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Music at Noon featuring: Kezia Karnila Putri & I Dewa Made Suparta
November 20, 2026
Noon
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall
Featuring traditional Balinese Gamelan Gender music & music works from Indonesian contemporary composers
Program
Opening Act
“Diru-Diru Nina” - Folksong from Papua
arranged by Yasinta Haris
Performed by Uphoria Vocal Group (Pre-Recorded)
Section 1 - Gamelan Gender Wayang Bali
“Angkat-Angkatan”
Kezia Karnila Putri
I Dewa Made Suparta
“Seronco”
Kezia Karnila Putri
I Dewa Made Suparta
“Dongkang Menek Biu”
Kezia Karnila Putri
I Dewa Made Suparta
"Pakang Raras”
Kezia Karnila Putri
I Dewa Made Suparta
Section 2 - Indonesian Contemporary Composers
“Dayung” - Traditional prayer from Dayak, Kalimantan
Arranged by UPH Music Composition Department
Performed by Uphoria Vocal Group (Pre-Recorded)
“Karhutla” – by Stevie Jonathan Sutanto
Kezia Karnila Putri
(Interactive Compositional Work)
Fixed Media
“MAAI” – by Rocky Irvano Nanlohy
Kezia Karnila Putri
(Interactive Compositional Work)
Singing Bowl & Fixed Media
“What Stays With You?” – by Brigitta Gracelyn Thetrasakti
Kezia Karnila Putri
Piano & Fixed Media
Biographies
Kezia Karnila Putri
Kezia Karnila Putri is an Indonesian educator and music therapist. She is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Music at Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH), Indonesia. She is also a full-time Music Therapy lecturer at UPH, where she has been teaching since 2020. Kezia holds a Master of Music Therapy (Music Psychotherapy) from Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and a Bachelor of Art degree in Music (Music Therapy Concentration) from Universitas Pelita Harapan. She is a certified music therapist by the Certification Board of Music Therapy, USA. Her clinical experience spans a range of populations and settings. During her professional training in Canada, she provided individual and group music therapy in psychiatric, trauma recovery, addiction rehabilitation, acute care, palliative and end-of-life care, and dementia care settings.
As an educator, Kezia teaches and develops music therapy education in Indonesia. She supervises student clinical placements, internships, and undergraduate theses, and is actively involved in developing the public perception of music therapy in Indonesia. Her research focuses particularly on the intersection of music therapy, Indonesian musical traditions, culture, and health and wellbeing. She has investigated topics including Indonesian music therapy education, the influence of English-language dominance in music therapy learning resources and the use of Indonesian music practice within therapeutic context. Her more recent work explores the potential of Indonesian traditional music—including gamelan practices such as tabuh and pathet—in supporting cognitive and psychosocial wellbeing among older adults.
Beyond academia and clinical practice, Kezia has played an active role in advancing the development of music therapy as a profession in Indonesia. She served as President of the Indonesian Association of Music Therapy (InaMTA) from 2023 to 2026, contributing to the development and professional recognition of music therapy in the country. She has also been involved with the World Federation of Music Therapy, serving on its Public Relations Committee and previously on its Ethics and Research Committee. She is recently appointed as the Southeast Asia Regional Representative of the WFMT.
I Dewa Made Suparta
Dewa is a musician, composer, and teacher born to a family of artists in Pengosekan, Bali, Indonesia. Immersed in Balinese gamelan from early childhood, he began performing with the children’s group of his village at age 10. Dewa is a founding member of Çudamani, one of Bali’s most innovative gamelan ensembles, which has engaged in international tours, including performances at sacred music festivals, the Lincoln Center, in Italy, Greece, and Japan. He has engaged in collaborations with international artists, and performed and given workshops worldwide.
Since moving to Canada, Dewa has held the positions of Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Music at l’Université de Montréal (UdM) and Artistic Director of Gamelan Giri Kedaton, resident ensemble at UdM, and has been featured as a guest artist for numerous North American gamelan ensembles including Gamelan Gita Asmara, Gamelan Semara Winangun, and Bates College Gamelan Ensemble. At Conrad Grebel University College, he is artistic director of the UW Balinese Gamelan. He also offers private, semi-private, and group instruction for course credit or as an extra-curricular activity on the semara dana instruments at UW, and on a Balinese chamber percussion ensemble called gender (gen’de(ə)r).
UPHoria Vocal Group
Uphoria is a vocal group based in the Faculty of Music at Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH), bringing together students, alumni, and lecturers from the Voice Department. The group was formed through the unification of two previously separate ensembles: Voxcom, an all-female a cappella group, and Comvoix, a contemporary mixed vocal group. Uphoria is coached by Yasinta Haris as Head Coach, with Sarita Wurangian and Jeremiah Purwoto as Co-Coaches.
Prior to the formation of Uphoria, Voxcom had established an impressive competition record. Its achievements include championship and Grand Prix titles at the 6th, 7th, 12th, and 14th Bali International Choir Festival; recognition at the Christmas Bells Choir Competition 2025; and first-place victories at The A Cappella Society Competition in Singapore in 2018, 2024, and 2025.
In 2026, competing under the new name Uphoria, students, alumni, and lecturers from the UPH Voice Department represented the university at the Busan Choral Festival and Competition 2026, one of Asia’s prestigious choral events. Competing in the Ethnic and Pop categories, Uphoria achieved Gold Diplomas in both categories.
Composer's Biographies
Brigitta Gracelyn Thetrasakti
Brigitta Gracelyn Thetrasakti was born in Makassar, Indonesia, in 2004. Her musical journey began in the fifth grade when she started studying piano, which she pursued for five years. During junior high school, she expanded her musical experience by learning guitar for three years. Upon completing junior high school, she realized her passion for music and decided to pursue it professionally.
She is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in music composition at Universitas Pelita Harapan. Her compositional portfolio includes participation in Pulsasi: Detak Kreativitas Pentas Komposisi UPH 2024, Strings Serenade: UPH Symphony Orchestra, composing the score for the short film Bbi Visual KAI, and presenting her junior composition recital, Fragments of Self, in 2025, which featured three original compositions. Alongside her work as a composer, Brigitta has continued to develop her pianistic skills under the guidance of Nadya Janitra since 2022. Throughout her musical journey, Brigitta has received numerous awards. She has performed in various concerts and competitions, including APCS Wonderland 2023 at Usmar Ismail Hall and The Melody of Archipelago presented by EMC at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta.
In 2026, Brigitta presented Conversation: NLP-Based Interaction in a Co-Creation at PyCon Indonesia 2026, held at BINUS University Kemanggisan on 8–9 August 2026. The project formed part of her bachelor's thesis at Universitas Pelita Harapan, exploring the co-creation methodology that resulted in interactive performance using an NLP-based system. Later that year, she presented her senior composition recital, Dialogue, featuring three original compositions that explore the performer’s co-creative compositional methods within the composer's creative works. Beside that, Brigita also performed and presented her work at Vietnam Festival of Creativity and Design on September 21-27, 2026, at Ho chi minh city.
Stevie Jonathan Sutanto
Stevie J. Sutanto (b. 1992) is an Indonesian composer and sound artist based in Jakarta. He is currently a faculty member at Universitas Pelita Harapan’s music composition department. His practice and research focus on the intersection of artificial intelligence and sound processing. He is also interested in the critical use of laptops and augmented instruments in composition and performance. His works have been performed by Duo Amrein, Ensemble Modern, Grupo 20/21, Quatuor Tana, NAMES Ensemble, and Quatuor Bozzini at festivals and events worldwide, including Manila Composers Lab (MCL), Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival (YCMF), Ruang Suara: Frankfurt Lab, the Asian Composers League, Holland Festival, Ars Electronica Festival, Shanghai New Music Week, Crossroads'17, WeSA Audiovisual Festival, International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Linux Audio Conference (LAC), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF), and the Conference on AI Music Creativity (AIMC).
Rocky Irvano Nanlohy
Rocky Irvano is an Indonesian composer and lecturer specializing in film scoring and composition. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music Composition from the Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta and began his career at RCTI, composing music for television programs such as X-Factor, MasterChef, and Miss World. In 2017, he pursued a Master's Degree in Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music, London, supported by the Boltini Trust Scholarship, where he developed an interest in integrating electroacoustic techniques with film scoring.
Upon returning to Indonesia, Rocky joined Stevesmith Music Production, contributing scores to films and series including Mangkujiwo 1 & 2, Ritual The Series, and Jurnal Risa. His work has received international recognition, including awards at the Busan International Film Festival and Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. His electroacoustic composition Kontras No.02 (2025) and co-authored article published in Organised Sound reflect his ongoing engagement with creative practice and music research.
Rocky currently serves as a lecturer and Coordinator of the Creative Music Composition Department at Universitas Pelita Harapan, mentoring and supporting the development of emerging composers in Indonesia.
Program Notes
Dayung – Dayak, Kalimantan traditional prayer
(re-arranged for vocal group by UPH Music Composition Department with supervision from Dayak Elder)
Dayung is inspired by the vocal tradition of the Kayaan Mendalam people of Kapuas Hulu, Kalimantan, Indonesia. In its traditional context, Dayung is a chant of prayer and a communal expression associated with thanksgiving, safety, healing, and the relationship between humans, nature, and the spiritual world. In this arrangement, Dayung’s text has undergone inculturation. Musically, this work interprets Dayung’s character through call-and-response textures, vocal layering, repetition, and shifts in sonority. The choir is presented as a collective body of sound, bringing together tradition, faith, choral arrangement practice.
Karhutla
Composed by Stevie Jonathan Sutanto
Drawing on recent Indonesian wildfires, this participatory audiovisual work brings collective action into tension with the persistence of heat. The effort to extinguish the fires is also a confrontation with the human choices that have fed them. The audience becomes a temporary ensemble, its gestures gathering into a shared field of sound and rain. This shared effort unfolds alongside the hope for relief from forces beyond our control. The work considers the uneasy solidarity of people resisting destruction they have helped create, knowing that extinguishing the flames cannot undo the damage.
MAAI
Composed by Rocky Irvano Nanlohy
A place holds relationships that began before our arrival. As we draw closer, we bring our own desires and ways of measuring, while others may experience the effects of our presence differently. What can we understand from where we stand, and what escapes our attention? In Maai, listening becomes a way of exploring distance. When a position feels right, for whom is it right?
In kendo, maai refers to the distance between oneself and an opponent, encompassing the possibilities of attack and evasion. Beyond martial arts, it can also describe interpersonal relationships, where physical and emotional distance reflect each person's intentions, mental readiness, and sense of comfort. In this work, maai explores distance, power, and the potential to influence others, drawing inspiration from land encroachment and territorial conflicts in Indonesia, particularly those involving oil palm plantations and Indigenous lands in Kalimantan and Papua. It reflects on the fragile boundaries between coexistence and intrusion, and the struggle to claim, occupy, and defend space.
What Stays With You?
Composed by Brigitta Gracelyn Thetrasakti
When a distraction comes from your device, do you choose to engage with it or let it pass? When we are surrounded by endless information, what do we choose to listen to? This work explores the human tendency to navigate and respond to the constant flow of information encountered through social media. Negativity bias, our tendency to give greater attention to negative information, is often amplified by social media algorithms. Through a performance for piano and fixed media, the work reflects our everyday experiences of working, scrolling, being interrupted, and responding to the content we encounter.