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Updated 1/8/2016

Gamelan Galak Tika Duo

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Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Gamelan Galak Tika Duo is a traditional Balinese gamelan "Gender Wayang", performing music that traditionally accompanies shadow puppet plays. Evan Ziporyn and Christine Southworth have spent years directing MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika, and both work as composers, making music that crosses genres and cultures. In the gender wayang duo, they perform traditional gender wayang music from the village of Sukawati, Bali, as taught to them by their teacher I Wayan Loceng. They often perform with films of Bali in the 1930s shot by composer and ethnomusicologist Colin McPhee.

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Christine Southworth
Job Title: Musician
Phone: 617-905-6804
Address:
65 Turning Mill Road
Lexington, MA 02420

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural private organization

Parent Organization:

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Year Founded:

2003

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural private organization

Parent Organization:

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Year Founded:

2003

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - Ethnic / World

Additional Disciplines:

  • Music - Traditional

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Artist Representation / Artist Management
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Audio or Video Recording
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Film Showings
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 10

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

MIT Festival of Arts Science and Technology

State: MADate: 4/2011Activity: Concert/performance/readingEmail:Phone:

MIT Media Lab

State: MADate: 2/2011Activity: Concert/performance/readingEmail:Phone:

Lincoln Center Out of Doors

State: NYDate: 8/2010Activity: Concert/performance/readingEmail:Phone:

Bang on a Can

State: NYDate: 6/2010Activity: Concert/performance/readingEmail:Phone:

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • MIT Council for the ArtsCambridge Arts CouncilNIB FoundationLEF Foundation

Awards

Awards:

  • MIT Council for the ArtsCambridge Arts CouncilNIB FoundationLEF Foundation

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • For concerts, Galak Tika requires area microphones, amplification for western instruments if required for program, and monitors. Talk mic for concert or workshop. For gender wayang performances, Galak Tika requires talk mic and video projector.

Fee Range:

$1,000 - $20,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

25

Maximum Number of Performers:

25