Annual Meeting followed by a lecture by Professor Richard North Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Program, Department of Music, UCSB 

Professor Richard North, director of the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble and the Sinar Surya community Gamelan group, will give a lecture and demonstration about Indonesian Gamelan music. His presentation will introduce the enchanting gong orchestra of Indonesia and the related arts of Topeng mask dancing and Wayang puppetry. 

Richard is recognized as an authority on the musical traditions of the ancient kingdom of Cirebon, Indonesia. While making many trips to Cirebon he taught there and lectured widely about traditional Gamelan, including holding regular classes at the Kraton Kacirebonan, the oldest palace in Cirebon (1807). He has received awards from the royal palace in Cirebon as well as from the Indonesian government in recognition of his contributions to the preservation and growth of Gamelan music in Cirebon and for his service to the people of Indonesia.