Nyi Gemi Raras

Location: Australia, Victoria, University of Melbourne, Faculty of MusicYears Active: 1990-presentInstruments: Javanese > Cirebonese; Sundanese > Degung

Full bronze slendro/pelog gamelan purchased in Madiun in 1990, named by gamelan teacher Poedijono. Played by both an undergraduate student group and the Melbourne Community Gamelan, an ongoing community group. Has performed at the International Gamelan Festival in Yogyakarta and the National Folk Festival in Canberra. The faculty also has a gamelan degung and a Cirebon set. Director: Poedijono. Contacts: Cathy Falk, Cathy_Falk@muwayf.unimelb.edu.au, Phone: +61 3 8344 4718; Melbourne Community Gamelan, melgamelan@hotmail.com