2019-20 Concert Season
Sunday November 17th 2019, 3 pm
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College:
Gatokaca: Light of the Future
A Collaborative Performance of a Balinese Shadow Play (Wayang Kulit)
Created and performed by The Brothers Campur, Gamelan Semara Santi, and the Indonesian Cultural Club of Delaware.
Co-directed by Ian Coss, Lidya Darmawan, Matt Elkins, Ni Luh Kadek Kusuma Dewi, Sam Gold, Putu Rekayasa, I Nyoman Suadin, Thomas Whitman, and Panji Wilimantara
Admission: free; families with children are welcome
This performance will be live-streamed via this link.
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World premiere production of Cassandra: a Chamber Opera in Two Acts (2019). This opera revisits the myth of Cassandra, a seer whose curse was that no one would believe her prophecies. Performed by students from the Department of Music and Dance. Presented with support from the Office of the President, Swarthmore College.
Libretto by Nathalie Anderson
Music by Thomas Whitman
Stage direction by Elizabeth Stevens
Musical direction by Shira Samuels-Shragg
Admission: free
These performances will be live-streamed via this link.
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Wednesday December 11th, 6 PM
IBC – 619 South Broad Street, Philadelphia PA
Javanese Liwetan (feast) Fundraiser for the Philadelphia Folklore Project.. This will include an informal performance by Gamelan Gita Santi, a new Balinese Gamelan Angklung directed by Whitman. Presented by Modero Dance and the Philadelphia Folklore Project.
For tickets, click here.
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Sunday December 15th, 5 PM
From Bali to Bala Art Show and Exhibition
8532 Germantown Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA 19119
“Gamelan Music from Bali” performed by five members of Gamelan Semara Santi, directed by Tom Whitman
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Admission: free; families with children are welcome
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Weekend of January 10-11th, 2020, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Specific date and time TBD
World premiere of Whitman’s Four Bagatelles for Flute and Alto Saxophone (2018) by Duo Vercio at the 42nd International Saxophone Symposium.
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Saturday February 29th, 7 PM
Settlement Music School, Mary Louise Curtis Branch
416 Queen St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
The Ben and Carol Auger Ensemble for Contemporary Music, coached by Linda Reichert as part of Settlement’s Advanced Study Program, will perform Whitman’s Scherzando for Piano Quartet (2003).
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Sunday April 5th 2020, 3 PM
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College
Spring Concert of Gamelan Semara Santi with the Indonesian Cultural Club of Delaware
Traditional and Modern Music and Dance from Bali, Indonesia. Co-directed by Lidya Darmawan, Ni Luh Kadek Kusuma Dewi, I Nyoman Suadin, and Thomas Whitman.
Admission: free; families with children especially welcome.
This concert will be live-streamed via this link.
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Wednesday May 13th, 2020, 6:30 PM
Temple Performing Arts Center, 1837 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Jubilee Concert of Play on Philly: will include the premiere of a new work by Whitman for youth orchestra. Free and open to the public.
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Tuesday June 16th, 2020, 8 PM:
Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, 120 W. 69th Street, New York City
Premiere of a new work for string orchestra by Whitman, commissioned by North/South Consonance in honor of its 40th anniversary. Free and open to the public.