Lisa Gold teaches ethnomusicology lecture courses and directs the Balinese Gamelan program in the department where she earned her Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, with a specialization in Balinese music in ritual & theater, gamelan gender wayang, and shadow puppetry. Her research interests include transmission, oral performance and improvisation, performance eco-systems, folklore, and vocal and instrumental music of England, Scotland, and Ireland. She is a performing member of Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Gamelan Sari Raras, and ShadowLight, with expertise in Balinese and Javanese gamelan, gender wayang, and a more recent obsession with Irish flute and instrumental tunes. She has decades of extensive research in Bali and the U.S., and is the author of Music in Bali: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Oxford University Press Global Music Series, 2005), and a number of articles and book chapters. Lisa is extremely grateful to have studied and worked with some of Bali and Java’s foremost master musicians including Bpks Wayan Loceng, Wayan Suweca, Nyoman Sumandhi, Cokro Wasitondiningrat, and Midiyanto, and with Irish flute masters Kevin Crawford and Nuala Kennedy.
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Lecturer, Teacher Special Program, Balinese Gamelan
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