Upcoming Gig – The Final Gong 2024
SAVE THE DATE – Monday 3 June 1830-2030.
Booking details will be shared once available.
This event will feature the University of Melbourne’s gamelan students + Melbourne Community Gamelan (MCG) (Central Javanese) & Gamelan Putra Panji Asmara (Cirebon, West Javanese) gamelan with topeng (masked) dancers.
Venue: Melba Hall, Royal Parade, Parkville (wheelchair-accessible).
For further information, please message us through our website or Facebook page.
Gathering of the Gamelans Recordings
Thank you to all who came to support us and the other Indonesian music groups at the Gathering of the Gamelans. In case you missed us, you can catch up on our sets here.
We have now concluded rehearsals for 2023 and are looking forward to a well deserved break. From all of us at MCG, we would like to wish everybody Selamat Hari Natal dan Tahun Baru. See you in the new year!
Upcoming Gig – November 2023
Gathering of the Gamelans, Saturday 25 November, 2023.
Northcote Uniting Church, 251 High St, Northcote VIC 3070.
12noon – 5pm. Performances by community Central Javanese, Sundanese, Cirebonese, Balinese and Lampungese music groups from across Victoria. MCG will perform two twenty-minute sets at 1220 and 1510 in the main hall.
August 2023
Congratulations to our president, Irene Ritchie, for receiving the KONJEN RI Melbourne Award 2023.
This award is conferred upon individuals or organisations for their dedication, commitment, contribution and efforts in improving the image of Indonesia in Victoria and Tasmania, through various social, cultural and economic means.
Irene Ritchie received this award for her dedication in promoting Indonesian Culture in Victoria through Melbourne Community Gamelan.
Below are pictures of Irene with Consul General Kuncoro Waseso and other recipients at the Melbourne Indonesian Consulate, 17 August 2023.
May 2023
Congratulations to MCG members Rachel Madin and Hannah Comrie-Weston on securing placements on the prestigious Darmasiswa scholarship. We hope you have a blast studying arts & culture at ISI Padang Panjang and ISI Surakarta, respectively, and look forward to having you back in 2024.
Picture of Rachel (left) and Hannah (right) gearing up for orientation in Jakarta, August 2023.
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