Laura Lentz - Resonance, 3 pieces for 3 flutes and optional drone (2026)

These 3 pieces explore listening, vulnerability, and hope.

Each movement is rooted in modal exploration:
Listen, also (D Dorian)
Let your heart break (so your spirit doesn’t) (F Aeolian)
Unfolding (E Phrygian)

The first movement, Listen, also draws inspiration from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s writings on mutuality, reflecting on listening as an act of generosity and reciprocity:
“Listening, standing witness, creates an openness to the world in which the boundaries between us can dissolve in a raindrop.”

The second movement, Let your heart break (so your spirit doesn’t), inspired by the words of poet Andrea Gibson, reminds us to stay emotionally present with what we're feeling:
“Good Grief
Let your
heart break
so your spirit
doesn't.”

The final movement, Unfolding, lingers with longing and hope, inspired by words of Rebecca Solnit:
“Hope does not mean saying this is not bad... It just means saying we will keep showing up. That we will not give up... we do not know how it will unfold…”

There are optional drones available for this work created by Rochester, NY composer and pianist, Sean William Calhoun. 

Each movement may be performed independently or in any combination.

Resonance: 3 pieces for 3 flutes and drone (2026)
exploring listening, vulnerability, and hope

I. Listen, also (for two flutes + bass flute)
(2:48)

II. Let your heart break (for two flutes + bass flute)
(1:43)

III.Unfolding(for two flutes + bass flute)
(2:16)