The Rowan Tree Set Type:Digital Score

The Rowan Tree Set Type:Digital ScoreThis beautiful Scottish ballad commemorates the Rowan Tree, also called the Traveler's Tree because it is said to protect those on journeys. Everyone in the ensemble in this expressive musical journey has an opportunity to take on the melody at least in part. Equal parts comfort and wistfulness, this lovely tune can transport your musical travelers to magical realms of expression!

The piece opens with the theme simply stated in upper strings with a soft accompanying pizzicato ostinato in lower strings

Into the Midnight Forest is a perfect selection for a string orchestra’s first concert

along with some easy pointillistic figures

and double bass carry the "Jingle Bells" melody

brings his experience creating video game music to create a rhythmically compelling

dotted half

In the end

In the middle section

After a brief introduction we hear the charming "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair"

*Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics

and busy sailors

brooding middle section changes the energy before bursting back into the original content