gamelan

Ye Stanton is a pianist and a piano teacher at Manoa School of Music & The Arts. Stanton is getting her PhD in ethnomusicology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She shares her experiences as a classically trained musician and as a member of the gamelan ensemble at UH.

Gamelan orchestras are traditional percussion ensembles from select parts of Indonesia. Since the 1970’s, Honolulu has been home to a sturdy local enclave…