Elements

[@lightaces]

I came across a version of Fire, and I’ve been sobbing and having a hard time breathing ever since. Truly astonishing and powerful music. I haven’t had this PHYSICAL a reaction to music in years.

[@theMotti2000]

same for me - it's busting my heart open

[@akalulunauwu5931]

My group performed Fire for an Honors choir and I was so entranced by it I had to look up more. You are my new favorite composer

[@katgimon]

Thank you! This is the best compliment a composer can get 😊

[@cryptidcorviid]

i love the use of polyphonic overtone in earth. each one of these pieces just strikes a chord deep in my soul. i love it.

[@recipesforruntz5317]

Everyone always talks about Fire, but seriously, Water is absolutely amazing! It certainly has so much power and it is similar to Earth in someways which is also why Earth is so ethereal and beautiful. My elements according to astrology are 90% earth and water so I have a soft spot for both songs. Katerina, I really appreciate these beautiful works!

[@gabriellahirsch7059]

I am so glad that I stumbled across Fire on tiktok because I have never had such a physical and emotional reaction to a piece before. Katarina, this collection is phenomenal and I applaud your work

[@katgimon]

Wow, thank you Gabriella!

[@theMotti2000]

same same same. I am stunned and captivated xx

[@meistermangnesium8847]

Yesterday "fire" was performed at the International chamberchoir competition in Marktoberdorf (Germany). It was a hell of a performance and the music hit me like a train. Now i can't stop listening to your music! You are brillant and I realy hope to perform your music myself in future! Best regards from Germany

[@katgimon]

Oh wow! I didn't realize it was performed there. So exciting! I'll have to see if I can find a recording. Either way, so glad you are enjoying my music and I hope we may get a chance to connect in the future! All the best.

[@strawberryteapot]

Seen the 🔥 from TT. Felt the pull to see this entire performance. I was moved to tears ladies. It didn't know why I cried but was so much POWER that hit me all at once. I bet it's incredible to be apart of. You are truly magical ✨️ 💖

[@strawberryteapot]

Ms Gimon please never stop spreading your lovely gifts with the entire world 🌎

[@tapchoke2363]

This is so powerful and incredible. I am a certified “band kid” but this has given me chills

[@chloegirard1491]

I actually saw the 3rd potion, fire of this on tik tok and wanted to listen to the whole thing and this is my new favorite thing ever

[@indieh9]

I just came here from TikTok as well.

[@muzicfest]

how the hell hasnt this been discovered and blown up sooner!?! honestly incredible the story from one movement to another, its so great!!

[@pappanalab]

I’m in loved with how your compositions paint pictures with the voice. It feels like the musical version of abstract art.

[@katgimon]

Thank you! I'm quite visually-oriented and think in images as I compose - so am glad this comes across 😊

[@user-lb9xh8me1x]

@@katgimon your music is beautiful !!

[@patrickmeador8389]

I’m about launch into my career as a choir director and I am grateful to have discovered such a brilliant composer.

[@AlliMcCrite]

my high schools chamber choir performed fire at our last event and i have been in love with this collection ever since

[@archerisblind6045]

This absolutely has to be one of my favorite pieces ever composed. It's haunting, gorgeous, and it evokes so much emotion. I am having to this is nothing short of visceral.

[@lizzyb.2411]

My school’s Madrigal choir performed Fire to accompany our theatre department’s performance of Titus Andronicus. I’ve been obsessed since I heard it! I’m definitely going to ask my teacher to let us perform it- and hopefully the other movements, too- for our choir competitions this spring. Here’s to hoping!

[@Gemini_Mama]

Overtone singing has always fascinated me, and this is incredible.

[@jaredthorson6366]

“Fire” is truly on fire right now! It’s given me chills every time!!!

[@lisazemelman5170]

Just saw Fire performed by a girls choir and I was sobbing

[@beary9711]

So excited to sing “fire”in choir!! Great job!!

[@tgg4266]

The air to fire transition was freaking amazing

[@sebastienhaton-lalanguetap1365]

I heard the part III "Fire" on social networks, sung by a women's choir. I was eager to hear the full piece. This is wonderful!

[@theboiyouddate5722]

I remember when we preformed water I loved how every part sorta "flowed" together. When I found out it was a movement in a bigger piece I had to look it up. I found this video, and every now and then, I come back and listen to this composition for inspiration, general relaxation, and just because this is a nice comfort piece, It's so gorgeous and really gives you a sense of each element and the abstract emotions they express. What's most impressive is it does this without using real words to explain itself. Truly an enchanting work of art.

[@Juz_Zain]

This is my first time hearing the piece entirely but I’m so glad I came to listen to it. I honestly wish I could hear it in person, but what I’ve gathered from it is what I assume you meant it to be in the first place. To me, the earth sounds calm but still moving and ever changing, shifting like tectonic plates; the wind starts as a soft breeze and then builds and grows into a howling storm; the fire starts as something contained yet angry that then builds and erupts into a blaze that eventually subsides; the water starts like an ice cap, melting and the water winds through rivers and streams as it travels to the ocean. Overall, it’s just a gorgeous and phenomenal piece.

[@_nichrye]

LOVE the overtones in earth AAH, also that first melody in water sounds so familiar?? i'd be interested to see if its inspired something else or vice versa

[@harmonylyric9360]

It reminds me of the music in Mulan idk if that’s what your thinking tho

[@brigidrichardson4263]

I did a bit of a stumble over social media, and am so glad this is where I landed (it may have taken a few months to find you though). I’ve loved all of the choir compositions I’ve been fortunate enough to hear by you, thank you for sharing your creativity!

[@raessecretstashofcheese2634]

This is beautiful. Every single one. My teacher showed this to our class, and I love it so much. The fact you were about to show the feeling of each element, without even using words, is incredible! Earth is calm and stable, air is just so immersive, fire is energetic, and water shows beauty and flow. I’ve never felt so much while listening to a piece. Thank you for putting this out!

[@katgimon]

Wow! Thank you for sharing...so wonderful to hear this impact this piece has had on you

[@ariwoodward]

I just watched the Capital University Chapel Choir sing "Fire" and it was my favorite part of the show Incredible composition

[@teetee6378]

I have likened this to a life cycle. We are all a part of Mother Earth. With the air breathing life that fuels the fires in us. And the healing balm of water to give us peace. Well done ❤️

[@zizinnnn]

I hope your talent will awaken the force we forgot we have :)

[@getcrafty8251]

This is literally so beautiful- water sounds amazing and angelic love it, fire really feels so freeing

[@gutterbro]

Loved singing water for choir! The song is so beautiful and it gave me goosebumps! Lol

[@KekeInc]

WOW! I'm a former choir kid, now in my 40s... I like many others saw the tiktoc, and had to find the full elements piece! I'm only at Earth and I'm ugly crying... Holy Moly! Such a moving piece of choral music! I see this was posted 8 years ago, and the full Elements is amazing! The all female version of Fire left me as well breathless! But in the full Elements here, this is a journey! Tears throughout, in all the best ways! Thank you for creating this!

[@Hannah-um8og]

Fire has become insane on TT you are an amazing composer 🎼 thank you 🙏 and yes this is uniting a lot of women in America now.

[@racheldupuis9558]

I'm gonna write a book about warrior women, and Fire was my inspiration. I kept searching and found the entire elements. My brain is going into overdrive from so much inspiration and ideas 😅

[@katgimon]

Wow, what an honour!

[@racheldupuis9558]

@@katgimon I'm not a full fledged writer yet.. and english isn't even my first language hahaha! I hope my story will do your amazing work proud

[@sharoncolleluore9446]

May your work continue to inspire us all for years to come. Bravo.

[@thatonething7141]

I did a high school All-County Chorus where Fire was performed, and I loved it! I saw that you had other pieces, and I wanted to see what they were like, I was not disappointed. These pieces are a work of art!

[@dromnavarnaproductions5973]

Stunning. Chilling. Entrancing. I keep coming back to listen again.

[@eviebrown993]

I appreciate the organization of this piece so well done 💕💕💕💕💕

[@gracechristenson5309]

this is incredible and so so powerful. i performed a path to hope last year with my school choir and i came across this song on tiktok, and it just blew me away; you're so talented and it would be absolutely amazing to be able to perform this piece someday

[@alejandrapcadenas]

i loved this composition the first time i listened to it... but the water song is the one for me ♡♡

[@ashleyyale123]

Omg I'm sorry that I'm just finding out about this beautiful, inspiring piece 💖 💜 💗

[@erikclemin5406]

omg the amount of goosebumps and shivers this gives me is unmatched by anything this is litterally the best work of music i’ve heard

[@Cyber-Lee_0007]

This kinda Ngl gives me some alien vibes I might use this for my novel called Realm War this is explained in 2 paragraphs In the year 2060, Adam, his friends, and family took an early summer vacation on a space cruiser but mysterious light rays or auroras from distant stars cause mare to unleash motherships from a portal on Mars, they disengaged smaller motherships to destroy the most populated cities. Humans rage firepower at the invaders but were helpless due to technology. Adam seeks refuge in Area 52 with officials and General Alexander Oppenheimer only to have a ufo crash on the base making Adam to steal the doomsday plane, but goes to Las Vegas for an emergency landing and meeting a rich man named Joshua. When they reached Japan, Adam reunites with his Japanese friend and Chinese dad but only to remain with him before he dies in his sleep. The navy takes the characters only to find out that Adam’s Chinese family hates him where quad-pods attack the USS ThunderChild. When Joshua, Adam, and Gemma were on a yacht, the new couple get abducted by aliens but they meet a leader named Renenutet who reveals her ambitious plan. She then only leaves Adam with Joshua on a deserted tropical island. A One World Military, newly formed, attacks the aliens once more only to find out that they are fighting over power causing Renenutet to lead a remaining fleet to genocide. Alexander tells Adam on the island that Renenutet kidnapped his girlfriend, and is revealed to be Adams father. and wants to take his own life to kill Renenutet. When Adam and Alexander got abducted, Dwane joins the fight only to be left dying. A solar discharge causes ships to get destroyed. Adam then gets the refugees where Dwane nukes her vessel. Half of Humanity is wiped out but the sun rises bringing peace on the Earth…

[@beatsbyvinny5951]

We are doing fire for wyoming all state choir this year I’m very exited

[@jessicamast-foss2078]

Came here from TikTok : ) your work is incredible and needed!

[@b0ngm1lk]

this is absolutely unbelievable. i cannot fathom how you so accurately conveyed the /feel/ of each element. your skill is absolutely out of this fkn world

[@jacksonreese5633]

Hi Katerina- do you know if any live performances of “Earth”? Magical would be an understatement…

[@katgimon]

Live performances of Earth are a whole different experience indeed, especially with the spatial aspect! It's all about that immersion in sound. I'm hoping to capture some of that aspect in a recorded version someday soon with a 360 video recording and binaural audio version...fingers crossed!

[@lasevi]

I heard fire on tik tok and had to find the rest! I absolutely love this and it feels like it's doing great things to my ears and my mind! Thank you for creating this beautiful masterpiece! I hope to perform this one day in choir!

[@JoanneBartone]

Amazing!! Thank you for sharing your gift!

[@lagartamarinha]

I've always been more sensitive with music and after listening to the whole piece I'm sobbing. I can't describe this in any way other than saying I just had a religious experience. As an agnostic skeptical little idiot, I cannot explain how I felt listening to Water. Music is truly something beautiful and bigger than anything in the universe to me.

[@katgimon]

Wow, thank you!

[@rupampo_oficial]

Thank you so much for your amazing work, this is AMAZING!!!! The world need to recognise your work!!!

[@thevvraith]

This is wildly amazing. Bless you for crafting this!

[@phlovejoy]

Your music makes me long to sing in a choir again.

[@thebowz6525]

Fire was awesome

[@gerardyun]

I absolutely LOVE this work. You're awesome Kat!

[@hannag6546]

Splendid work, great channeling

[@PHEONIX881]

Your song brought death to enemies thx for providing battle music

[@lesettedesantiago144]

Glad I found your page

[@eileenlohrer5876]

Be like water🔥🕊️🕯️

[@flyby13]

Came here because of the fire clip, reminds of the more ancestral stuff that Cochamea has put out

[@arianebellvila]

AHHHHHHH :D

[@lucylulusuperguru3487]

What words are they saying in "Fire"? I couldn't find any translation. Edit: I'm hearing impaired to a signficant degree so if they aren't words per se and just musical chant don't smack me I just love the feeling is stirs in me...it's one of those melodies/frequencies that set's off a "fire" in one...in a powerful way.

[@katgimon]

No words! It's a series of vocables (nonsense syllables) I created through improvisation to evoke the energy and spirit of Fire. And thanks, so glad you like it :)

[@lucylulusuperguru3487]

@@katgimon Thank you for telling me :) I cannot experience the full sound width but the rhythym I can feel. That's the lovely thing about music you can physically feel it via vibration even if you cannot catch every nuance. My version of hearing is much like a bat's "vision" to a degree. My feet, hands and skin are my extended ears. You should try experiencing your work somewhat similar to how I did. It's interesting. Go into a dark room, insert cottonballs firmly in your ears and blast 🔥 on stereo with no shoes on on an uncarpeted floor perhaps a kitchen or bathroom. You might find a whole other magic within it. The entire work...is just beautiful thank you 💓 I'm glad to have stumbled across your talents. 😊

[@shanniewu5118]

I’m about to sing Fire for my Chorus Spring Concert and it is going to be the first piece of the concert how exciting is that?

[@katgimon]

Your audience will be primed and ready for the rest of the set, for sure 🔥

[@shanniewu5118]

@@katgimon Yes 🙌

[@theMotti2000]

where can we find out where this astonishing work is being performed??? I HAVE to hear it live :) 🥰

[@LuciaY44]

This sounds a lot like Orange Tesla by Kanye West. I love Orange Tesla and I love this because it sounds like Orange Tesla, my favorite song.

[@ryanlindley9021]

I've recently come into contact with your work because of this piece and I was wondering if you have any music written for SAB choirs? If not, are you interested? I'm a middle school choir teacher. :)

[@katgimon]

Ooooo! I have an SSAB piece called "Song for the Searching" that might work? www.katerinagimon.com/song-for-the-searching.html If you see anything else in my catalogue you like as well let me know. I haven't had the occasion to write specifically for SAB yet but have been thinking about making some new voicings of existing ones as a start :)

[@lk8114]

"Air" must be so difficult to sing!

[@heleneklr5383]

I wanna be part of this. Im in France. Tell me how.

[@lovingmeforonce1270]

Do the lyrics in fire mean anything? Or are they inspired by anything? Or are they just there to sound really cool? Just curious

[@katgimon]

There are no real 'words'. What you're hearing is a series of vocables (nonsense syllables) I created through improvisation to evoke the energy and vigour of Fire :)

[@Hannah-um8og]

I have to ask, where did you pull your inspiration for this from?? It sounds like a Viking war chant but also from Native American sound as well but also weirdly reminds me of Romani and Arabic.

[@katgimon]

Hi Hannah! I wrote Fire and the set that it's part of (Elements) back in 2013 while I was in school and still very early in my writing journey. So my goal in writing Elements was more of a compositional one at the time - to convey an image or idea (in this case, each Element) to listeners without using any actual text/words, just using music and exploring the wide range of capabilities of the human voice. For Fire, for example, I was really thinking witches brew ;) You can hear me chat more about my approach to Fire iand the set as a whole in this interview here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4SWpKWkbap6ebM

[@michaelthemadsoldiertist]

What was the inspiration for this? Is it an original piece? Nature spirits? Ancient teachings? Just came to you? It’s powerful I can tell you this. I’m not sure what your beliefs are and I don’t judge any unless they use their power to do unnecessary and unjust harm but this is very powerfully moving feels natural. Tied to the powers of the soul and to earth. Amazing. Druidic?

[@katgimon]

Hi! I wrote Elements back in 2013 when I was in school - so my goal was more of a compositional creative one at the time: I wanted to create something that at once explored the bounds of the human voice and could convey an image or idea (in this case each classical element) without using any words - just through the music itself. I had also started studying improvisation around this time and was exploring using my voice in a more "instrumental" way...so that also influenced my writing of this work :) P.s. If you're interested to hear more, I dive into a bit more detail on this in my interview on the "Getting the Song Out" podcast!

[@michaelthemadsoldiertist]

@@katgimon thank you for responding. I’m a bit of a vocalist myself I guess I’ll admit I have a range that extends from hard core metal animal screams to almost monk Chant lows If I warm up properly. I love music of most genres as long as there’s talent and effort involved. It is a beautiful piece. I’m a bit of a spiritual scatter brain was raised Christian but I actually sought out all of the removed portions of the Bible and stopped participating in the faith because I felt cheated. Completely different message with the other half included. I’m also deeply interested in elemental magic and some Norse runic practices. I’ve had an interesting go of life for sure. Lots of unique experiences. I can appreciate the earthy very visceral nature of your work it brings up a very natural state of connection to the earth feeling in different ways. I agree words aren’t necessary when you are tuned in to the right frequency. You can just be. Like instinct like a feeling of being part of what we’ve lost or separated ourselves from in order to become slaves to the dollar and plaything’s for greedy evil unnatural men. The thing about works like yours is they for me at least remind me that no matter how far humanity has tried to run from our nature and betray our instinctive behavior and drives we are still bound and connected to the earth and that connection needs to not only be respected but exercised. I was slightly confused that the dedication said it was performed in a church not that it’s bad just that usually churches frown upon anything that pays homage to the more elemental earth bound energies. Interested in a curious way would be more accurate. Anyway I wont write the next great American novel. Again thank you for your effort and sharing your art with the world it definitely improved my day greatly and calmed my usually bombarded and lately irritable mind. I’ll have to check out the podcast I think you said. Thanks again for writing back I don’t experience much common courtesy these days so it’s greatly appreciated.

[@Katybug1977]

All I am getting is a black screen. I so wanted to see the whole thing. I saw 'Fire' on TikTok.

[@katgimon]

Hi Katy. This is just an audio recording, no video sorry!

[@MattFawcett5432]

You should have composed for Motherland Fort Salem.

[@karenmoore326]

I'd like a copy of the lyrics to fire. Where can I get those?

[@katgimon]

Hi there. There are no real words/lyrics in Fire. What you're hearing is a set of nonsense syllables I generated through improvisation to evoke the energy and vigour of fire in its many forms. The syllables you hear off that bat (that loop throughout the entirety of the work) are: “N a ma ai na kai la na da”, meant to represent the embers of a flame!

[@karenmoore326]

@@katgimon Thank you, Katerina! I love this! You are a musical genius.