Sunday, November 23, 2025 | 3:00 pm
Camp Concert Hall
Andy McGraw, Director

All are welcomed to stay after the performance to play the instruments.

Gamelan Ensemble (MUS 203-03) Students: Yacine Badamassi, Yunrui Bai, Katherine Ebersohl, Parizad Irani, Tianhao, Lucas Li, Kola Liu, Anya Rubin.  

MUS 229: Isabella Berberian, Chloe Conte, Matthew Fan, Gillian Fannon, Wesley Graves, Ezra Gunter, Catherine Haddad, Thomas Insana, Noah Levinsohn, Hannah Lyu, Matthew Mastrangelo, Stephanie Moki, Ava Scott, Doga Senyurt, Thomas Thornton, Yifan Zhang. 

Gamelan Raga Kusuma, Andy McGraw director: Andrea Beeman, Emily Bradford, Taylor Burton, Caio Davison, Paul Fleisher, Jackson Gillie, Brian Larson, Liz Leininger, Andy McGraw, Nicholas Merillat, Sita Nuenighoff, John Priestley, Rex Pyle, Julie Sidharta, Dan Wingo, Jessica Zike. Dr. Peni Candra Rini, guest Artistic Director. 

Artist in Residence Dr. Peni Candra Rini is a highly acclaimed Javanese singer, composer, and faculty member at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts. She's known for blending traditional Javanese music with contemporary styles, earning her recognition as one of Indonesia's most daring young composers and one of the few prominent female composers in the country.

African Drumming Ensemble (MUS 203:02), Roderick Davis, director:

Marlyn Calderon, Yi Chen, Ziyu Chen, Stevi Dugas, Velsy Garcia-Jimenez, Holly Hou, Shanudom Impat, Jonathan Lee, Lucas Li, Menglin Liu, Andres Mauco, Bongani Mwonzora, Nathan Potisit, Alex Scott, Rachel Tan, Nate Wingerd, Boran Yu, Amanda Zhang, Michael Zhang.                      

Much appreciation to Baba Williasagfm Anderson and the Creative Hands Community Ensemble for assisting with the teaching and learning process of this complex genre of music.

Artist in Residence Papa Aziz (Kevin White) is an American born djembefola. Aziz is a student of the world renowned djembefola, Ladji Camara. Papa Ladji was the first Malinke djembefola to reside and teach the musical traditions of West Africa in the US.  Papa Aziz is recognized as one of the people to help popularize and spread djembe music across the US.

Brazilian Ensemble (MUS 195), Kevin Harding, director:
Isabella Aldeguer, voice and violin; Tony Cargill, guitar; Jonathan Sackett, bass; Sahara Williamson, trombone.

Taiko Ensemble (MUS 203:01), Alasdair Denvil, director:

UR Taiko Ensemble: 

Muskan Agarwal, Vikhyat Agarwal, Silvia Chen, Brendan Cingari, Lucio Delgado, Mudit Jha, Zarni Kaung, Kelly Li, Andres Mauco, Wenqing Niu, Kangyao Sun, Denis Velazquez Mondragon, Joyce Wang, Yuki Wu, Bianca Yu, Akira Suzuki, Shun Kadekawa

River City Taiko, Alasdair Denvil, director:
Alasdair Denvil, Tsugumi Fukuma, Yumi Hwang, Takeshi Morishima, Sharon Plata, Jeriel Pungtilan, Zach Sowers, Tadao Uchisawa, Hien Vo, Ashley Wright

MSEN 203-01: Japanese Taiko

MSEN 203-02: West African Drumming

MSEN 203-03: Indonesian Gamelan

MSEN 195-02: Brazilian Music

MSAP 181-01: Sitar lessons

MUS 125: Music and Theater of Indonesia (AIVP, Embodied communication) 

UR’s Javanese gamelan was made in the 1980s by Ki Tentrem, Java’s foremost gongsmith.

"Taiko" is the Japanese word referring to drums, and since the 1950s it has also referred to a modern style of ensemble drumming. Many taiko pieces incorporate traditional rhythms into new compositions.

Gamelan Raga Kusuma is a community gamelan in residence at the University of Richmond. Founded in 2008 by Andy McGraw and Gusti Putu Sudarta, the ensemble has appeared in performances in Bali, the Smithsonian Institution, the Indonesian Embassy and in several venues along the East Coast. Membership is free and open to the public. Interested? See: www.ragakusuma.org, our Facebook and Instagram profiles, or email amcgraw@richmond.edu. Rehearsals are held Sunday evenings 6-8 in North Court 024.

River City Taiko grew out of the University of Richmond Taiko Ensemble, which was founded in 2010 by Prof. Paul Yoon. River City Taiko provides taiko lessons and performs in Central Virginia and surrounding areas.