Permission granted only following audition. Students learn the playing techniques of the various instruments in the ensemble, mainly tuned gongs and metallophones, as well as the aesthetics of Indonesian arts and cultural practices. A performance is given each semester, often accompanying Javanese shadow puppet-theater or dance. No previous formal music instruction required. A limited number of students may receive private instruction in instruments and voice for Emory University credit.
Admission is by qualification and determined through audition.
For those students who wish to study privately but do not qualify for university-level instruction, a list of music teachers in the immediate area who are available to Emory students can be obtained from the Music Department office. Individual instruction in instrumental or vocal techniques and in the performance of selected compositions. By consent of instructor only. May be repeated for credit. Attendance at scheduled music colloquium classes is required.