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Venerable Showers of Beauty Gamelan presents Old, New, East, West.
Lewis & Clark College's Venerable Showers of Beauty Gamelan will perform traditional pieces and contemporary works for western instruments and full choir on November 12, 2011 at Evans Auditorium at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. The ensemble, one of the Pacific Northwest's first and most enduring world music groups, will be joined by special guest artists Ki Midiyanto, female vocalist Peni Candra Rini from Java, guest musicians from Seattle's Gamelan Pacifica, Northwest New Music and Lewis & Clark's Community Chorale.
Master teacher and performer Ki Midiyanto, a faculty member at the University of California at Berkeley, and Peni Candra Rini, a renowned singer and composer from Central Java, will perform traditional music of Java with members of VSB, directed by Mindy Johnston, playing the 130-year-old handmade bronze instruments of the gamelan orchestra based at Lewis & Clark. Cellist Diane Chaplin and percussionist Florian Conzetti from Northwest New Music will join University of Oregon faculty violinist Fritz Gearhart and VSB for a performance of Portland-born composer Lou Harrison's 1982 Double Concerto for Cello, Violin and Gamelan, one of the most important works by one of the greatest American composers. Lewis and Clark's Community Chorale, directed by Katherine FitzGibbon, will join VSB musicians for the first American performance of Missa Gongso, a mass written for gamelan and full choir by English composer Neil Sorrell.
Calendar info:
What: Venerable Showers of Beauty: Old. New. East. West.
When: Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 8pm
Where: Evans Auditorium at Lewis & Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR 97219
Tickets/Info number: (503) 768-7460
Cost: $20 general admission available in advance at brownpapertickets.com or at the music office at Lewis and Clark, $15 students/seniors, LC students and faculty free with tickets in advance, or $10 day of show.
More info: Find us on Facebook at "Venerable Showers of Beauty Gamelan" or email us at vsbgamelan@gmail.com
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LocationEvans Auditorium at Lewis and Clark College (View)
0615 SW Palatine Hill Road
Portland, OR 97214
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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