Gamelan Naga Mas

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

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Education projects in 2007

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ONGOING CLASS
6 Nov - 11 Dec 2007

A gamelan class for those who have completed a beginners gamelan class and would like to continue to learn under Signy Jakobsdottir's tutelage for a 6 week block.

GOOD VIBRATIONS 2007
Autumn 2007

Good Vibrations gamelan project at The State Hospital: Scotland's high security psychiatric hospital. Naga Mas members Margaret Smith and Katherine Waumsley took the gamelan to the state hospital for an intensive week long project for patients, as part of the Good Vibrations team. Good Vibrations was set up in 2003 by Cathy Eastburn for Firebird Trust, and has has worked in 16 prisons and secure hospitals across the UK. It is a remarkable weeklong project that helps prisoners develop key skills such as team-working, communication and concentration. 

EAST WEST PROJECT (EAST)
Autumn 2007

Jon Keliehor, Gamelan Naga Mas convenor, ran a music project which provided a series of gamelan sessions for Primary 6/7 pupils from the Room 13 Music Studio programme at the Sacred Heart Primary School in Bridgeton.  This project aimed to encourage pupils to explore music creativity and self expression around the Gamelan. 

THE GAMELAN TREE
10 March 2007

A gentle introduction to traditional gamelan music for families, starting from the roots to the fluttering leaves lead by Margaret Smith and J Simon van der Walt.