#5173, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Gamelan Yowana Sari
Gamelan Yowana Sari is a Balinese art ensemble in residence at the Aaron Copland School of Music at CUNY Queens College made up of students, alumni, faculty, and community patrons – all guided by GYS founder Michael Lipsey and co-directors Fred Trumpy and Ruka Shironishi. This contemporary group of percussionist ringers (ahem) are “fostering the creation of new works for gamelan”, and are “deeply committed to the transmission of Balinese culture through traditional music” (Bandcamp). GYS recently traveled to Bali to record some of these new works - some for gamelan and electric guitars- for their self-titled debut album, (which is out now on Cantaloupe Music.) Recently, they traveled from Queens and elsewhere with their heavy metal arsenal of traditional metallophones and gongs; 7- and 8- string guitars; and a hi-hat turtle to play (and count in cycles of fives and sevens) in the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. Bonus - there's also a tour of the instruments! (- Caryn Havlik)
Gamelan Yowana Sari is a Balinese art ensemble in residence at the Aaron Copland School of Music at CUNY Queens College made up of students, alumni, faculty, and community patrons – all guided by GYS founder Michael Lipsey and co-directors Fred Trumpy and Ruka Shironishi. This contemporary group of percussionist ringers (ahem) are “fostering the creation of new works for gamelan”, and are “deeply committed to the transmission of Balinese culture through traditional music” (Bandcamp). GYS recently traveled to Bali to record some of these new works - some for gamelan and electric guitars- for their self-titled debut album, (which is out now on Cantaloupe Music.) Recently, they traveled from Queens and elsewhere with their heavy metal arsenal of traditional metallophones and gongs; 7- and 8- string guitars; and a hi-hat turtle to play (and count in cycles of fives and sevens) in the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. Bonus - there's also a tour of the instruments! (- Caryn Havlik)
Program #5173, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Gamelan Yowana Sari (First aired 8/19/26)
ARTIST: Gamelan Gong Kebyar
WORK: Sasono Mulyo [:48]
RECORDING: Live at Womad 1982
SOURCE: Real World Records
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, Amazon, YouTube, Spotify
ARTIST: Gamelan Yowani Sari
WORK: Michael Gordon: Sea Salt [1:07]
RECORDING: Gamelan Yowani Sari
SOURCE: Cantaloupe Music
INFO: https://gamelanyowanasari.bandcamp.com/album/gamelan-yowana-sari
ARTIST: Gamelan Yowani Sari
WORK: Kyle Miller: Stones are the Flowers [6:35]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, in The Greene Space, Spring 2026
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The self-titled album is available at Bandcamp: https://gamelanyowanasari.bandcamp.com/album/gamelan-yowana-sari
ARTIST: Gamelan Yowani Sari
WORK: Kyle Miller: Stones are the Flowers [6:35]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, in The Greene Space, Spring 2026
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The self-titled album is available at Bandcamp: https://gamelanyowanasari.bandcamp.com/album/gamelan-yowana-sari
ARTIST: Gamelan Galak Tika
WORK: Evan Ziporyn: Tire Fire [8:27]
RECORDING: Evan Ziporyn: Gamelan Galak Tika
SOURCE: TNew World Records
INFO: https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gamelan-galak-tika
ARTIST: Gamelan Yowani Sari
WORK: Théo Mérigeau: Guirlandes, mvmt 1 [10:17]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, in The Greene Space, Spring 2026
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: Watch the performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WG6wyvpxhc
ARTIST: Gamelan Yowani Sari
WORK: Evan Ziporyn: aERIFORm kiTE [13:48]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, in The Greene Space, Spring 2026
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The self-titled album is available at Bandcamp: https://gamelanyowanasari.bandcamp.com/album/gamelan-yowana-sari
ARTIST: Gamelan Yowani Sari
WORK: Vivian Fung: Kreasi Mekanik Mainan [1:46]
RECORDING: Gamelan Yowani Sari
SOURCE: Cantaloupe Music
INFO: https://gamelanyowanasari.bandcamp.com/album/gamelan-yowana-sari
Gamelan Yowana Sari demonstrates the array of instruments
