Gamelan Pacifica is a Seattle-based ensemble that has been a leading voice for gamelan music in the Northwest for over 40 years. Gamelan Pacifica embraces gamelan as both a contemporary art form and a revered tradition. They have given hundreds of concerts and have created premiere recordings and performances of new works for gamelan by many composers. Important collaborators have included Rahayu Supanggah, Al Suwardi, Jessika Kenney, Peni Chandra Rini, Heri Purwanto, Midiyanto, Jesse Snyder, Sutrisno Hartana, Jon Keliehor, Jeff Morris, Wayan Sinti, Didik Nini Thowok, Sri Djoko Rahardja, I Made Sidia, Endo Suanda, and Dedek Wahyudi. Gamelan Pacifica's recordings "Trance Gong", "Scenes from Cavafy" and "Nourishment" have received international acclaim. Gamelan Pacifica is a professional ensemble in residence at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and is directed by noted composer and Cornish professor emeritus Jarrad Powell.