Our performance calendar will commence in 2008.

Please visit our Performance Diary page for more details of recent performances and a comprehensive list of our past engagements.

Balinese gong kebyar gamelan orchestra.

Sekaa Gong Tirta Sinar (Tirta Sinar Gamelan Club) perform both traditional and modern, sacred and secular Balinese musical forms including the prevalent gong kebyar and gamelan gong, as well as gamelan palegongan, semar pagulingan and balaganjur.

The group formed in October 1992 when the Australian Museum in Sydney acquired a new gamelan gong kebyar, commissioned & built at the Gabeleran foundry in Gianyar (Peliatan village), Bali. Since its foundation, SG Tirta Sinar has met on a weekly basis for large & small group practice sessions, firstly at the Australian Museum (1992 - 1997) where it was housed on permanent display, and now at the University of Sydney's Department of Music faculty.

The founding leader & director of SG Tirta Sinar is Gary Watson (a Masters graduate in music from the University of Sydney) who made regular vists to Bali to study with his teacher, the late celebrated gamelan composer & performer Bapak I Wayan Gandra of Peliatan village. This tuition has helped maintain the authenticity of music learned & performed by the group here in Sydney.

SG Tirta Sinar is available for professional engagement at public, private & corporate functions.
Gary may also be booked as a teacher & facilitator for hands-on gamelan workshops at the Old Darlington School with school groups (recommended for Year 7 to 12 students of Music, Indonesian & Asian Studies).

The group rehearses every Wednesday at the Old Darlington School, University of Sydney. Prospective members are always welcome to attend.

Please go to Contact page to email Gary for further information.

Sekaa Gong Tirta Sinar wishes to thank The Australian Museum, Sydney, for the use of its gamelan gong kebyar for rehearsals & performances.