"Kairos stands for a radical principle of occasionality which implies a conception of the production of meaning in language as a process ofcontinuous adjustment to and creation of the present occasion"   Eric Charles White

En Kairo is a composed piece that finds or reaches a time of response called Kairos, a Greek word for season, occasion or time, referring to an opportune time for a specific event to take place.  The character of this piece lies in two extremes: composed music that is completely controlled,  improvised music that lacks total control, and the mediation between the two.  That is why a clear distinction must be made by the performers between the music that is improvised and the composed music.  In this sense one can draw a parallel between this piece and standard jazz models.  However, the rules of tonality and rhythmic gestures do not apply.  The performers are asked to improvise poetically, reflectively, and responsively and realize musical passages individually and in groups.  A text for each improvised section is provided with the purpose of triggering a response.  The  concept of collective individual expression is displayed here, and serves to exemplify the ideal of the celebration of diversity within unity.

The origin of this piece comes from considerations of the possibility of time existing in other dimensions, different from the linear concept that is natural to our existence.  The combination of these ideas in relationship to the nature of God and the time in which God operates are the basis for this work.  This curiosity began after studying pieces by Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez.  Consequently, these curiosities were stimulated by concepts  and ideas on "revival" and "the manifestations of God," that were later  nourished by writers like C.  S.  Lewis and Henry Blackaby.

This piece is entirely presented as noises and sounds of praises to God, praises for His sovereignty over all of creation.  And it is a celebration of the vast infinite possibilities of expression through sound.   S.D.G.

Abiel A.  Mir