The gamelan mas Hirdjan made for JIS is housed at the Pondok Indah Campus. It is used by 5-12 year-olds from over 24 countries. Gamelan is part of the music curriculum at JIS, all students are exposed to it for 4 weeks or more out of the school year.
The Pondok Indah campus has 2 gamelan (since they have some 600 students)–the one by Mas Hirdjan, and their new iron one by Mas Mulyadi/Solo. Some 300 students use each one for lessons and performances during their 4-week study.
In 2002, Yogya Kids Playgroup and Kindergarten in Yogyakarta purchased a mini-gamelan. The students enjoyed learning simple pieces.
When the school closed, the gamelan was purchased by Oliphant Playgroup Kindergarten and Elementary School.
Gamelan Chakrabhaswara was used at the British International School Jakarta and at a smaller school called Lentera International School, which was located inside Wisma Subud.
These photos of are a lecture-concert at Wisma Subud by British and Australian students at Lentera School. The ad hoc group that was formed just for the night included 8 to 11 year-old students and some musician friends of their gamelan teacher, the late Bpk. Rudhatin Brongtodiningrat. Their music teacher, Norman Davies (in the white shirt and tie), is playing the bonang. The “theme” of the lecture-concert that was staged for an expat audience was on the merits of teaching Javanese gamelan to mixed ability classes in International Music Education.
