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Cheltenham festival

An Evening of Javanese Music and Dance featuring performers from ISI Surakarta Indonesia Cheltenham Community Gamelan Players and the Oxford Gamelan Society Monday 8th July, 6pm, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham Performers Prasadiyanto – musical director Sri Suparsih – musician and … Continue reading

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Southbank gamelanathon

OGS performed in London on Saturday 6th July 2013, as part of a gamelanathon celebrating 25 years of gamelan at the Southbank. We played on the Riverside Terrace in bright sunshine, on one of the hottest days of the year, … Continue reading

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Wayang Lokananta – York Gathering of the Gamelans

On April 28th Oxford Gamelan Society, augmented by players from Cheltenham and London, performed as part of an all-night wayang performance in York, directed by dhalang Matthew Isaac Cohen.

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Punting

Chris managed to borrow some punts from Hilda’s and Jude chipped in with her canoe, so the group got together and went up the Cherwell, where we picnicked on a meadow just below the weir.

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OGS goes North

As part of a Gathering of Northern Gamelans festival, OGS went up to Durham and Gateshead for a weekend. Some of us made their own way there or back, but the larger part of the group travelled in a rented … Continue reading

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