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In their first concert of 2026\, Gamelan Gita Asmara presents the music of early 20t h century Balinese composer Wayan Lotring alongside recent music by directo r and UBC DMA student Putu Swaryandana Ichi Oka (aka Ryan) . The concert op ens with Garum\, in a traditional style. The melodicism and rhapsodic surpr ises of Lotring’s 1920s morsel Gambangan pairs exceptionally well with Swar yandana’s Gambangan 2.0\, which recomposes Lotring’s piece for the 21st cen tury with quintuple rhythms and modal twists. Longitude II combines the reo ng gong-row instrument with a pair of saxophones\, melding them through inn ovative Balinese approaches to rhythm. Sate Lilit’s multi-metric riffs\, su dden modulations\, and irregular grooves embody a contemporary spirit\, but without leaving behind the tunefulness of canonical styles.
Founded in 2001\, Gamelan Gita Asmara is Vancouver's premiere Balinese Gamelan ense mble. A community group based at UBC\, GGA has concertized yearly throughou t the BC lower mainland area and the Gulf Islands. In 2013\, they performed across Bali\, Indonesia bringing innovative musical offerings forged throu gh long-term collaboration with Balinese artists back to their source. GGA’ s former teachers include prominent Balinese composers Dewa Alit\, Wayan Su dirana\, and I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot).
Musicians: Jack Adams\, B ruce Baghemil\, Wendy Chen\, Dave Dagta\, Leonard Gao\, Meris Goodman\, Jan am Jaswani\, Nirmal Kaur\, Colin MacDonald\, Oscar Murakami-Smith\, Risa Mu rakami-Smith\, Sylvain Paradis\, I Putu Swaryandana Ichi Oka\, Paul Patko\, Eshantha Peiris\, Shruti Ramani\, Bero Saker\, John Marvin Scott\, Michael Tenzer\, Luke Vincent. Special guest musician: I Wayan Sudirana (UBC PhD 2 013).
Gamelan Gita Asmara is grateful to the Vancouver Foundation for financial support this year\, to the Dean of Arts Andrew Fellowship and th e Dean of Arts offices for previous support\, and to the UBC School of Musi c every year.
Gamelan is the traditional music of Bali and Indone sia.
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