Our Instructors

CO-FOUNDER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Emeric Viani (he/him/his) is a music educator in the greater Boston area with special interests in popular music, choral music, and Balinese gamelan. He is the Cross-Divisional Arts Department Chair and Lower School Music Teacher at the Pike School in Andover, MA where he directs the Pike Chorus (Grades 2 - 4) and Gamelan Sleeping Fox (Grades 3 - 9). Emeric was an active member of Gamelan Galak Tika from 2013-2024. He holds an M.A. in Music Education, & Ethnomusicology, B.M. in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music.

CO-FOUNDER, SECRETARY

Mark Stewart (he/him/his) has been a member of Gamelan Galak Tika for more than 15 years. He toured with the group in its 2005 trip to Bali and has performed with them at numerous venues, including Boston Symphony Hall, Lincoln Center, Zankel Hall, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR

Emily Gunawan (she/her/hers) is a math professor at UMass Lowell. She is originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, and is a current member of Gamelan Galak Tika