Djoko Walujo Lecturer San Diego State University Music & Dance Room 269 Phone: 619 594 7452 Fax: 619 594 1692 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92182-7902 Office Hours:  By Appointment Email:

Background:

Djoko Walujo studied music at the Indonesian Arts Institute and law at the University of Gajah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on the island of Java. He was Professor of Music at the Indonesian Arts Institute from 1975 until 1992, when he came to the California Institute of the Arts as a Visiting Artist. He studied gamelan music from an early age with many well-known teachers, including Raden Lurah Dhamowijoyo, Raden Ngabehi Prawira Pangrawit, Raden Mas Handoyo Kusuma, Bapak Harjaswara, Bapak Sunardi Wisnubrata, Bapak Promono, Bapak Hadi Sumarta and K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat. He has performed widely, composed music for dance and drama, and received awards from the Javanese Ministry of Education, Governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, The Radio Republic of Indonesia, and the Governor of Central Java. An esteemed artist and one of the most sought after instructors of Javanese gamelan, Djoko Walujo directs the SDSU Javanese Gamelan and is also a gamelan instructor at the California Institute of the Arts and University of California, Los Angeles.

Classes taught at SDSU:
Music 170/370/570 Javanese Gamelan
Music 205B Comprehensive Musicianship Lab: Java
Music 445 Performing Arts and Culture: Java

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