan performs twice a year on campus, alongside the CC Balinese dancers (and sometimes dancers from across the U.S.), in addition to performing off campus as far away as Bali.<\/span><\/p>\n

Giseleine Dogon \u201917<\/b>, a philosophy major and music minor, plays two different two-handed instruments in the group, one with eight keys and one with four.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"cc-bul-winter16-39-stupersp-gamelan2\"<\/a>She says she appreciates the beauty of the music while being able to contribute to it, as well as the overall learning experience of Gamelan. \u201cI love that it\u2019s challenging but it\u2019s also simple. When I\u2019m playing the gender wayang with the four keys, it\u2019s hard to remember which order to play just those four keys, but it\u2019s just four keys.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"cc-bul-winter16-39-stupersp-gamelan4\"<\/a>Dogon adds, \u201cThe music is more than just music. It also has a cultural link. Some of them are welcoming ceremony songs, some of them are for the Hindu gods, some of them are specific for holidays. They\u2019re very unique in that sense. They all have a purpose.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Seven members make up the ensemble currently. But, she says, it could be larger. \u201cIt would be nice for [alumni] to know that if they were in town, they could also participate in the group,\u201d Dogon says. \u201cWe need more people, because it sounds great with seven people, but it sounds even better with 14,
\nor 20!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Gamelan ensemble\u2019s next performance is free and open to the public at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 13, at Packard Hall. Listen to a recording of the group, and learn more about their performances (or how to get involved) by visiting www.coloradocollege.edu\/gamelan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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