I will be performing in a Gamelan ensemble alongside saxophonist, composer and improviser Koen Boeijinga. Gamelan is an Indonesian orchestra made up of xylophone-like instruments with metal bars, gongs, and other percussion instruments. The music will not be traditional, but rather newly composed in a different idiom by Koen. It is also important to recognize that the Netherlands colonized Indonesia up until the middle of the 20th century, which likely explains how this set of instruments came to be present in this country.