Apr 01 Wednesday
Join our FREE beginner Javanese gamelan class!Six weeks of fun community oriented gamelan music classes. We will discuss and practice basic Javanese gamelan skills, theories and methods in an inclusive and fun environment. Sessions are led in a Javanese community oriented style and will focus on players learning several instrument types.
Class Topics will include but are not limited to:Basic introduction to gamelan instruments, form and function.Cultural contexts of gamelan music genres and related art forms like wayang and dance.How to hold mallets properly and play several gamelan instruments.How to listen to gamelan music as a player and listener.Structure of a gamelan music piece.How do devise elaborating parts on Peking and Bonang instruments.
Curious about Javanese gamelan? Join our 6-week Intro to Javanese Gamelan class starting October 15, where you’ll learn theory, instrument techniques, and the cultural roots behind the music. A rare chance to dive into something new and transformative in a community oriented setting.
Class Fees are sliding scale to ensure people with any economic status may participate.
Apr 02 Thursday
Join our FREE Intro to Balinese Dance class!
Join our fun community oriented dance classes and get moving! We will demonstrate and practice basic Balinese dance skills and methods in an inclusive and fun environment. Balinese dance is beautiful movement art that uses the whole body and is incredibly expressive.This class will teach fundamental movements and positions as well as learning choreography for two Balinese dance songs.
Apr 05 Sunday
oin Buffalo's beginner FREE Balinese gamelan music program! Six weeks of fun community oriented gamelan music classes! We will discuss and practice basic Balinese gamelan skills and methods in an inclusive and fun environment. Sessions are led in a Balinese community oriented style and will focus on players learning several instrument types.
Apr 08 Wednesday
Apr 12 Sunday
Join Buffalo’s only Javanese gamelan music program, completely free! Explore a new hobby with six weeks of fun community oriented Javanese gamelan music classes. Here we’ll practice basic Javanese gamelan skills, theories, and methods in an inclusive and fun environment. Sessions are led in a Javanese community oriented style and will focus on players learning several instrument types.
Apr 17 Friday
Tuesdays with Morrie is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.
SHOW DATES & TIMES: Friday April 17, 7:30pmSaturday April 18, 7:30pmSunday April 19, 3:00pmFriday April 24, 7:30pmSaturday April 25, 7:30pmSunday April 26, 3:00pm
At THE MEETING HOUSEVillage Of Williamsville5658 Main Street, Williamsville, New York. 14221
TICKET PRICES$25 – General$22 – Senior/Student
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Apr 24 Friday