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Natalie Helm, Cellist

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🎶 Principal Cello, @sarasotaorchestra
♥️ 501c(3) Founder, @upward_notes
🎹Cellist, @sorella_duo
🎻Cellist, @duoskope

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🖤“Often life is a frantic avoidance of the truth.”- Adyashanti

This quote, for me, perfectly represented today’s #breakforbach Courante. It’s frantic, chaotic, and trying to flee from whatever truth it’s avoiding.

I feel we can all think to a time if our life when this was a relatable feeling. by @nataliehelmcello

🌸“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.”- Emily Dickinson

“Break for Bach” has officially begun and we begin with the Prelude from Bach’s Suite No. 1!

I feel this quote really captures the essence of this movement.

For me, this suite is full of innocence, new beginnings, springtime, and hopefulness. The ending to this movement is one of the most soaring passage in the repertoire! And it ends victoriously with the final G major chord that rings so abundantly 😍

🌸 Welcome to the #breakforbach journey and see you tomorrow! 🌸 by @nataliehelmcello

At Lighthouse Vision Loss Center this week we all were welcome to join in however they like. However the music moves you!

That’s the beauty of an Upward Notes Gathering. The music, the experience is shared by everyone.

And the joy goes both ways. Our musicians come to share music, but they leave having shared something more: a moment of genuine human connection.

It’s a simple idea at the heart of Upward Notes. Music brings us together, and being together is good for us.

Thanks to our supporters, we bring these Gatherings into community spaces at no cost to the people and organizations we serve.

🌻 Bring Music Where it Belongs!
##upwardnotes #musicbringsustogether #mentalwellbeing #sarasota by @nataliehelmcello

Welcome back, Natalie.
Cellist Natalie Helm returns to ensembleNEWSRQ on October 5, joining Roomful of Teeth and enSRQ for Caroline Shaw’s This Might Also Be a Form of Dreaming.
Drawing from Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric, Shaw’s work begins with two deceptively simple questions:
How do we connect?
And what are we connecting?
Roomful of Teeth is joined by Samantha Bennett, viola; Natalie Helm, cello; Asher Carlson, bass clarinet; George Nickson, percussion; and Sam Nelson, piano.
Roomful of Teeth + ensembleNEWSRQ
October 5 · 7:30 PM
First Congregational Church · Sarasota
Tickets at EnSRQ.org by @nataliehelmcello

“Can I come to an Upward Notes event?”

YES!

We just need to know you’re interested!

DM us here, or natalie@upwardnotes.com

Or - visit our website upwardnotes.com

Cheers to season 10! We’ll see you soon!

#upwardnotes #mentalwellbeing #music #community by @nataliehelmcello

Happy 2nd Birthday baby girl 🥹💗🌊 by @nataliehelmcello

P.E.R.M.A. – E is for Engagement. 🎶

Engagement is what happens when we give our full attention to the moment we're sharing.

At Upward Notes, our community begins with babies and stretches to our elders. It includes our contemporaries, neighbors in recovery, those who are incarcerated or infirmed, children discovering music for the first time, and even the shelter animals who have gathered with us.

For one hour, we become part of the same experience.

Someone listens quietly.
Someone sings.
Someone reaches for an instrument.
Someone smiles at a stranger.

No two gatherings look the same, but each one reminds us that when we are fully present with one another, we begin to build something that lasts.

That's the kind of engagement we hope to create—one gathering at a time.

🌱🎶 by @nataliehelmcello

“At ground level” or

Put another way…

We are all at

the same level - gathering! 💜🫵🌻🎶

#upwardnotes #seedsofchange #mentalhealthmatters #musicforall #gathering by @nataliehelmcello

We thought about doing an April Fools post.

But it turns out, we like things as they are!

So instead, here’s a moment from a recent gathering. 🎶

2026.03.15
Location: The Bay
Karim Manning - Beatbox
Anne Chandra - Violin
Leah Latorraca - Violin
Natalie Helm - Cello
Stephanie Block - Viola
Stunt Baby - Walker

Presented by Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota by @nataliehelmcello

Main character energy for 2026 😎 by @nataliehelmcello

Interlochen with Adeline ♥️ This summer is such a different experience! Being able to share such an important and special place with her is extra magical 🎶 I can’t believe we’re already halfway through! by @nataliehelmcello

Still riding the high of playing the Brahms G Major Sextet with these wonderful musicians and friends at @interlochenarts! Swipe to see ponytails in action 👱‍♀️.

If you missed it, you can still watch our performance on the Interlochen website! Link in my bio. by @nataliehelmcello