The chapter examines roles for gamelan in music pedagogy outside ethnomusicology. First, the pedagogical benefits of teaching gamelan are compared to those of teaching African drum ensembles and steel pan, two other non-Western classical percussion traditions that are commonly taught in American colleges. Then, the benefits of teaching gamelan within percussion education, composition, and music education programs are considered as teachers who employ gamelan in their classroom discuss how they use the instruments. Pedagogical benefits for students include improving motor coordination, physical technique, focus, and cognition; improving their listening skills; and expanding their concepts of artistic collaboration or group social skills, in addition to instilling real possibilities for cross-cultural professional artistic collaboration.
{"title":"Bimusicality and Beyond","authors":"Elizabeth A. Clendinning","doi":"10.5406/j.ctv176kvq8.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/j.ctv176kvq8.12","url":null,"abstract":"The chapter examines roles for gamelan in music pedagogy outside ethnomusicology. First, the pedagogical benefits of teaching gamelan are compared to those of teaching African drum ensembles and steel pan, two other non-Western classical percussion traditions that are commonly taught in American colleges. Then, the benefits of teaching gamelan within percussion education, composition, and music education programs are considered as teachers who employ gamelan in their classroom discuss how they use the instruments. Pedagogical benefits for students include improving motor coordination, physical technique, focus, and cognition; improving their listening skills; and expanding their concepts of artistic collaboration or group social skills, in addition to instilling real possibilities for cross-cultural professional artistic collaboration.","PeriodicalId":436478,"journal":{"name":"American Gamelan and the Ethnomusicological Imagination","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116042677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The chapter examines the foundation of academic gamelans and their relationships to nearby community gamelans. Using as an example the gamelans in Colorado and across the Rocky Mountains that are taught by I Made Lasmawan, the chapter discusses how gamelans are founded and supported and the types of artistic and administrative partnerships that are conducive to long-term maintenance of such programs. In this case, substantive financial support for Lasmawan from one key institution, Colorado College, was crucial to his ability to support his family and teach other ensembles part-time at neighboring institutions. In addition, the artistic and logistical support of his family and of members of the high-level Denver-based community group Gamelan Tunas Mekar was crucial for enhancing the quality of academic ensembles’ performances. The chapter concludes that models for academic-community interdependence vary within different geographic and institutional contexts, but building connections between academic and community programs strengthens the likelihood that ensembles will be sustainable.
{"title":"Creating and Conceptualizing a Balinese American Gamelan Community","authors":"Elizabeth A. Clendinning","doi":"10.5406/j.ctv176kvq8.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/j.ctv176kvq8.8","url":null,"abstract":"The chapter examines the foundation of academic gamelans and their relationships to nearby community gamelans. Using as an example the gamelans in Colorado and across the Rocky Mountains that are taught by I Made Lasmawan, the chapter discusses how gamelans are founded and supported and the types of artistic and administrative partnerships that are conducive to long-term maintenance of such programs. In this case, substantive financial support for Lasmawan from one key institution, Colorado College, was crucial to his ability to support his family and teach other ensembles part-time at neighboring institutions. In addition, the artistic and logistical support of his family and of members of the high-level Denver-based community group Gamelan Tunas Mekar was crucial for enhancing the quality of academic ensembles’ performances. The chapter concludes that models for academic-community interdependence vary within different geographic and institutional contexts, but building connections between academic and community programs strengthens the likelihood that ensembles will be sustainable.","PeriodicalId":436478,"journal":{"name":"American Gamelan and the Ethnomusicological Imagination","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115402961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This chapter uses the concepts of musical and cultural competence to examine practical and philosophical approaches to teaching Balinese gamelan to American college students. Drawing on the approaches and philosophies used by half a dozen teachers, the chapter examines basic approaches to gamelan pedagogy, including assigning instruments and the choice and adaptation of repertoire, with consideration of what constitutes artistic and pedagogical success. Cultural representation and diversity are framed within dual pedagogical goals: to teach students about the course subject matter (the performing arts of Bali) and to encourage student self-reflection. The chapter concludes that despite the differences in the pedagogical approaches that teachers take, they consistently prioritize the goal of fostering a positive feeling within the ensemble setting.
{"title":"Teaching, Learning, Representing","authors":"Elizabeth A. Clendinning","doi":"10.5406/j.ctv176kvq8.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/j.ctv176kvq8.9","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter uses the concepts of musical and cultural competence to examine practical and philosophical approaches to teaching Balinese gamelan to American college students. Drawing on the approaches and philosophies used by half a dozen teachers, the chapter examines basic approaches to gamelan pedagogy, including assigning instruments and the choice and adaptation of repertoire, with consideration of what constitutes artistic and pedagogical success. Cultural representation and diversity are framed within dual pedagogical goals: to teach students about the course subject matter (the performing arts of Bali) and to encourage student self-reflection. The chapter concludes that despite the differences in the pedagogical approaches that teachers take, they consistently prioritize the goal of fostering a positive feeling within the ensemble setting.","PeriodicalId":436478,"journal":{"name":"American Gamelan and the Ethnomusicological Imagination","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127788803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The chapter examines the cultural sustainability of American academic gamelan specifically and academic world music ensembles more generally. Gamelan ensembles in North America exist in different cultural contexts than do those in Indonesia; in particular, American gamelans lack the societal reinforcement of the arts derived from Balinese Hindu ceremonies and the tourist industry. Within the American gamelan artistic ecosystem, there are many reasons why ensembles may fail or fade away, including lack of interested students or available teachers (selection), competition for space and resources, performative and pedagogical adaptations necessary for thriving in a new environment, and reciprocity or exchange between the ensemble and its community. Building sustainable gamelan ensembles—and indeed, sustainable non-Western academic ensembles—requires embracing collaborative models of musicianship, teaching, and scholarship that move gamelan from a marginalized position in curricula to sharing equal footing with other types of music in educational settings.
{"title":"Sustainability and the Academic World Music Ensemble","authors":"Elizabeth A. Clendinning","doi":"10.5406/j.ctv176kvq8.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/j.ctv176kvq8.13","url":null,"abstract":"The chapter examines the cultural sustainability of American academic gamelan specifically and academic world music ensembles more generally. Gamelan ensembles in North America exist in different cultural contexts than do those in Indonesia; in particular, American gamelans lack the societal reinforcement of the arts derived from Balinese Hindu ceremonies and the tourist industry. Within the American gamelan artistic ecosystem, there are many reasons why ensembles may fail or fade away, including lack of interested students or available teachers (selection), competition for space and resources, performative and pedagogical adaptations necessary for thriving in a new environment, and reciprocity or exchange between the ensemble and its community. Building sustainable gamelan ensembles—and indeed, sustainable non-Western academic ensembles—requires embracing collaborative models of musicianship, teaching, and scholarship that move gamelan from a marginalized position in curricula to sharing equal footing with other types of music in educational settings.","PeriodicalId":436478,"journal":{"name":"American Gamelan and the Ethnomusicological Imagination","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130147026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
. We investigate a class of actions of real Lie groups on complex spaces. Using moment map techniques we establish the existence of a quotient and a version of Luna’s slice theorem as well as a version of the Hilbert-Mumford criterion. A global slice theorem is proved for proper actions. We give new proofs of results of Mostow on decompositions of groups and homogeneous spaces.
{"title":"[Map]","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvwh8dqq.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvwh8dqq.19","url":null,"abstract":". We investigate a class of actions of real Lie groups on complex spaces. Using moment map techniques we establish the existence of a quotient and a version of Luna’s slice theorem as well as a version of the Hilbert-Mumford criterion. A global slice theorem is proved for proper actions. We give new proofs of results of Mostow on decompositions of groups and homogeneous spaces.","PeriodicalId":436478,"journal":{"name":"American Gamelan and the Ethnomusicological Imagination","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122174742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}