Here is a peak at our genuine Balinese Jegog Gamelan. Bapak Suwentra (Gede's father) choose the color red for the base. The color of life, fire, and spiciness (extra pedas)! We are in awe of its beauty and excited to know that our dream will soon become a reality. Bellow is a poem that has been circulating on Facebook that is both inspirational and poignant:
Why Music?
I. Music is a science
II. Music is mathematical
III. Music is a foreign language
IV. Music is history
V. Music is physical education
VI. Music develops insight and demands research
VII. Music is all these things, but most of all music is art
That is why we teach music:
Not because we expect you to major in music
Not because we expect you to play or sing all your life...
But so you will be human
So you will recognize beauty
So you will be closer to an infinite beyond this world
So you will have something to cling to
So you will have more love, more compassion, more gentleness, more good
-in short, more life!
Cheers to a New Year Everyone! Cheers to 2014!
Cheers to music! Cheers to life!
