June 27-July 15,
2002
Dr. Robert E. Brown
Director
World Music
Workshop in Bali with
optional four-day cultural tour to Central Java
Departing from Los Angeles on June 27, the program takes place
from June 29 to July 14 at Flower
Mountain in Bali, with an optional extension in Central Java
from July 15-18. On July 13 and 14, participants will take part
in the Payangan Festival, near Flower Mountain.
Cost for the program will be $1,995 (Bali
only), with an additional $395 for the Java tour
Departures from San Francisco, New York, Chicago or Dallas can
be arranged for an additional fee.
Price includes
international air travel
room and board at Flower Mountain Center in Payangan
tuition for music, dance, and language lessons
group tour to Batur crater and temple, and optional tour to
Tenganan village
room, breakfast, travel, and entrance fees in Java (with Java
extension)
Study Program in Bali
Indonesian language
Javanese gamelan slendro, all instruments (teacher from Java)
Javanese male and female singing
instruction in Sundanese gamelan and kecapi/suling (teacher
from Bandung)
professional instruction in a choice of several kinds of Balinese
music: kecak, gong kebyar, angklung, gender wayang, gambang, selunding,
and rindik
Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese and African dance, male and female
discussions and talks on Balinese culture
attendance at selected evening performances in Ubud village
Optional Program in Java
tours to Borobudur, Prambanan and other ancient temple sites
with a leading guide
visits with K. P. H. Notoprojo (Pak Tjokro), considered Java's
greatest living musician and a national treasure, now in his nineties
a tour of the Kraton Yogyakarta
an inside tour of the Mangkunegaran Palace in Solo, followed
by (if sufficient enrollment) an elegant private dinner hosted
by a member of the royal family, with special court gamelan and
dance performance
dinner in a private home in Wonogiri village, followed by a
shadow play
Special arrangements for private study can be made for those who
might wish to extend their study of gamelan, dance, or wayang in
Central Java, for a period of up to five weeks..
