Toneburst Electroextravaganza
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 8:30pm
World Music Hall
Free and open to the public
Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff can RSVP on , but reservations are not required.
Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble, under the direction of Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Studies Paula Matthusen, performs new works written for and by the ensemble.
The full ensemble will perform the new electronic composition Fluidity by composer , which some members of the ensemble previously performed during the commissioned work's premiere on May 3 at the Javanese Gamelan and Dance Spring Concert. The piece is Jlin’s first collaboration with a laptop ensemble.
Read New Works from Renowned Composer to Debut at Spring Concert in The Wesleyan Connection.
Jlin (Jerrilynn Patton) has quickly become one of the most distinctive composers in America and one of the most influential women in electronic music. She has collaborated with Philip Glass, Björk, and the Kronos Quartet; and worked across disciplines with choreographer Kyle Abraham, fashion designer Rick Owens, and visual artists Nick Cave and Kevin Beasley. During the summer of 2024, Jlin, Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam MA ’76, and University Professor of Music Harjito collaborated to record the individual sounds of each instrument of the gamelan—both for use in Jlin’s work, and to create the first open-access digital library of Wesleyan’s gamelan sounds. Over the 2024–2025 academic year, Jlin was commissioned to create two new compositions using these digital recordings: Sovereign, premiered by Wesleyan Javanese Gamelan Ensemble musicians, and the electronic composition Fluidity.
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Javanese Gamelan and Dance Spring Concert
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 7:30pm
World Music Hall
The Wesleyan Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam MA ’76 and University Professor of Music Harjito, presents a spring concert of the classical music and dance of Central Java, featuring Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Dewati Rahmayani from the Royal Palace of Yogyakarta, and the world premiere of two commissioned works by composer Jlin, one of which will be performed live by the Javanese Gamelan Ensemble.