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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Arts / Music / Visual Art / Theater / Dance Saturday You Have Plans

Posted by on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:39 AM

The fact that Cornish College of the Arts is getting a new president—Dr. Nancy J. Uscher (here's an interview with her)—is neither good nor bad at this point. We just don't know yet what she'll do.

But the celebration in honor of her arrival looks great. My favorite part of Inaugural Weekend is the totally free and open to the public "colloquium" (we need a better word) Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm.

In the morning session, you can learn to become a better music-listener with jazz prof Jovino Santos Neto, draw comics with Ellen Forney, take a quick workshop in "modern dance for the uninitiated" (do it), or get familiar with the Javanese percussion orchestra, called the gamelan.

Then at 11:15 am comes "When One Plus One Equals More (Or Less) Than Two: Artistic Collaboration Now," a conversation about creative collective work with folks from Degenerate Art Ensemble, Implied Violence, SuttonBeresCuller, and the Susie Lee Ensemble, moderated by curator Robin Held. Why do so many artists want to work together?

Here is a gamelan sample for you to put your eyes on. (From the comments, it looks as if you should avoid smoking the smoke while watching gamelan.) See you Saturday!

 

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lark 1
Jen,
I've seen gamelan performed live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival. Totally cool music form. It's not at all like the conventional music format of the West. I can't describe it. I know it hails from Indonesia.
Posted by lark on October 11, 2011 at 8:47 AM
Kinison 2
University of Washington vs University of Colorado, 12:30pm. Go Dawgs! Bleacher seats are like 30$ Bring your rain poncho! GO DAWGS!
Posted by Kinison http://www.holgatehawks.com on October 11, 2011 at 9:24 AM
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Just and FYI, Javanese gamelan is very different (more halus) than Balinese gamelan -- slower, not as frenetic as this video.
Posted by carnivorous chicken on October 11, 2011 at 10:07 AM
4
"An FYI," dammit!
Posted by carnivorous chicken on October 11, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Will in Seattle 5
@2 for the One Day Before Free Animation Show Sunday at UW win
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on October 11, 2011 at 10:54 AM
liquid sky 6
enrollment services
Posted by liquid sky on October 11, 2011 at 11:02 AM

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