Presented by
MSU Denver Department of Music
Department of Music at Colorado College
Asian Studies Program at Colorado College
Visual and Performing Arts Department at UCCS
BASAbali Wiki
and Sanggar Manik Galih
With generous support from
The American Institute for Indonesian Studies
MSU Denver CLAS Deans Office
Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Los Angeles
The Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival (RMBGF) will be the first of its kind in the United States. This four-day festival features an academic symposium (Moving Mountains: Sustainability and Balinese Arts) with invited keynote speakers David Harnish and I Made Lasmawan, a series of workshops (for beginning and advanced musicians and dancers on topics like composition, dance, vocal music, and technique), performances from gamelans along the Rocky Mountains, and two evening concerts (on Friday and Saturday) featuring Denver-based Gamelan Tunas Mekar and Krama Bali USA (made up of leading artists from Bali). This festival invites students, faculty, and interested community members from the Rocky Mountain region and beyond (including gamelans from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, and South Dakota) to join us for an epic weekend.
Registration for the Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival (RMBGF) is now live: