Our Current Program Our Current Program One of the prominent features of Balinese traditional education is that children often teach other children. Guiding students through the process of preparing and then giving presentations, concerts, and discussions to other children helps those students to clearly articulate, for themselves as well as others, the nature of the art they are learning and teaching. Another reason the Balinese children teach other children is that they can communicate more effectively to them than can adults. Children do not need to develop tactics for holding the attention of other children, they do not need to worry about their syntax, and they do not need to be concerned with being out of touch.
Children can communicate their ideas to each other naturally.
With these thoughts in mind the Center for World Music and the Museum School are continuing their partnership by not only continuing the in-depth study of both Indonesian and Japanese music and dance under the instruction of Kaori Okado, Alexander Khalil and various guest artists, but also by having the children become performers and presenters, giving assembly concerts, of their own design and in their own words, on arts from both cultures at elementary and middle schools throughout San Diego county. The program details are as follows. The students practice together in groups of 20 at a time 2 times a week. On a third day the advanced Gamelan meets. This Gamelan is made up of 18 musicians and dancers who have shown significant talent and interest in this music.