Gamelan Tunas Mekar in a free concert:
Music and Dance of Bali - Sunday, May 26, 2002, 3:00 PM

Enjoy Gamelan Tunas Mekar performing the exotic music and
dance of Bali, Indonesia during the Memorial Day weekend,
Sunday, May 26th, 3:00 PM. The community orchestra will be
heard in a beautiful outdoor setting at Whatley Chapel's Lindsey
Amphitheater at 1800 Oneida on the University of Denver's Park
Hill Campus as part of the Friends of Whatley Chapel's "Bells
and Whistles" campaign.

Hear the rich sounds of the large semaradana orchestra played
by the 21-member ensemble, and see three exciting Balinese
dances, Kebyar Trompong, Jaran Teji, and Puspan Jali,
featuring Balinese artists I Made Lasmawan, Ni Ketut Marni, Ni
Nyoman Erawati and I Putu Tangkas Adi Mayena.

Tunas Mekar is pleased to announce a world-premier
composition by master drummer and composer, Pak
Lasmawan, Artist-in-Residence with Gamelan Tunas Mekar,
who also teaches gamelan at Colorado College, the University
of Wyoming in Laramie, Naropa University and the University of
Colorado at Boulder. He taught Balinese music at the
Indonesian College of the Arts (STSI) in Surakarta (Solo), Central
Java, from 1983 until 1990, when he was invited to San Diego
State University to teach Javanese and Balinese music. He was
lured to Colorado in 1993, where he has remained as an
inspiration to the world music scene in the Rocky Mountain
region. When in Bali, Pak Lasmawan continues to play a lead
role in the development of his home village's musical
orchestras, which include a men's gamelan angklung and a
children's orchestra.

For more information about this concert call 303-433-3782.
Donations requested at the door. Your tax-deductible
contribution supports this and future concerts.