Concert Dec. 1 Gamelan Gita Sari Under the Direction of I Wayan Dibia
Thursday, November 30th, 2006 by ablteamWORCESTER, Mass. The Holy Cross departments of theatre and music presents their famed Balinese gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Gita Sari, under the directorship of visiting fellow in Balinese performing arts, I Wayan Dibia, in concert on Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. in the Brooks Concert Hall. These semi-annual concerts, free and open to the public, are routinely standing room only and provide for a thrilling evening of Balinese music and dance. This performance will include several short pieces and a longer piece, Sunda Upasunda, a dramatic tale of two brothers whose love for the same mysterious woman leads to their destruction.
Gamelan Gita Sari was founded in 1999. Gita Sari translates as the essence of song. The company is composed entirely of students and faculty from the College. The group performs on its Gong Kebyar gamelan, built for Holy Cross in 1998 by master Balinese craftsman Pande Made Sukerta. Following a blessing ceremony in Mengwitani, the gamelan was shipped to Massachusetts, where a second ceremony was conducted in July 1999. This coincided with Holy Cross being awarded a Henry Luce Foundation Grant to fund a Balinese scholar-artist-in-residence for four years.
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