Gamelan Merdu Kumala
Now classes are offered on Sundays and Tuesdays. Please contact for our address and time. No prior experience required to participate.
Gamelan Merdu Kumala is an American gamelan, a community, and a grassroots organization based in Tujunga California. Founded in 2014 by the artistic director, Hirotaka Inuzuka, this independent ensemble provides classes, workshops, and performances in order to bring musical fulfillment to individuals and transfigure that energy outward to communities to create a greater shared experience and unity
08/17/2024
This September, experience a new bridge between Japan and Indonesia’s rich musical traditions…
L.A.-based TAIKOPROJECT, the first American group to win the prestigious Tokyo International Taiko Contest, is partnering up with Gamelan Merdu Kumala for two performances at Sierra Madre Playhouse! Best of all tickets are just $12-35. Get yours now!
Music @ The Playhouse: TAIKOPROJECT + Gamelan Merdu Kumala
Saturday Sept 21 @ 4PM & 7:30PM
Tickets at sierramadreplayhouse.org/music
TaikoProject Gamelan Merdu Kumala
05/20/2024
Several seats left for this Sunday’s Annual Showcase, a popular concert series at our home base “Blue Dragon.”
Reserve your seats by email to [email protected]
05/18/2024
Family friendly event tomorrow at Linda Vista Branch. Come join us at 4pm for a performance and a workshop!
03/19/2024
Workshop with
02/27/2024
GMK will return to Claremont this weekend performing at Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College. We have prepared a variety of unique pieces including gambuh, vocal gamelan piece “On The Way”, and a dance “Sepuk Ngenget” featuring our guru
Free admission, No tickets.
Saturday, March 2
8pm
Bridges Hall of Music
150 E. 4th St Claremont CA 91711
10/15/2023
10/14/2023
Our gamelan mom helping with the merch
06/09/2023
Here is a TV coverage on the McGroarty Arts Center performance.
McGroarty Cultural Arts Center Music Event In celebration of AAPI month, the Sunland Tujunga Library along with the McGroarty Arts Cultural Center hosted a musical performance by Gamelan Merdu Kumala....
04/06/2023
GMK will be joining Oh My Gong!, a one-day gamelan festival at SDSU on April 16. This festival celebrates Indonesian music and performing arts, exploring the connection between these artistic practices, gender, and religion.
Lineups are the Canyon Crest Academy High School Javanese gamelan, Kembang Sunda - West Javanese gamelan degung, the San Diego State University Javanese gamelan ensemble, and us, closing the show with our new set of gong kebyar⚡️
Sunday, April 16th, 2023. 2:00-5:00pm
Smith Recital Hall, San Diego State University
FREE / ALL AGES
04/02/2023
Today GMK switched our instruments to the new gong kebyar that we acquired last October. Not all the instruments fit in our Tujunga studio but we are ready for the next phase of Gamelan Merdu Kumala! Warm thanks to our old set for the last 8 years of service🥲 Stay tuned for more performances with the new GMK sound!
02/03/2023
On Sunday, February 19, GMK is joining the performance of “Hecuba,” a dance opera created by Will Salmon. We are thrilled and honored to be able to accompany our own teachers in this performance: Nanik Wenten featured as Hecuba and as Polymestor.
The music will be performed on a mixed set of instruments from GMK gong kebyar set and the Open Gate Ensemble. GMK will also play a short opening musical set before the opera.
February 19th, Sunday 7:00
Neighborhood Unitarian Church
301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena.
Tickets; $15, ($10 students, seniors, and series performers)
For reservations go to :
https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTc0MDQy
01/30/2023
Happy Birthday King of GMK! 🎂👑
01/01/2023
Happy New Year! GMK has a series of exciting performances lined up for 2023 including an accompaniment of “Hecuba,” a dance opera by Open Gate Theatre, another showing of “The Adventures of Prince Achmed,” and an inauguration concert for our new gamelan gong kebyar. Stay tuned and we wish you an exciting year ahead!
12/18/2022
Recording today
12/12/2022
Might Steve and his jegog
10/16/2022
Trying out the new gamelan
10/11/2022
Come to this Friday and enjoy a free evening of art, music, and entertainment! GMK will open the event at starting at 6pm.
We are stoked to have our good friend and teacher from Bali joining us for this performance, and we will also premier a new vocal piece, Gamut “On The away” by Bli . See you there!
Free admission.
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
100 North Hill Avenue
Pasadena, California 91106
05/28/2022
“Sepuk Ngenget” and “Perong Condong” performed by at Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival in Denver, Colorado on April 23. Amazing photos by Miranda Fan.
Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival was a truly inspiring gathering of artists and scholars who shared their passion for Balinese arts.
GMK members were honored and inspired to be part of the festival. For us, it was particularly nice to feel the sense of comradery among performers and the connection to a much larger gamelan community.
I wish this festival were easy to put together: we would be joining every time! So many thanks and much respect to and who organized this incredible gathering and hosted so many groups from the region.
More clips and photos to follow, but for now enjoy our opening song Langsing Tuban.
Video by
04/14/2022
One week left until Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival! It will be an amazing weekend full of live music and dance, symposium, workshops, and catching up with friends!
GMK will perform a set of traditional and contemporary works for from 1:15-2:15pm on Saturday, including dances by and
Come to MSU Denver and hang out for the weekend with us! You can still register for the event.
https://www.msudenver.edu/music/events/rmbgf/
Still a few more tickets left for our second performance of THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED this Saturday, March 12 at 9:30pm. You don’t want to miss it!
For Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/35mm-adventures-prince-achmed-with-live-gamelan-score-the-smc-theater-tickets-257345917567?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
02/24/2022
Registration is live for the Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival - an epic weekend of Balinese gamelan!
https://www.msudenver.edu/music/events/rmbgf
Join us in downtown Denver, CO for a gamelan shredfest, featuring: an opening reception with Balinese experimental duo ghOstMiSt (Dewa Ayu Eka Putri& Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena); evening performances from Gamelan Tunas Mekar and Krama Bali USA (leading Balinese artists from across the USA); concerts with Gamelan Merdu Kumala, Gamelan Angklung Manik Kusuma at MSU Denver, Gamelan Tunjung Sari (Colorado College Music Department), Gamelan Candra Wyoga, Gamelan Raga Garnita, and Gamelan Manik Harum; a new composition and discussion with composer Sraya MurtiKanti; a symposium - “Moving Mountains: Sustainability and the Arts in Bali” - featuring keynotes from David D. Harnish and Made Lasmawan; a series of workshops; a closing mass kecak workshop open to the public; and artwork from political cartoonist Gus Dark!
Very excited to announce GMK will be live scoring for the silent film “The Adventures of Prince Achmed”(1926, Dir Lotte Reigniger)!
Following the performance at Union Station with Metro Art LA in 2019, this will be our second time scoring for this animated shadow-puppet film.
In collaboration with , we’ll be screening it on an ultra rare 35mm hand tinted Italian print at the historic Million Dollar Theatre. So don’t miss it!
Tickets are on sale now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/35mm-adventures-prince-achmed-with-live-gamelan-score-the-million-dollar-tickets-257345917567?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Saturday, March 12th @ 7:30 PM
$12.50
Million Dollar Theatre
307 S Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90013
02/05/2022
Thank you for the opportunity to share our music with your students. During the workshop 11th graders learned to play a simple piece and afterwards GMK performed for all the students under the oak tree.
12/18/2021
GMK started 2021 with weekly zoom sessions and mini in person rehearsals, which in culmination led to many performances this fall. We pulled off a big program at our Halloween concert, premiering a new pegambuhan “Sepuk Ngenget” with Pak Wenten, putting together “Perong Condong”with Anna Inuzuka and an epic electronics collaboration with Gong Gaada.
GMK turned 7 this month and we are expecting another productive year in 2022. We are a community ensemble from Tujunga and open to new members. Rehearsals/classes are on Sunday 1:30pm and Tuesday at 7:00pm.
09/27/2021
It felt really nice to play for an audience again. Today at Beachwood Cafe in Hollywood, we premiered three new songs we had been working on and there will be more for our house show on Oct 30!
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