‘Gamelan Sekar Jaya’ Balinese Ensemble | Yerba Buena Gardens

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The 2011 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents over 90 free outdoor events from May to October including music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, family festivals and children’s programs with artists from the world over.

Today: Gamela Sekar Jaya

Saturday, September 17 @ 1 pm – 2:30 pm

Gamelan Sekar Jaya will be led by guest artists I Dewa Putu Berata, and Emiko Saraswati Susilo, both leaders of Bali’s renowned Cudamani ensemble.

GSJ features three large percussion orchestras: the bronze gamelan gong kebyar, the four-tone orchestra gamelan angklung, and the rare ensemble of bamboo marimbas, gamelan jegog.

The outdoor set-up reflects the open-air settings used in traditional Balinese contexts, where groups often play within or in front of temple courtyards. The audience can enjoy the performance from multiple perspectives, to enjoy the complex interlocking rhythms and virtuosic ensemble sensibility of Balinese gamelan, and the myriad expressions and delicate hand and eye motions of Balinese dance.

September 2011 Lineup:

• Avance, Thursday, September 1, 6–7:30pm (on Jessie Square Stage, Mission between 3rd & 4th Streets.)
• Saadoun Al-Bayati Trio, Saturday, September 3, 1-2:30pm
• Crystal Monee Hall, Thursday, September 8, 12:30-1:30pm
• Charming Hostess, Thursday, September 15, 12:30-1:30pm
• Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Saturday, September 17, 1–2:30pm
• Words & Voices: TODCO Poets, Tuesday, September 20, 12:30–1:30pm
• Trio Garufa, Thursday, September 22, 12:30-1:30pm
• The Pedrito Martínez Group, Saturday, September 24, 1–2:30pm
• Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Thursday, September 29, 12:30-1:30pm

October 2011 Lineup:

• Words & Voices: Litquake, Tuesday, October 11, 12:30–1:30pm
• Yerba Buena Halloween Costume Walk (Kids Event on Children’s Garden State), Sunday, October 30, Noon–1:30p

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.