TT1819 Cultural Catalogue

PRIMARY, SECONDARY, POST-16 & SEN OFFERS
Southbank Centre
Project Name
Gamelan Workshop
About the Project
Southbank Centre is a world-famous, multi-venue arts
centre in London, with a dynamic year-round festivals
programme and an inclusive ethos. It’s the UK’s largest
arts centre, founded with the Festival of Britain in 1951. It’s
a place where people experience world-class art and
culture that stimulates, inspires, educates and amazes.
In 1987, Southbank Centre was privileged to receive a
beautiful Javanese percussion orchestra called Gamelan.
This was a remarkable gift from the Government of the
Republic of Indonesia to the people of Great Britain as a
gesture of friendship.
As in the case of many important Gamelan ensembles,
the Gamelan was named ‘Kyai Lebdha Jiwa’ or ‘The
Venerable Spirit of Perfection’.
Traditionally, Gamelan music is used in Java for a number
of different artistic and cultural purposes. The Gamelan
can often be found at religious ceremonies, palace rituals
and many occasions including weddings, funerals, coming
of age ceremonies, village cleansing rituals, celebrations
to mark the birth of a new child or important events and
birthdays.
Students work together to play the Gamelan instrument.
Each session explores traditional Javanese repertoire but
can be tailored to your specific needs to include
composition and performing with an expert tutor.
Suitable for KS2-5, up to 20 students per workshop.
Suitable for groups of students with SEN.
Suitability
We can accommodate more students if they share
instruments.
No previous musical or topic related knowledge is
required for these workshops.
Dates, Location & Format
Workshops are two hours long and available all year
round. SEN workshops are 1 hour long.
Our Gamelan instrument workshop takes place at
Southbank Centre, London.
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