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Gamelan Galak Tika with Wu Man
Kresge Auditorium, MIT
48 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
May 14, 2004
Tickets are available at the door.
Evan Ziporyn

Steve McQueen

Artists for Humanity

Paul Vincent Davis










Art Close Up profiles the composer and clarinetist Evan Ziporyn, whose music, whether for solo clarinet, percussion ensemble, or full orchestra, is deeply influenced by his interest in Balinese gamelan. The word gamelan means "to hammer," and also refers to the large percussion orchestras of Java and Bali in which the primary instruments are gongs, metallophones, and cymbals. Ziporyn offers a comparison of Western and Eastern musical traditions through an intimate solo performance on clarinet and a rehearsal with his gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Galak Tika. For more information on gamelan music from Art Close Up's interview with Evan Ziporyn, visit the April 2004 feature. For more information on Gamelan Galak Tika, visit www.galaktika.org. Ziporyn's orchestral composition "War Chant" is also being performed by Boston Modern Orchestra Project on May 21, 2004 (call 617-363-0396 or visit www.bmop.org), and his original music is performed in the American Repertory Theatre's "Oedipus Rex" May 15 - June 12, 2004 (call 617-547-8300 or visit www.amrep.org). This story is produced and directed by Marty Ostrow.