Mills College Gamelan Ensemble Concert

Presented by Mills College Music Department and the Center for Contemporary Music

** FREE ADMISSION **

Please join the Mills Gamelan and Gamelan Encinal for an evening of music performed on a unique aluminum gamelan using a tuning developed by Lou Harrison, and built by Daniel Schmidt with Mills students.

The Mills Gamelan will be playing a mix of traditional central Javanese pieces, and new student created works.

Gamelan Encinal will be performing new works, including:

“Waimanalo to Wonogiri – for Javanese Gamelan and Steel Guitar” – by Stephen Parris

“Gendhing Alamosa” – by Maria Siino

Gamelan Encinal is an American aluminum gamelan ensemble founded by Stephen Parris in 2015. Their focus is on the performance of new works and past works for just tuned gamelan

Gamelan is a word used to refer to particular types of percussion orchestras with roots in Indonesia. Encinal is the Spanish word for oak grove, and is what our home town of Oakland was formerly named. The instruments we use also feature oak frames.

Music from Mills Classes | Fall 2019 Series

All Music from Mills Classes events are free and open to the public. Most, but not all, events are held in the Littlefield Concert Hall in our Music Building unless otherwise noted on the event listing. You can learn more about the music programs and courses involved in the series by going to the Music Department Undergraduate and Graduate pages located on the Mills College website. For questions about the class concert series or accessibility, please contact the Mills College Music Department by emailing music@mills.edu.

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