05.05.13
SUHIRDJAN: REVERBERATIONS. The outstanding musicians of GAMELAN PACIFICA pay tribute to the great Javanese gamelan builder Suhirdjan. His recent death was mourned by members of Gamelan Pacifica. Many of the instruments used by the ensemble were built by Suhirdjan back in the mid 1980's. Over the years these instruments have added greatly to our lives and to the musical life of Seattle. The concert will feature the composition Gendhing Jangkung Kuning Mataram, a piece from the Central Javanese city of Yogakarta where Suhirdjan made his home. Also on the concert will be some important contemporary gamelan compositions dating from the 1980's when the Suhirdjan instruments first arrived in Seattle. // details

04.07.13
JESSIKA KENNEY and FRIENDS. Un/traditional vocalist Jessika Kenney brings together Gamelan Pacifica, Eyvind Kang, Jarrad Powell and other special guests to give a "narrative concert" inspired by a re-reading of the appearance of 'Samsu Tabarit' at the Javanese court. Through the prisms of Classical Javanese and Persian literature, language, mantra, and mode, the concert atmospherically follows Shams' shattering of the orthodox from within as he wins the heart of Rumi. // details

12.14.12
This performance in celebration of the John Cage centenary pays homage to Cage’s liberating influence and, in particular, to Cage’s scores that are not pieces in the usual sense of the word, but rather scores that are open invitations to create anew, while providing the thoughtful means for doing that. Jessika Kenney presents FONTANA RADIF, a realization of the Persian Radif based on Cage's Fontana Mix (1958); Jarrad Powell, Beth Graczyk, and Robert Campbell collaborate on a performance of Cage's STEPS: A Composition for a Painting, to be performed by individuals or groups (1989). Powell has received permission from Ray Kass and the Mountain Lake Workshop to present this unpublished and rarely performed work by Cage that results in the creation of an original painting. - Wayward Music Series at the Chapel Performance Space, Seattle. // details

11.17.12
Special guest ALYSIOS SUWARDI will join Gamelan Pacifica in a concert of traditional and contemporary gamelan music. A renowned musician, instrument maker, and composer from Java, Al. Suwardi is one of the most gifted gamelan musicians of his generation. He has developed a reputation as a composer, gamelan teacher, gamelan player, gamelan tuner and restorer, and experimental instrument maker. The concert will feature Northwest premieres of original compositions by Suwardi, as well as traditional music. - PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle. // details

10.21.12
In honor of John Cage's 100th birthday Jarrad Powell performs 4'33" at the FRYE Art Museum for John Cage and Friends: An Afternoon of Music and Film. // details

10.20.12
Jarrad Powell directs Gamelan Pacifica in a performance of Dewa Ruci, a Javanese wayang kulit with dalang KI MIDIYANTO in a benefit for the CERDAS Foundation. A renowned musician and dhalang (shadow master) from Java, Midiyanto is one of the most gifted gamelan musicians of his generation. He has performed as a musician and as a dhalang in Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and many parts of the US. - 7 PM, Kane Hall, Room 103, University of Washington, Seattle. // details

09.124.12
Concert celebrating the 100th birthday of John Cage, oraganized and curated by Jarrad Powell for the Cornish Music Series - 8 PM, PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle.

05.12.12
Special guest KI MIDIYANTO will join Gamelan Pacifica in a concert of traditional and contemporary gamelan music. A renowned musician and dhalang (shadow master) from Java, Midiyanto is one of the most gifted gamelan musicians of his generation. He has performed as a musician and as a dhalang in Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and many parts of the US. - 8 PM, PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle. // details

12.03.11
Cornish College of the Arts and Gamelan Pacifica present special guest PENI CANDRA RINI with Gamelan Pacifica in a concert of traditional and contemporary gamelan music. A renowned singer and composer from Java, Candra Rini is a young artist who excels in both contemporary music and the traditional vocal style known as psindhen. Candra Rini is currently in residence at the California Institute of the Arts on a six-month grant from the Asian Cultural Council. - PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle. // details

10.08.11
Instrumental and vocal music of Jarrad Powell, Nonsequitur Wayward Music Series, Chapel Performance Space; featuring a number of outstanding Northwest musicians includiing Jessika Kenney, Paul Taub, Matthew Kocmieroski, Adrienne Varner, Jamie Maschler, Stephen Fandrich, Brad Hawkins, Jesse Snyder, and Stephanie Helm //details

05.01.11
May Day! May Day! - festival of New Music at Town Hall, Seattle. Now in its second year, I will be curating this year, along with Wayne Horowitz and Christine Valdez. //details not yet available. //details

04.26.11
Gamelan Pacifica performs at Meany Hall, University of Washington, with renowned Javanese dancer Didik Nini Thowok and University of Washington Visiting Artist Heri Purwanto. //details

04.09.11
Gamelan Pacifica presents Gamelan Gadhon, soft-style music from the classical repertoire of Central Java. Gamelan Gadhon is an ensemble consisting of the soft-style instruments of the Central Javanese gamelan. Instruments inclulde rebab, gender, gender panerus, voice, slenthem, suling, siter, gong, kempul, kenong, kethuk, and kendhang. The music performed by this ensemble is among the most refined and exquisite chamber music in the world. Gamelan Pacifica will perform pieces from the classical repertoire of Central Java. //details

09.26.09
Gamelan Pacifica performs for Steve Peters' 50th Birthday Concert; featuring many stellar Seattle musicians //details

09.25.09
Gamelan Pacifica presents Jessika Kenney, vocalist and composer; Featuring new composition by Kenney and Lou Harrison, with special guest violist Eyvind Kang //details

06.13-14.09
Northwest New Works Festival; Scott/Powell Performance presents excerpts from their evening length work-in-progress, Home, as part of this esteemed festival of new work; On the Boards, Seattle, WA //details