Jody Diamond—who has played, studied, and taught gamelan since 1970—will talk about her compositions for the orchestra that her student Lou Harrison called “the most beautiful music on Earth.” She founded the American Gamelan Institute in 1981 and is currently an Affiliated Artist at MIT directing Gamelan Si Betty for the Lou Harrison Centennial Concert at the ICA on October 12.

Location: Lewis Music Library, Bldg. 14E-109
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by MIT Music and Theater Arts