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WCU to present gamelan recital
Western Carolina University’s most unusual musical group, the Low Tech Ensemble, will perform a concert of “gamelan” music on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m.
The performance will take place in the recital hall of the Coulter Building. It is free and open to the public.
A gamelan is an orchestra of tuned percussion instruments that consists mainly of gongs, zithers and xylophones. The instruments that make up a gamelan originated in Indonesia and coastal Southeast Asia.
This concert will feature two different gamelans, a Balinese gamelan angklung, and a Javanese gamelan in slendro tuning.
The Low Tech ensemble will be accompanied by a group of student’s in Sally Ross’ international baccalaureate class from Hickory High School.
The program will bring to a close a three-day tour for the ensemble, which includes performances for the North Carolina Music Educators service conference in Winston-Salem, at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and at several public schools in the Gaston area.
For more information, contact Will Peebles, WCU professor of music and leader of the Low Tech Ensemble, at (828) 227-3258 or via e-mail at wpeebles@wcu.edu.
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Last Modified: Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007
The performance will take place in the recital hall of the Coulter Building. It is free and open to the public.
A gamelan is an orchestra of tuned percussion instruments that consists mainly of gongs, zithers and xylophones. The instruments that make up a gamelan originated in Indonesia and coastal Southeast Asia.
This concert will feature two different gamelans, a Balinese gamelan angklung, and a Javanese gamelan in slendro tuning.
The Low Tech ensemble will be accompanied by a group of student’s in Sally Ross’ international baccalaureate class from Hickory High School.
The program will bring to a close a three-day tour for the ensemble, which includes performances for the North Carolina Music Educators service conference in Winston-Salem, at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and at several public schools in the Gaston area.
For more information, contact Will Peebles, WCU professor of music and leader of the Low Tech Ensemble, at (828) 227-3258 or via e-mail at wpeebles@wcu.edu.
Maintained by the Office of Public Relations
Last Modified: Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007