Jody Diamond's specializes in traditional and new music for Indonesian gamelan and is active internationally as a scholar, performer, and publisher.
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10 Facts About Jody Diamond
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Jody Diamond's received a B A from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977, and an M A from San Francisco State University in 1979, pursuing interdisciplinary studies in music, anthropology, and education.
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Jody Diamond founded and directs the American Gamelan Institute and edits its journal, Balungan.
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Jody Diamond's is a co-founder and co-director, with Larry Polansky, of Frog Peak Music .
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Jody Diamond's received a Fulbright Senior Scholar Regional Research Fellowship to survey contemporary music in Indonesia, as well as two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for work on Indonesian composers, and for work on the gamelan music of Lou Harrison .
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Jody Diamond's has created numerous works for gamelan, some based on songs from various traditions.
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Jody Diamond was an Artist in Residence in the Music Department of Harvard University, using the instruments of Gamelan Si Betty, built by Lou Harrison and Wiliam Colvig, for collaborative projects and an open performance group Gamelan SiBetty and the Viewpoint Composers' Gamelan.
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Jody Diamond's has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, Mills College, Goddard College, Bates College, Franklin Pierce College, and Monash University in Australia.
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In 2017, Jody Diamond was an Affiliated Artist at MIT, where she collaborated with Evan Ziporyn on concerts for Lou Harrison's centennial year.
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Jody Diamond was the gamelan teacher and arranger for the American composer Lou Harrison from 1976 until his death in 2003.
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