That’s me on the right with some of my museum colleagues playing the gamelan, which was installed in an exhibition. This was my first time playing the gamelan since I was a member of the nascent Pitt Gamelan Ensemble in the fall of 1996, when I was a grad student at the University of Pittsburgh and the Ensemble was a class taught by a grad student and before it became what it is today. I tried looking for any record of that class or the performance we did in December of 1996 at Heinz Chapel, but it seems to have been erased from history.

Meanwhile, a couple months ago we got a family Spotify account. I’ve been listening to oldies.

Live music highlights

David Greenberger with playlist at Caffe Lena on January 19.

An acoustic set by Black Lake (Susan Jennings and Slink Moss) at LABSpace, June 10.

Jon Batiste and Stay Human at Zankel Hall, Skidmore College, July 6.