FAQ Who benefits from CSI? The majority of our participants are music professionals. Professional performers, teachers, students, and active community players have all been inspired by CSI. We also have great success with people who have studied music in the…
Gamelan Cudamani honours the memory of Gary Watson with the 2027 GARY WATSON Balinese Gamelan Study Scholarship. Please read about his extraordinary life below. FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP TO THE 2027 CUDAMANI SUMMER INSTITUTE, JULY 11-26, 2027. Scholarship I: to…
The fourth week of World Fest brought Çudamani to Charleston, Illinois. The group was pleased to see the first signs of spring with the sunny weather, tall grasses, and tree buds. Throughout the week, we traveled through surrounding towns in…
The third week of World Fest brought Çudamani to Saugatuck, Michigan. Throughout the week, the group visited schools in Saugatuck as well as neighboring communities of Glenn, Zeeland, Holland, and Douglas. Special thanks to the Indiana Arts Commission for the…
The second week of World Fest brought us to Wabash, Indiana. Throughout the week, we visited schools across Wabash and Blackford counties, participated in the city's annual Foundation for Art and Music Education (FAME) Festival, and performed at the historic…
Arts Midwest World Fest presents international musical ensembles in intensive week-long residencies in smaller Midwest communities. Its purpose is to foster an understanding of and appreciation for global uniqueness and differences. We are grateful to Arts Midwest and its Senior Program…
Çudamani's youth program includes children of all ages. We are proud to say that our girls group is outstanding. Here is a short clip from 2007. While some of these girls are now in university, a new class of youngsters…
The fourth week of Çudamani’s World Fest tour brought us to Wausau, Wisconsin. As we drove through the gorgeous country of Minnesota, it struck us that Wausau would be the final stop of this tour, and our visit to the…
The third week of Çudamani’s Arts Midwest World Fest tour brought us to the city of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Coming from a country of 17,000 islands, it is no surprise that Çudamani felt right at home in “The Land of…