Gamelan Naga Mas is proud to offer two workshops for the Music Trains 2008 project at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness at the end of May 2008. Registration is mandatory by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Gamelanability

Gamelan music workshop for adults with additional support needs and their support workers.

The Javanese Gamelan is a collection of ornate tuned percussion ranging from deep resonant gongs to the tinkling tones of the Peking (type of small metallophone). The instruments are accessible, multisensory and motivational in encouraging listening and playing together in as a group.

Katherine Waumsley and Margaret Smith of Gamelan Naga Mas invite you and your support workers to listen, explore and play the Javanese Gamelan. Learn about the traditions of Indonesia and create your own music.

Friday, 30 May 2008, 1.30pm
Max 10 participants + carers
1 hour workshop 

Indonesian Gamelan & Classical Piping

Gamelan workshop for arts practitioners, teachers and support workers. 

Through chant and tuned percussion, experience the beauty of two of the planet's richest music traditions. Both Highland pibroch and Gamelan have a system of chanting that imitates the instruments, making complex music accessible and fun.

The workshop presents material ideally suited to community groups and school classes. Led by Barnaby Brown (canntaireachd), J Simon van der Walt and Margaret Smith (Gamelan Naga Mas).

Workshop will involve

• Introduction to the instruments Javanese Gamelan
• Learning a lancaran (a type of traditional Javanese gamelan music)
• Kecak (interlocking Balinese chant often known as the "monkey chant")
• Canntaireachd (Gaelic chanting for ceòl mòr)
• Pibroch and lancaran structures as a creative principle in community music-making
  

Saturday, 31 May 2008, 10.00am
Max 20 participants
2 hour 30 mins workshop