Overture Gamalanathon

8-10 June 2007

To celebrate the grand re-opening of the Royal Festival Hall a ‘Gamelanathon’ was held during the Overture Festival, to mark the return of the gamelan to Southbank Centre and the re-launch of the gamelan programme.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/overture

The Pendhapa (Outdoor Pavilion)

To stage the event, Southbank Centre Learning & Participation Department commissioned a specially designed and constructed outdoor pavilion - based on the concept of the Javanese Pendhapa - from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design. Students enrolled on the MA Creative Practice for Narrative Environments course thoroughly researched the event brief and Southbank Centre site and then pitched their ideas for their finished pavilion.

The winning teams produced not only a spectacular pavilion, but also new storage crates for the Southbank Centre portable gamelan that could double as audience seats for the outdoor performances.

Central St. Martin's Credits:
Tricia Austin - Course Director, MA CPNE, Central St. Martin’s
Sarah Featherstone - Tutor, Featherstone Associates, Architects
Melissa Mongiat - Tutor, Milk and Tales, Interactive Environments
Tom Beaven - Consultant, Conisbee, Structural Engineers 

Designers: 
Karin Aue, Susanne Buck, Himanshu Desai, Simeon Featherstone, Valeria Hedman, Violeta Houbenova, Gilly Karjevsky, Jeffrey Koh, Kimmy Liu, Lucia Mannella, Hiroka Nakano, Gina Urazan Razzini, Alex Cristian Rodriguez, Anastasia Sledkova, Toshiko Terazono.

In addition to designing and constructing the pavilion, the St. Martin’s students participated in gamelan workshops, learning to play the instruments and eventually performing during the ‘gamelanathon’. Thanks to Rachel Harris, Julie Flavell, Michael Vale, Simon Wingfield, Hilary Cohen and Mick Shenton of Southbank Centre for overseeing the project design and production.

Many thanks also to Suraya and Suyono for tuning the gamelans in time for the Overture celebrations.

'Gamelanathon'

The ‘gamelanathon’ started on the evening of Friday 8th June with a performance on the Clore Ballroom by Southbank Gamelan Players (SBGP), Ensemble in Residence at Southbank Centre. They were directed by Rahayu Supanggah, Southbank Centre Artist in Residence supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, who arrived from Java for a month of rehearsals leading up to the Overture Festival. Performing with SBGP was dancer Ni Madé Pujawati in resplendent Javanese costume. Southbank Gamelan Players performed three different sets during the ‘Gamelanathon’ - one for each day of the weekend. After their inaugural performance, members of the wider gamelan community were invited to join SBGP and Supanggah for an unrehearsed klenengan (gamelan performance) which lasted until 1.30am on the Ballroom.

During the course of the weekend, fourteen gamelan moves were carried out by Southbank Centre Production Department and Production House crew, to stage performances on the Clore Ballroom, Level 5 Function Room and outdoor performances on the Riverside Pavilion.

SBGP were joined by 24 gamelan ensembles from across the UK for a range of performances including traditional Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese repertoire, new compositions for gamelan, dance, and experimental electronic and gamelan fusion.

The Participants

Southbank Gamelan Players

Rahayu Supanggah (Guest Artistic Director and Southbank Centre Associate Artist), Ni Madé Pujawati (Dancer), John Barber, Robert Campion, Isabelle Carré, Andy Channing, Sophie Clark, Nikhil Dally, Aris Daryono, Cathy Eastburn, Joe Field, Nikki Kemp, Penny King, Xerxes Mazda, Malcolm Milner, John Pawson, Jonathan Roberts, Pete Smith, Mike Steel, Suraya, John Whitfield, Esther Wilds.

All performances during the weekend sponsored by Southbank Gamelan Players: info@sbgp.org.uk

Southbank Centre would also like to express gratitude to His Excellency R.M. Marty Natalegawa and Pribadi Sutiono of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia for their support and assistance.

Laris Laras

Esther Wilds, Pete Smith, Jonathan Roberts, Nikhil Dally, Mike Steel, Suraya, Malcolm Milner, Aris Daryono, Cathy Eastburn, Sophie Clark

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Segara Madu (Gendèr Wayang)

Nick Gray, Sophie Covey-Crump, Rachel Wilcox

Bristol Community Gamelan

Jenny Heaton (Director), Petra Armitage-Smith, Helen Fielding, John Flack, Elaine Fraser, Dave Miles, Klaus McClean, Charlotte Pugh, Keith Ripley, Tim Saul.

Thanks to Cotham School for providing the gamelan we play in Bristol.

Cardiff Gamelan

Bryony Harris, Bette Griffiths, Don Jackson, Helen Woods, Anthony Akhurst, Jennifer Thornton, John Flack.

Thanks to Arts Active and St. David’s Hall, Cardiff.

Firebird Gamelan Ensemble

Nikki Kemp (Director), Dave Anderson, Maria Devine, John Evans, Anne F.E. Williams, Laurence Rugg, Tan Foster, Joel Foster, Carl Sullivan, Beth Light, Ruth O’Sullivan, Simon Steptoe.

Funding support from National Lottery Awards for All and The Firebird Trust.

Midhurst Intermediate School Year 8 Gamelan Group

Tori Beesley, Moyra Davey, Selsie Davey, Michaela Glue, George Gowar, George Hill, Danny Magill, Jake Marriner, Emily Mooney, James Nicholls, Holly Odle, Minnie Quinnell, Sam Sawkins, Ivan Shaw, Liam Sheppard, Lucy Stubbington, James Whitby, James Young.

Head of Music: Miss Juliet Robinson.
West Sussex Music Support Service staff: Miss Charlotte Hillier, Mr Graham Elliott.

Suluh Rasa

Aris Daryono (Director), Richard Pickvance, Rachel Hand, Larry Catungal, Daryati, Ian Anderson, Daniel, Andrew Segar, Nabinah Iqbal.

NEM

Malcolm Milner, Gill Bland, Nye Parry, Mel Green, Kate Marrs, Andy Channing, Karenza Allin-Garner.

Good Vibrations - Peterborough Prison

Group Facilitator: John Pawson

Since 2003, the Good Vibrations project has run gamelan projects across the UK, working in 11 prisons and 2 secure hospitals and with over 700 prisoners. The aim is to help prisoners develop crucial life skills like how to listen, communicate and work as a team, and also to enhance their confidence in their abilities to achieve something constructive and ppositive. Gamelan, being both very accessible and communal, has been found to be particularly effective at achieving this. Peterborough prison, run by Kalyx Limited, recently invested in its own set of gamelan instruments and is running a year-round programme for the inmates. This group brings together current and ex-inmates from Peterborough and is the first Good Vibrations group to perform in the community.

Thanks to: the Director and staff of Peterborough Prison, Kalyx Limited, Firebird trust, Arts Council England, Linbury Trust, Northmoor Trust, Tudor Trust, and most of all, to the men themselves for their hard work and achievements.

Kampung Reading Gamelan Group

Tim Byard-Jones (Director), Cokro Leksmono, Sulastri Lonergam, Meiti Kramaibrata, John Kimbell, Caroline Kimbell, Kit Kimbell, Letitia Lensun, Dimas Perkasa, Retini Dunleavy, Candra Leksmono.

Cambridge Gamelan Society

Robert Campion (Director), Nami Morris, Lindsay Dodsworth, Dave pooley, Harriet Truscott, Naomi Dobraszczyc, Antranig Bosman, Helen Loth, Catherine Gluckman, Bryan Cockrell, Nina Lubbren, Julian Harris, Andrew Fitt, Jo Skelker (Trumpet).

Gamelan Naga Mas (Glasgow)

Signy Jakobsdottir (Rehearsal Director), Nick Addington, Natalia Bahrin, Colin Broom, Hooi Ling Eng, Olivia Gray, Jon Keliehor, Dania Soebidiyo, Lisa Sheridan, Margaret Smith, J. Simon van der Walt, Katherine Waumsley, Marcus Wilson.

Lilacita (Balinese Anglung)

Andy Channing (Director), Kaori Allenson, Kerenza Allin-Garner, Kat Barker, Gill Bland, Margaret Coldiron, Sophie Covey-Crump, Debbie Fether, Justin Foster, Paula Friar, Mel Green, Val Gunn, Robert Hills, Jo Shaw, Kate Marrs, Xerxes Mazda, Jonathan McDowell, Jane Morley, Nye Parry, Liz Powers, Matt Rice, Liz Routhorn.

The Gong Gang (ACS Egham International School)

Simon Cook (Director), Amalia Mejia, Elizabeth Bulloch, Emily Festa, Greg Heeren, James Macauley, Jodie Van Mesdag, Sam Wilkinson.

Bloomsbury Community Gamelan Group

Pete Smith (Director), Cathy Eastburn, Rachel Hand, Nikki Kemp, Atikah Aini, Ian Anderson, Gaz Cloud, Charles Matthews, Miki Nakai, Sheila Cude, Richard Pickvance, Laurence Rugg, John Whitfield.

With thanks to the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Puloganti (Royal Holloway University of London)

Simon Cook (Director), Karen McCarthy, Katie Musselbrook, Matthew Cohen, Tom Hall, Ananay Aguilar, Harriet Power, Josselin Lartaud, Tanya Bell.

Sekar Enggal (Gamelan Degung)

Simon Cook (Director), Ekadamayanti (Dancer), Emma Rippon, Matthew Hasler, Rob Szymanek, Harriet Power, Matthew Cohen, Ihsan Daldin, Ari Gosh, Tom Hall, Ananay Aguilar.

Gamelan Alun Madu (Bournemouth)

David Ruffer (Director), Harry Amos, Chris Anderton, Denise Poote, Dily Ruffer, Ieuen Hillman Thomas, Lewis Watton, Nick Hillman, Ben Smith, Ed Hardyman, David Stewart, Ed Robinson, Sam Steele, Alex Steele, James Aitkenhead, Adam Produley.

Southwark Blue Note Saturday Music Centre

Tutors: Roshana Langdon (Head of Centre), Aris Daryono (Gamelan Tutor), Dave Powell, Will Rudge, Gareth Brady, Katrina Fountain, Jonathan Bratoef, Detta Danford, Katie Ash, Simon Clarke, Helen Karelis, Pablo Parrachino, Sarah Ash, Ilana Jacobs, Malcolm Milner, Mel Green.

Performers: Idriss Abbass, Olabimpe Abbass, Abigail Adedeji, David Adedeji, Dami Agboluaje, Ayooluwatoni Ajibulu, Kaidi Akinnibi, Pius Akinrolabu-Elegbede, Oyinda Alliu, Olatundun Aloboh-Bakare, Rochelle Anderson, Jonathon Ashman, Luke Ashman, Rebekah Ashman, Damilola Awosile, Fiyinfoluwa Balogun, Similoluwa Balogun, Claudia Barovbe, Daniel Barovbe, Emmanuel Bassey-Osakwe, Joseph Bassey-Osakwe, Sofia Bendjelloul, K’Shayne Best, Felicia Bhebhe, Akeoduye Bob-Manuel, Shaji Chiarelli, Muriel Courtney, Robyn Dale, Chantelle Donovan, Ikhide Edeki, Rianna Enahoro, Elizabeth Fagbodun, Nico Foster, Kitty Gotla, Riana Gregwah, Tolu Ifekoya, Victoria Igali, Amida Jalloh, Dallanda Jalloh, Jemimah Kabuye, Mikayah Kabuye, Blanche Kadjo, Brayan Kamaran, Sabrina Kharfi, Tomi King, Sonya Kuci, Chu-Li Lam, Katie Lee’Kearns, Hayden Leroux, Winnie Leung, Kane Lincoln, Danniella Lutalo, Elsa McIntyre, Yasmina McIntyre, Johan Mensah, Roselyn Mensah, Rosina Mensah, Steven Mensah, Natasha Milton-Hunter, Priscilla Min, Nathanael Mittee, Lola Moreton Griffiths, Ashley Mullins, Jessica Nguyen, Timothy Nguyen, Angelique N’Kasa, Georgieanne O’Donnell, Omolade Rachael Ojo-Abioye, Rachel Oladunjoye, Felicity Orji, Precious Orji, Theola Owusu-Boateng, Tonia Owusu-Boateng, Rosie Palmer, Barney Peel, Spike Peel, Vinh Phan, Hermenia Powers, Cheyenne Read-Davidson, Jessica Rowley, Perihan Sakinsel, Sengul Sakinsel, Lydia Salmon, Eliezer Santaren-Rosales, Jesse Scott, Malakie Sealy, Ibrahim Sillah, Keir Silvester, Leanne Stanislaus, Ben Stone, Freya Stone, Melita Thomas, Olufunmilayo Thompson, Oluwatomi Thompson, Renee Thompson, Keia Thorpe, Tiarnee Thorpe, Kevin Tobon Lopez, Tony Tobon Lopez, Elise Vassie-Monade, Jason Wedderburn, Laura Wright, Aaliyah Young.

Kingston University Gamelan Ensemble

Pete Smith (Director), Sam Alexander, Lincoln Briggs, Leah Crawley, Calum Gordon, Gregg Harradine, Jan Holtzmann, Ryan Kearsey, Jo Doyle, Vikki Malyon, Craig McGeary, Yoshie Miura, Damian Till, Nicky Seaton, Jenny Smith, Christian Summers, Kayliegh Ure, Alan Welch. Thanks to Jo Shaw for the kind loan of her Gong Angklung.

Oxford Gamelan Society

Pete Smith (Director), Amy Bilderbeck, Isabelle Carré, Jude Carrol, Chris Cowley, Nomi Dave, Danielle Duggan, Adam Etinson, Andy Freer, Anna Goodhand, Jo Hammond, Lucy Howard, Clare Jones, Callum Kennedy, Doug Langley, Diyan Leake, Noel Lobley, Joe Luna, David McCann, Peter Mickelthwaite, Cicely Nowell-Smith, John Pusey, Pete Ridiak-Gould, Jonathan Roberts, Harry Sanderson, Ben Rowe, Liz Wheater, Esther Wilds. With thanks to Helene La Rue, The Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford and the Bate Collection of Musical instruments for their long term support of the Oxford Gamelan Society. Also to Esther Wilds for her help with vocal classes.

St. Andrew's Primary School Gamelan Club (Oxford)

(Led by Isabelle Carré & Sue Baker), Nicola Adcock, Sam Baker, Lauren Bates-Brownsword, Joshua Edwards, Shane Glenn, Sara Imani-Masowleh, Daniel Johnston, Rosie Mundell-Perkins, Monique Owens, Momo Nishikawa-Toomey. Thanks to Pete Smith for the loan of a gamelan to the school, and the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, for supporting the project.

Cheltenham Community Gamelan Players

Jonathan Roberts (Director), Alice Doherty, Belinda Chaplin, Emily Reeve, Hilary Shorter, Jennie Henley, Jonathan Morgan, June Baker, Lizzy Graham, Paul Peters, Phil Layton, Philippa Claridge, Sandra Day, Simon graham, Tony Leeson.

Sevenoaks Gamelan Group

Comprises 40 performers led by Jackie Hendry, representing six primary Schools from Sevenoaks. The mainstay of pupils attend Sevenoaks school.