EVENT DATE: 9/27/2025 3:00 pm to 5:000 pm
GAMELAN SULUKALA TO PERFORM IN PLAINFIELD
In a rare concert performance, your local Javanese orchestra Gamelan Sulukala will appear at
Plainfield Opera House Saturday, September 27 at 3:00. Birthed in the late 1960’s by Dennis
Murphy as a village gamelan made of hand-crafted instruments, and nurtured through the 2000s
by Steven and Kathy Light with a set of court-style cast-bronze instruments, this orchestra has
survived through multiple permutations, personnel changes and migrations to once again offer a
program of traditional and contemporary pieces, including compositions by current and former
members of the group.
Javanese Gamelan is an orchestra of about 30 instruments ranging from huge gongs to tiny
flutes with lots of xylophone and kettle type instruments in between, plus drumming. Currently it
is being played by a community group of 12 members who range in age from their 20's to their
70's with every decade in-between represented.
If you've never heard a Javanese gamelan, you are in for a rare and exquisite treat! If you have,
you know this concert is not to be missed!
Admission by donation at the door - $20 per adult suggested.
Click here to see and hear the gamelan in action! (
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For more information contact
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https://sites.google.com/site/gamelansulukala/) where you can also find audio and video
recordings of the gamelan.
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