Gamelan Naga Mas

Glasgow based community group playing classical Javanese, Balinese music and modern compositions.

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Education projects from 1999 to 2003

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2003 – MARGARET SMITH PROJECT.  Margaret has run weekly sessions for the Glasgow City Council since 2001 with individuals and small groups. The sessions encourage communication, coordination and creativity. The gamelan is used as a medium through which small groups can record and perform their own music.

2003 EXTRACTION - In-service programmes by Luminous Music on World Percussion and Javanese Gamelan Instruments in Education for Glasgow City Council Education.

2002 – INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL CULTURES OF THE WORLD, a class taught at the RSAMD including lectures on Gamelan and practical workshops with students.

2002 - EXTRACTION - In-service programmes by Luminous Music on World Percussion and Javanese Gamelan Instruments in Education for Glasgow City Council Education.

2002 – SHADOW FUN workshop on shadow puppet making and storytelling for children, University of Glasgow.

2002 – JAVANESE SHADOW PUPPETS. A workshop on shadow puppets and
Indonesian performance, G12 University of Glasgow, for age 12 years+.

2002 – THE THREE-DAY GAMELAN AND WAYANG WORKSHOP for children, England led by Joko Susilo and Matthew Isaac Cohen.

2002-1999 – INSPIRATION FESTIVAL workshops by Luminous Music for Glasgow City Council, were created for schools with a variety of learning abilities:

    2002 – JOURNEY TO SHADOW WORLD, Tron Theatre
    2001 – STAR CONSTELLATION DANCES AND OTHER SKY STORIES, The Arches
    1999 – PUSHING UP THE SKY, St Mungos Museum

1999 – INTRODUCTION TO THE INDONESIAN GAMELAN ORCHESTRA (Strathclyde  Arts Centre), for six Glasgow primary schools, led by Luminous Music.