Monday 16 June 2014

Gamelan Fiesta 2014


(This is a later-post because that's just how I roll. )

The Gamelan Fiesta was a full house event. And judging from the cheers, I can bet that half the people in the audience are current Siglap students or ex-students. 

It was fascinating to me how much work the instructors and teachers do to coordinate such a huge event. And to be able to be part of it, I was very grateful.

Because, my relationship with the Djoko group, was at best, considered a relative interest. I was in a gamelan club for a year (which went ok..it was no doubt fun but the club never felt like a place I truly belonged in)

But the Instructors had been very welcoming to me from the start. I wasn't as good as the rest, of course, but no one particularly made it a big issue while I struggled to keep up with the rest.

For the Fiesta, I was offered a violin part, which was kinda awesome because it was something I am familiar with, but also scary because I am not performance worthy on it.

And watching the replays... It sounded kinda bad...lol 


Now that my college education has started, I have to unfortunately stop my gamelan commitments. Training in the eastern end of Singapore doesn't help either when I'll soon move to live on the opposite side haha.

The director has a very interesting personality. I've only ever had one real talk to him about his work, but his motivations...inspires me to believe.