I have a black dog...
The text is taken from the book "The Magical Songs of The Finns", the English Translation of an ancient Finnish text where there literally is a spell for everything, including 'Menacing'.  Scary.


Menacing

Piece for Cello and Piano played by Bethany Morris and Jane Olson

Sometimes you simply can't find words to adequately express the complexity of emotions.

This is for Clare, Poppy and Tim.



No Words...

Podcast Thingy for Weirds of a Feather ADHD Adjacent Podcast

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Breastfeeding is difficult.  All you want to do is feed your baby, it should be simple, the human race has survived, apparently evolved, but collectively forgotten how to pass on nutrition in the most basic form from mother to baby.  Struggling to breastfeed her baby, a tired mother, already emotional from exhaustion and the changes that her body is going through, feels frustration, despair, pain.  A simple trick shown to me by a midwife, a special secret, enabled me to properly latch my baby on after days of wrestling with positioning, holding and ultimately excruciatingly painful nipples.  Here is is:  my knowledge song.  Share the knowledge.  

This is one of my songs from "In Six", a series of Songs for female voice and ensemble written for my Masters in Composition Jan 2016.  

Latch On, Let Down

Where are the Ducks?

Lavender's Blue

Displace

Brooklyn Duo's arrangement of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters
Cello  -  Bethany Morris
Piano -  Jane Olson
Classic

Nothing Else Matters

A snippet from my first commissioned piece as Composer in Residence for the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent. Written for and performed by the Choir of Saint Mary's for the Ash Wednesday Eveningsong. 

Hymn to God the Father

New Music and Contemporary Composer for chamber ensemble and voice 

Jane Olson

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