for string quartet
performed live by Mivos Quartet in, nyc 2023

1. Here
2. There
3. Then
4. Now

Here There Then Now

Merging Dichotomies

imagine souls / imagine crows (2014)
Miniature song cycle for soprano, alto, & piano
Poetry by Kat Finch

Arianne Abela, soprano
Tim Keeler, alto
Francis Yun, piano

Recorded by Jarrett Floyd, May 2014

i.

the moon will fall to earth & break
like so many slivers of a starchart
she navigates by starshine

ii.

june-bug isinglass a meadow
in your hair all the bugs
of avalon grace your eyebright stare

once the forest measures sand no longer
will you sun yourself in the heather
the meadow a dream in your eyebright stare

iii.

you imagine souls
are shiny things
the things crows find in the world

you imagine crows
are shiny things
the things souls find in the world

iv.

stitched with saplings you are
more owl than woman more
needle than pine

& so you truss him up
in embers
before the pyre goes out to sea

v.

goodbye is something
that never leaves the tongue
he cannot navigate by moon

imagine souls / imagine crows

one time, one meeting
[ichi-go ichi-e]
Flute & piano
By Natalie Moller, 2014
Poetry by Holly Hoenshell-Nelson

Commissioned by Erika Boysen for her second dissertation recital, "Music with Spoken Word."

Premiered December 7th, 2014
Stamps Auditorium, University of Michigan

Erika Boysen, flute
Steve McGhee, piano

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(Say...)

Can two raindrops each
touch and roll down a stone
in the same place and the same path?

(Can't undo)

Can the meeting of brush and paper,
a single stroke of thought and ink,
be undone?

(Solitary 'til meeting)

Can the pot of tea we share
pour the same flavor into
your cup and mine?

(Say...)

Is twice ever twice?

(One)

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Program Notes (writted by Holly Hoenshell-Nelson & Natalie Moller):

Enter a Japanese tea house, and 
you may find on a wall-hanging scroll 
the characters “ichigo, ichie.” 
One time, one meeting. 
A reminder that every encounter, 
like every cup of tea, is unique. 
Each meeting may be treated 
as both the first and the last, 
a raindrop on stone, 
a falling leaf on the air. 

Enter a musical space, and 
you may come to an understanding shared 
between performers and audience alike. 
One time, one meeting. 
The knowledge that every performance, 
like every breath and sound, is unique. 
Each experience may be treated 
as both the first and the last, 
a brushstroke on paper, 
a fleeting whisper in the air.

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Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U31uNXSPQYM

one time, one meeting

I. Black is the Color of my True Loves Hair
II. Cocaine Blues (Woody Guthrie)

Carrie Frey, Viola 
9/9/15 - Church of the Ascension, Brooklyn 

Folk Settings (Solo Viola)

nonstructures iv - for waterphone

I wrote this song about me and my love for music. My music is my lover. 

Electric Atmosphere

Doing Fine

Performed by Fonema Consort:
Nina Dante, soprano
Dalia Chin, bamboo flute
Kathryn Schulmeister, Bass

Text by Mar Alzamora Rivera
Recorded by Jacob Sudol
New Music Miami Festival 2019

Here There Then Now

Emily Praetorius

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