As a member of 佳美兰, you will be immersed in a variety of activities designed to develop technical skills, 乐感, 知识, and performance practices. A comprehensive program of gamelan instruction is designed to meet your individual needs and broaden your musical horizons.
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什么是佳美兰?
佳美兰 is an Indonesian orchestra of tuned percussion — including bronze gongs, 组合形式, and drums — and sometimes 雷贝琴 (bowed string instrument) and 苏玲 (long bamboo flute). Students at 西雅图 Pacific University have an opportunity to play gamelan on instruments given to the 西雅图 Surabaya Sister City Association by the governor of Java in 1995, instruments that are housed at 西雅图 Pacific University, with Music Professor 雷蒙娜福尔摩斯 as curator.
Javanese gamelan music is a complex polyphonic genre with intricate interweaving patterns. One unusual characteristic of gamelan music you will discover is that you work in communal unity, not as an individual musician. Though as a gamelan musician you will specialize in one instrument, you will likely play most or all of the others. You will experience the sharing of musical roles — with gamelan there are no star musicians, because all roles are interdependent. You do not need prior experience in order to be part of 佳美兰. The scale system and form are quite different from Western European music, and you will be learning the music communally.
会员
会员 in 佳美兰 does not require an audition. You are invited to play in 佳美兰 — whether you are a Music major, a Music minor, or a nonmajor. 登记 takes place at the beginning of Winter Quarter and meets both winter and spring. You may take the course an unlimited number of times.