Tag: Javanese gamelan

2023 Gamelan Workshops at Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre

Gamelan & Wayang (Shadow Puppets) Workshop and Performance

At Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre,

7646 Prince Albert St., Vancouver V5X 3Z4

After vacuum for over three years, the Vancouver Community Gamelan Society (VCGS) come back and this time with special guest teacher from Indonesia (including Dr. Sutrisno Hartana and other guests/members of the VCGS) to offer free workshops for Javanese Gamelan and/or wayang (shadow puppets) on September 2 and 9, and 16th respectively.

Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre Location
Map of Workshop Location

This workshop and performance are suitable for everyone who interested to learn, explore, and collaborate with our special guest teacher from Indonesia. This workshop and performance offers people a unique opportunity to discover different concepts of musical tuning system and performing arts tradition from another culture

What is gamelan? Gamelan is an Indonesian traditional orchestra ensembles largely consisting of gongs and keyed percussion instruments, originating from the island of Java and Bali.

Suitable for young students and adults (families are welcome!), this workshop combines East and West music and arts practices including traditional and contemporary Gamelan, as well as wayang shadow puppet such as how to manipulate puppets, explanation of their characters, gestures, and dialogue for both orally and “kinesthetically” responses.

Wayang workshop at Moberley Community Centre Vancouver, Canada

Sutrisno on far right, is shown explaining musicians at one of the previous workshops for gamelan and wayang held at Moberly Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC. Canada.

Post-Doctoral Plans and Projects

Dr. Sutrisno Hartana has been living in Vancouver, Canada for 20 years while maintaining his career through teaching part time at universities (the University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University, among others) and performing. See examples on this website by clicking here.

He is searching for a full time teaching position either at a university or college of arts while also looking for publishers/sponsors/collaborators who are interested in publishing his writing or presenting his works.

Sutrisno offers a performance/workshop for gamelan and/or wayang, for families, schools, and communities in Canada and elsewhere. He also provides an online tutorial based on his knowledge and expertise described above. To find out more about Sutrisno’s work please enjoy these video documents of performances that he is involved in as a composer, instructor, artistic director, puppeteer (dalang) and performer.

Read More About Dr. Sutrisno Hartana’s Dissertation “Origins, Journeys, Encounters: A Cultural Analysis of Wayang Performances in North America”.