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.
Upcoming Events
FearNoMusic: Scenes from Adolescence
FearNoMusic's third concert of their Locally Sourced Sounds season features the three talented composers of the exciting collective Raindrop New Music: Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick, and YCP alum Drew Swatosh; Deena T. Grossman; and celebrates the 80th birthday of Portland new music icon David Schiff with a performance of his seminal work Scenes from Adolescence.
Reed College MainStage Concert
January 24, 2025, 7:30 pm Pacific
Eliot Chapel, Reed College
De-Mystifying New Music at Reed College *HOSTED BY ROBERT MCBRIDE AND DAVID SCHIFF
January 26, 2025 at 11 am Pacific
Eliot Chapel, Reed College
The Old Church MainStage Concert
January 27, 2025, at 7:30 pm Pacific
The Old Church Concert Hall
Details and Tickets
FearNoMusic's third concert of their Locally Sourced Sounds season features the three talented composers of the exciting collective Raindrop New Music: Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick, and YCP alum Drew Swatosh; Deena T. Grossman; and celebrates the 80th birthday of Portland new music icon David Schiff with a performance of his seminal work Scenes from Adolescence.
Reed College MainStage Concert
January 24, 2025, 7:30 pm Pacific
Eliot Chapel, Reed College
De-Mystifying New Music at Reed College *HOSTED BY ROBERT MCBRIDE AND DAVID SCHIFF
January 26, 2025 at 11 am Pacific
Eliot Chapel, Reed College
The Old Church MainStage Concert
January 27, 2025, at 7:30 pm Pacific
The Old Church Concert Hall
Details and Tickets
Current Collection
To the heart that knows fire
“To the heart that knows fire” is a collection of 12 choral works by Drew Swatosh, Carolyn Quick and Lisa Neher which explore finding beauty and hope amid darkness. The collection’s title is drawn from Emily Pauline Johnson’s poem Fire-Flowers, set by Carolyn in her piece To the heart that knows fire:
And only where the forest fires have sped,
Scorching relentlessly the cool north lands,
A sweet wild flower lifts its purple head,
And, like some gentle spirit sorrow-fed,
It hides the scars with almost human hands.
And only to the heart that knows of grief,
Of desolating fire, of human pain,
There comes some purifying sweet belief,
Some fellow-feeling beautiful, if brief.
And life revives, and blossoms once again.
“To the heart that knows fire” is a collection of 12 choral works by Drew Swatosh, Carolyn Quick and Lisa Neher which explore finding beauty and hope amid darkness. The collection’s title is drawn from Emily Pauline Johnson’s poem Fire-Flowers, set by Carolyn in her piece To the heart that knows fire:
And only where the forest fires have sped,
Scorching relentlessly the cool north lands,
A sweet wild flower lifts its purple head,
And, like some gentle spirit sorrow-fed,
It hides the scars with almost human hands.
And only to the heart that knows of grief,
Of desolating fire, of human pain,
There comes some purifying sweet belief,
Some fellow-feeling beautiful, if brief.
And life revives, and blossoms once again.
Meet Our Co-Founders
Get to know the composer-performers who founded raindrop new music and see their score catalogues.
Carolyn Quick
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Drew Swatosh
(they/them) |
Lisa Neher
(she/her) |