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@raindropnewmus.bsky.social

🌧 A grassroots composer collective & sheet music store focused on the distribution of vocal music & beyond by gender diverse PNW composers https://linktr.ee/raindropnewmus

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In this past year, we’ve watched you step outside your comfort zone and work on projects that will bring the beautiful music you compose to a broader audience. We love you and hope you have a fabulous day, and look forward to your future artistic endeavors!

06.04.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We (Drew & Lisa) love the supportive community we have built together as Raindrop New Music. Your feistiness & passion continue to shine through in compositional voice, letting others inside the amazing human that we have the privilege of knowing.

06.04.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Carolyn Quick in front of sea themed mural. She is wearing a black top and a pink blazer while tip her heart shaped sunglass down slightly with a smirk on her face hile wearing subtle yet glowing makeup.

Carolyn Quick in front of sea themed mural. She is wearing a black top and a pink blazer while tip her heart shaped sunglass down slightly with a smirk on her face hile wearing subtle yet glowing makeup.

Carolyn Quick standing in front of a white brick wall in a blue off the shoulder dress holding her hands. Her brown hair is down and has a mysterious expression on her face while wearing subtle yet glowing makeup.

Carolyn Quick standing in front of a white brick wall in a blue off the shoulder dress holding her hands. Her brown hair is down and has a mysterious expression on her face while wearing subtle yet glowing makeup.

Happy Birthday to our co-founder, @cquickcomposer.bsky.social! πŸ₯³

πŸ“Έ: @antoniarosephoto.bsky.social

06.04.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Poem of Gratitude
YouTube video by Raindrop New Music A Poem of Gratitude

OUT NOW! @lindseyraejohnson.bsky.social and Sequoia performing @auralcomposting.bsky.social's A Poem of Gratitude (text by Caroline Erdmann) performed during our November 2023 Recital Series!

youtu.be/WkZKEKM0QBk?...

13.03.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Contact To request a seat for February 15's Cycles of Life House Concert Performance, fill out the form below!

Reservations are encouraged to save your seats; suggested donation of $20 per person at the door (pay what you will - no one will be turned away!). To reserve seats and receive the address for this house concert, fill out the contact form: www.lisanehermusic.com/contact.html

14.02.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The program features new works setting Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen's poetry, duets with special guest @lindseyraejohnson.bsky.social and the world premiere of Dianne's operatic duet inspired by period novelist Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South.

14.02.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cycles of Life is an ongoing concert project presenting music Lisa and Dianne have written about their experiences as women including friendship, loss, love, and hope.

14.02.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A green background with caterpillars, cocoons, and a butterfly show their life cycle. The text reads:

Cycles of Life

music for voice & piano exploring the experiences & emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life

music witten & performed by Dianne Davies & Lisa Neher

with special guest Lindsey Rae Johnson, soprano

Sat, February 15, 2025, 7:00 pm

House Concert in Portland, OR, Hosted by Sylvia Gray

$20 Admission

Reservations Recommended: www.lisanehermusic.com/contact

A green background with caterpillars, cocoons, and a butterfly show their life cycle. The text reads: Cycles of Life music for voice & piano exploring the experiences & emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life music witten & performed by Dianne Davies & Lisa Neher with special guest Lindsey Rae Johnson, soprano Sat, February 15, 2025, 7:00 pm House Concert in Portland, OR, Hosted by Sylvia Gray $20 Admission Reservations Recommended: www.lisanehermusic.com/contact

Tomorrow evening at 7pm catch co-founder @lisaneher.bsky.social and friend of Raindrop New Music pianist and composer Dianne Davies for an intimate house concert called Cycles of Life.

14.02.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

we have to give up the idea that there is politically neutral concert programming.

09.02.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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she conjures, chamber song cycle for voice, alto flute, and piano by Lisa Neher and Bea Goodwin she conjures, chamber song cycle for voice, alto flute, and piano by Lisa Neher and Bea Goodwin

🌧️ she conjures for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, and piano, with optional bodhrÑn or other simple skin drum by @lisaneher.bsky.social & Bea Goodwin

12.02.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saudade | Raindrop New Music Saudade for Solo Piano by Drew Swatosh

🌧️ Saudade for Solo Piano by @auralcomposting.bsky.social

12.02.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pieces | Raindrop New Music Pieces art song for voice, flute, and piano by Carolyn Quick

🌧️ Pieces for Soprano, Flute, and Piano by @cquickcomposer.bsky.social

www.raindropnewmusic.com/store/p16/pi...

12.02.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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(De)Mystifying New Music: Fear No Music’s β€œScenes from Adolescence” β€’ Oregon ArtsWatch An impression of how FNM’s β€œDe-Mystifying New Music” series–most recently with composer David Schiff and host Robert McBride–supports and highlights their all-Oregonian season.

Thank you Daryl Browne for reviewing FearNoMusic’s Scenes from Adolescence which featured music from all 3 Raindrop New Music co-founders:

12.02.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

if anyone heard chappell call for a liveable wage for performing musical artists and songwriters at the grammys and thought

β€œwhat is the best organization i could support that’s fighting for that”

that organization is called @umaw.bsky.social

03.02.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1557    πŸ” 470    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6

If anyone is interested in keeping up with what the @raindropnewmus.bsky.social co-founders @auralcomposting.bsky.social, @lisaneher.bsky.social, & @cquickcomposer.bsky.social are up to in addition to our work with Raindrop New Music, check out this feed combine our collective & personal accounts.

25.01.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Raindrop New Music Raindrop New Music is a grassroots composer collective and sheet music store focused on the distribution of vocal music and beyond by Pacific Northwest Composers of gender diverse backgrounds.

To learn more about @raindropnewmus.bsky.social, myself, and my colleagues @lisaneher.bsky.social and @cquickcomposer.bsky.social visit raindropnewmusic.com

23.01.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Fear No Music - Upcoming

Details & Tickets for FearNoMusic's performance: www.fearnomusic.org/upcoming

23.01.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The program features @lisaneher.bsky.social 's song cycle she conjures, @cquickcomposer.bsky.social 's art song Pieces, and @auralcomposting.bsky.social's solo piano work Saudade.

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Sitting in a moment: Introducing Raindrop New Music β€’ Oregon ArtsWatch The composer collective–Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick and Drew Swatosh–will be featured on Fear No Music’s next β€œLocally Sourced Sounds” concerts this weekend.

Thank you Charles Rose for the lovely article about @raindropnewmus.bsky.social & their 3 co-founders @lisaneher.bsky.social, @cquickcomposer.bsky.social & @auralcomposting.bsky.social, ahead of their performances with FearNoMusic this coming Friday and Sunday. www.orartswatch.org/sitting-in-a...

23.01.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

THIS!

23.01.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if you’re a person who enjoys art but doesn’t create it you have no idea how many of your faves are in their artist group chats talking about how much more they’d be able to create if we had universal basic income

18.01.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3473    πŸ” 1109    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 15

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