I/O Fest 2025: Gamelan Yowana Sari with I/O Ensemble

The Williams College Department of Music and I/O Fest 2025 bring Gamelan Yowana Sari to the Clark for an afternoon of new music for Balinese gamelan. The program features recently commissioned works for the ensemble by Michael Gordon and Evan Ziporyn, alongside music by Vivian Fung and Balinese master composer and musician Dewa Alit.

A performing Balinese Art Ensemble in residence at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, New York City, Gamelan Yowana Sari has recently appeared at Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival in Brooklyn and the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA. Additionally, while in Bali recently, they studied and performed with Dewa Alit’s Gamelan Salukat. Musicians from I/O Ensemble, I/O Fest’s resident ensemble, join the group for this program.

I/O Ensemble, the Williams College contemporary music ensemble directed by Matthew Gold, joins Gamelan Yowana Sari for this performance. I/O, which stands for input/output, reflects the group’s ethos of letting lived experience bleed into their music. The ensemble is composed of musicians from the Williams College Department of Music faculty, student body, and local community, with guest artists from across the country.

Presented by the Williams College Department of Music and Matthew Gold, director.

Tickets $10 ($8 members, free for students and children).