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.
What's New?
Looking to fill a few gaps in an upcoming concert? Check out these choral finds from our Raindrop New Music Catalog.
Bloom (SATB Choir with Divisi, Piano, & Guitar)
$2.00
Choral | SATB with Divisi, Guitar, & Percussion | 4 1/2'
Please note: 10 copy minimum. Please purchase one copy per member of your choir.
Catch at Hope (SSAATTBB)
$2.00
Choral | SSAATTBB Choir & Piano | 6'
Please note: 10 copy minimum. Please purchase one copy per member of your choir.
A Comforter of the Soul (SATB and Piano)
$2.00
Choral | SATB and Piano | 5'
Please note: 10 copy minimum. Please purchase one copy per member of your choir.
Finding the Light (SSAA/SATB/SSAB)
$2.00
Choral | SSAA/SATB/SSAB | 4.5'
Please note: 10 copy minimum. Please purchase one copy per member of your choir.
In the Evening (SATB)
$2.00
Choral | SATB Unaccompanied Choir | 2.5'
Please note: 10 copy minimum. Please purchase one copy per member of your choir.
first winter rain (SATB)
$1.00
Choral | SATB (Unaccompanied) | 3'
Please note: 10 copy minimum. Please purchase one copy per member of your choir.
In Flanders Fields (SATB & Piano)
$2.00
Choral | SATB & Paino | 4.5'
Please note: 10 copy minimum. Please purchase one copy per member of your choir
Please note: 10 copy minimum. Please purchase one copy per member of your choir
Press
Oregon Artswatch - Sitting in a moment: introducing Raindrop New Music
"Raindrop New Music began upon the suggestion of Swatosh, as a means for them to collectively support each other’s work...it seems as if all three were destined to work together. They share an interest in communal music-making and the shared experience of live music."
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Oregon Artswatch - The Oregon School of Composition: A snapshot, circa early 2025
"...the next installment of Fear No Music’s all-Oregon “Locally Sourced Sounds” season. This one’s titled “Scenes from Adolescence,”...filled out by a trio of Oregon composers collectively calling themselves “Raindrop New Music.”"
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The Oregonian - Portland's 12 can't-miss classical music concerts this winter showcase collaboration, local composers
"The program also includes music by... a trio of emerging younger local voices [Raindrop New Music]: Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick, and Drew Swatosh."
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Oregon Artswatch - This vibrant ecosystem of creativity here: Talking with Kenji Bunch about Fear No Music's all-Oregon season
"...on that concert with David Schiff's work, I'm positioning new work by the new Composer Collective, Raindrop New Music, and I think it's nice to combine those two things on the same stage, and say, here's something, a classic work by someone we all know and love and respect and here's new work by this emerging, exciting new group, let's check that out."
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Oregon Artswatch - MusicWatch Monthly: The eternal hourglass of existence, from Abronia to New Wave Opera to Takács Quartet
"Each night’s run also has a guest slot, ‘round about 7:30. On the 21st it’s a performance of yet another Poe-inspired work, this one by Carolyn Quick (yet another Oregon composer, yet another Neher collaborator – she’s in Raindrop New Music with Neher and Drew Swatosh, and you’ll hear from the three of them when Fear No Music plays their music next January)."
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Meet Our Co-Founders
Get to know the composer-performers who founded raindrop new music and see their score catalogues.
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