Get ready for the BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!
Come join us for a fantastic explosion of the
Giant Bamboo Gamelan in San Francisco's Union Square.
Friday, August 19, 2016
Saturday, April 23, 2016
International Day Performance 4/23
Join us for a Balinese Music & Dance Performance
@ NPS Today!
When: Saturday 4/23
Time: 12:00pm
Location: 1 University Circle, Monterey, CA 93943
Website: Click Here
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Happy Fall GAN fans!
It was a busy Summer & will be an exciting Fall season for us as well.
We were fortunate to make a visit home to Bali last May-June to reconnect with family and friends. Pictured bellow you can see "Papa Oka" teaching "Gede Tristan" how to play the Jegog at our home, Yayasan Suar Agung in Negara, Jembrana, Bali. We hope you all will visit one day!
Pekak Jegog (the Grandfather of Jegog), or Bapak as we call him... is doing very well. He still has is spunky spirit, is performing often in Japan and Bali, and spending plenty of time with fellow artists and friends as seen in the picture bellow.
It's always hard to say goodbye, but our family is always so loving & supportive.
Upon our return we teamed up with Lawrence Manzo, who has graciously helped us move our Gamelan Jegog into his barn up in Felton. When rehearsals get started, we will let you know!
This last month, Gede Oka lead performances with Gamelan Anak Swarasanti at Indonesian Day in SF and at the beautiful Land of the Medicine Buddha in Soquel.
Beginning next week, Gede Oka will officially start his first Quarter as a Master of Theater Arts student at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Congrats Oka!!!! We are full of gratitude for all of the support, patience, and love we have received from all of you...our friends...our family.
Terima Kasih
We wish you all happiness & coziness this Fall
and look forward to sharing more adventures with you all soon.
Don't hesitate to drop us a line.
Keep Playing. Keep Dancing. Keep Dreaming.
Love & Light,
Gamelan Artha Negara
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Balinese Temple: Friday 4/17
Dear GAN Fans,
Would you be interested in helping us move our Balinese temple from our storage facility (Downtown Santa Cruz) to our backyard (Seabright Area, Santa Cruz) next Friday, April 17th? There are 12 pieces total weighing in at about 1,000 lbs. If so, you will be gifted with FREE food, lots of gratitude, and good Karma!
If interested, please email gamelanarthanegara@gmail.com
Terima Kasih Banyak,
Gede Oka & Sarah
Would you be interested in helping us move our Balinese temple from our storage facility (Downtown Santa Cruz) to our backyard (Seabright Area, Santa Cruz) next Friday, April 17th? There are 12 pieces total weighing in at about 1,000 lbs. If so, you will be gifted with FREE food, lots of gratitude, and good Karma!
If interested, please email gamelanarthanegara@gmail.com
Terima Kasih Banyak,
Gede Oka & Sarah
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Happy New Year!
SELAMAT ULANG TAHUN!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
***********FEBRUARY 8th is the ETA of our GAMELAN JEGOG***********
****It's going to be a SUPER BAGUS YEAR oh ya get ready to rock****
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
***********FEBRUARY 8th is the ETA of our GAMELAN JEGOG***********
****It's going to be a SUPER BAGUS YEAR oh ya get ready to rock****
With Love,
Gamelan Artha Negara
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Love, Happiness, & Music For All
~ The Artha Negara Family~
Shipping Update: As of today, our Gamelan Jegog is packed into its 20" container. We are just waiting to hear back from our customs agent for some final details regarding paperwork. Once we have our departure and arrival dates, we will let you all know!
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Go-Go-Gamelan Update!
Greetings GAN fans!
We wanted to leave you a post to let you know where things are at.
#1) We did not meet our financial goal in our last campaign to raise enough funds for shipping...
However, we have found some friends who need to ship some items from Jakarta, Indonesia to Santa Cruz as well. They have suggested that we ship our items together and in doing so, they will help us with the additional shipping costs. What a blessing & great timing!
#2) It should be ready for packing and shipping next month (October 2014) and takes about 6 weeks to sail across the seas to us. Once the items ship, we will post another update to let you know when our "baby" will be arriving!
Our Jegog set needs to be tuned one more time by Gede Oka's father, I Ketut Suwentra. I found out while speaking with Bapak Suwentra last Summer that as the bamboo dries it must be tuned 3-4x during the process to find the "sweetest sound."
We wanted to leave you a post to let you know where things are at.
#1) We did not meet our financial goal in our last campaign to raise enough funds for shipping...
However, we have found some friends who need to ship some items from Jakarta, Indonesia to Santa Cruz as well. They have suggested that we ship our items together and in doing so, they will help us with the additional shipping costs. What a blessing & great timing!
#2) It should be ready for packing and shipping next month (October 2014) and takes about 6 weeks to sail across the seas to us. Once the items ship, we will post another update to let you know when our "baby" will be arriving!
Our Jegog set needs to be tuned one more time by Gede Oka's father, I Ketut Suwentra. I found out while speaking with Bapak Suwentra last Summer that as the bamboo dries it must be tuned 3-4x during the process to find the "sweetest sound."
Sweet Sounds Coming Soon....
Thank you again to all of you who have contributed to and promoted our campaigns.
Our "GIANT Bamboo Sound" campaign raised enough funds for us to commission/purchase the instruments and our "Go-Go Gamelan" campaign helped us raise funds for shipping.
<3 Much Gratitude! <3
I Gede Oka Artha Negara, Artistic Director
Sarah K. Artha Negara, Business Manager
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