My relationship with Karlheinz Stockhausen’s INORI (1974) began while researching my doctoral dissertation. I returned to the work after completing my degree, undertaking an over two-year process of learning its highly detailed gestural score. In 2022, I studied the piece with Kathinka Pasveer and Alain Louafi at the Stockhausen Summer Courses in Kürten, Germany.

INORI has become a significant part of my artistic practice, bringing together my interests in music, movement, and the relationship between physical gesture and sound. The extended process of learning the work required a different kind of musical engagement, one in which the body itself becomes the primary means of articulating musical structure.

In 2023, I presented the U.S. and Brazilian premieres of INORI as part of a series of performances across both countries. I remain one of a small number of performers who have learned and performed the work.

photo by Robbie Bui

Penn State University

San Diego

Eastman School of Music

William Paterson University

Oakland

São Paulo

Performances:

• University of Nebraska, Kearney US premiere 9/21/23
• Constellation Chicago 10/22/23
• Eastman School of Music 10/26/23
• Penn State University 10/31/23
• William Paterson University 11/1/23
• SESC Pompeia Brazilian premiere 11/25/23
• SESC Pompeia 11/26/23
• sfSounds 12/3/23
• Project[BLANK] 12/15/23

pre-concert presentation, University of Nebraska, Kearney

left to right: Jeanne de Castro, MuepEtmo,
Chris, Flo Menezes, Mirella Brandi