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Frog Peak Music is an artist-run composers' collective dedicated to publishing and producing experimental and unusual works by its member artists, and is committed to the idea of availability over promotion. Frog Peak Music is a not-for-profit organization in which member artists determine the form and content of their own work.

Jody Diamond

Composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor, educator

Jody Diamond is one of the co-founders and co-directors of Frog Peak Music. She is the main graphic designer and a principal editor for most of Frog Peak's publications. She also founded and directs the American Gamelan Institute (AGI) and edits its journal Balungan. A great deal of her work is available through AGI.

Scores

In That Bright World. The American song "Wayfaring Stranger," with Javanese and Balinese treatment. Includes parts. Javanese gamelan slendro. Dia01. $15.

Bubaran Bill. For William Colvig. A sixteen beat form with three variations: kecak (vocal), interlocking rhythms with mallets, soft instruments or silence. Javanese gamelan slendro. Dia02. $15

Hard Times. Setting of a Stephen Foster song. Slendro. Javanese gamelan and voices with optional mandocello, violin, flute. Requires knowledge of Central Javanese performance practice. Dia03. $15.

Guru, Murid, Teman. For irama kebar of Ladrang Pangkur, pelog barang. Javanese gamelan pelog or chorus. Dia04. $15.

Prelude: Anyone Can Play. Audience participation piece. Any gamelan. Dia05. $15.

Lagu Ricik-ricik. For Lancaran Ricik-ricik in pelog barang. Demung or saron. Dia06. $15.

Wali Sanga/Pandhawa. For nine or five voices. Dia07. $15.

"We taste the spices of Arabia…" Piano, guitar, horn, voice, readers. Dia08. $15.

we need more time. 2 voices or 2 same instruments. Dia09. $15.

CDs

In That Bright World: Music for Javanese Gamelan. Recorded with the musicians of the National Arts Institute in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. New World Records, 2009.

CDs Produced

Experimental music by Indonesian composers produced by Larry Polansky and Jody Diamond for Lyrichord Discs.

Asmat Dream: New Music Indonesia Vol. I (Sunda). Music by Nano S., Dody Satya Ekagustdiman, Suhendi, and Harry Roesli. AGI09. $15.

Mana 689: New Music Indonesia Vol. 2 (Central Java). Music by I Wayan Sadra, Pande Made Sukerta, B. Subono, and Otok Bima Sidarta. AGI10. $15.

Karya: New Music Indonesia Vol. 3. Compositions by I Wayan Sadra. AGI13. $15.

Writings and Publications

Balungan A journal on all forms of gamelan and its international counterparts. Published by The American Gamelan Institute. Jody Diamond, editor.

• Volume I-III. AGI08. $5 each issue. Vols. II-VI. AGI04. $7.50 each, $15 for double issues.

• Vols. VII-VIII. Score collection double issue, over 200 pages. AGI05. $20.

• Vols. IV-X. Double issue. First edition with on-line audio resources. AGI06. $20.

Back issues are available.

Cassettes

BANG Cassette. Works by Diamond (In That Bright World), Ingram Marshall, and Daniel Schmidt. AGI01. $10.

Musicworks 47. Contains Diamond's Pangkur NZ . MW47. $8.

Writings

Frog Peak Anthology. Writings by Harrison, Corner, Diamond, Powell, Didkovsky, Polansky, Burk, Povall, Mann, Wendt, and others, edited by Carter Scholz. FP07. $25. Frog Peak Publication.

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