Isn't it a lovely Day

Written for an indie game.  The player enters a cave. As he/she explores deeper into the cave they come across an underground river with moving boulders.  Harp and xylophone create the sound of dripping water in the background and drums a sense of falling rocks in the distance.

Cave

An attack scene of someone getting attacked as in a haunted house or dark alley.

Dark Game Music

Ambient music written for an indie game scene of a spooky dead forest.

Dead Forest

A melody with two different accompaniments.

Meadow

Written as part of a larger work, "Mighty Hikers" a children's musical about forest safety and the beauty of the outdoors.  A 35-minute work for children.  The musical is designed as a one-week intensive workshop to teach theater arts to children who have never performed before.   Performed in August with Edmonds Parks & Recreation, Edmonds, WA. 1924 & 1925.

Woodland Escape

Majestic piece which starts out with a fanfare but ends with decay and sadness.

Castle Ruins Revision 2

Opening scene of musical "Mighty Hikers" where parents warn children to go off to play but stay with the group.  The children respond, "Don't Worry I'll be fine."
Of course they don't listen to the warnings and get lost later in the musical.

# 2 Tell me where you are going Piano

A group of children hike into the forest and sing this song while they are hiking.

B. Mighty Hiker Voice and Piano

Giant Trees and Rocks warn children to stay on the trail so they don't get lost.

C. Don't go into the forest voice and piano

Final scene of musical "Mighty Hikers" where the children list the essential items they have to help the lost children find their way back home safely.

F. Ten essentials Voice and Piano

Near the end of the play when the children find themselves in a beautiful meadow.  The "AH" section is where the children add their own imaginative thoughts.

E. Imagine Voice and Piano

Song of hope for children lost in the woods.  Solo with other children who echo in the background.  You can watch the musical on "Harwood Studios" facebook page.

D. You Got to be Strong Voice and Piano

Written several years ago during a difficult time.  A trip to Leavenworth, WA brought me the blessings of Christmas.  Available both as a piano & voice solo or SATB choral arrangement.  This is the choral arrangement without the words using Staffpad score writing software to create the track.

Tiny Lights:

Verse 1:
Tiny Lights along the gutters,
Candles in the windowsill,
Children laughing,
Throwing Snowballs,
Memories of... Long ago
 
Chorus:
Songs of Christmas
Children Playing 
Christmas Trees bring
Back the Song.
Giving pause now to remember
God is Love. 
Christ is Born.

Verse 2:
In a village lay a manger
Cattle grazing on a knoll
And to us was born a Savior
In a Baby soft and warm.

Chorus:

Verse 3:
Listen the Singing Carolers
For the Message of the Day
And to all the little Children
In their eyes we see the Way.

Chorus:

Verse 4:
As we gaze upon the Heavens
God reminds us to recall
Even in the smallest gesture
One can find a miracle.

Chorus: 

I hope you enjoy my Christmas Carol as it is a song that still pulls on my heart and gives me hope for a better tomorrow.

Tiny Lights

Last Dance

Just a quiet moment. I felt it depicted a feeling of sadness. 

French Ballad

Austrian Christmas Carol. An intermediate level piano arrangement. 

Still, Still, Still

The Holly and the Ivy

This delightful classical round will have you dancing round the Maypole.
Lilting, neo-baroque.

Pastorale - Dorothy Harwood

A quodlibet of children's songs plus original music.  Songs included: Three Blind mice, Mary had a Little Lamb, Are You Sleeping?, Big Ben, etc.

Children Songs Mash - Up

Written to complete a set of 3 pieces for wind trio.  I love nature, so even in the darkest woods I would find joy.  Oboe, flute & Bassoon.  Sheet music available for all my tracks.

Dark Wood Forest

One of 8 pieces written as incidental music for a computer game.

Candy Mines

Written for a children's computer game. One of 8. The top voice is the Kitten.  The ominous music is her adventure into the chocolate mountain.

Chocolate

Music in the style of Egyptian Belly Dance Music.  One of 8 pieces written for a children's android game.

Egyptian Deserts

I wrote this song because a family of Ospreys were removed from a cell tower outside my window.  It made me so sad.  The Ospreys kept flying by my window crying.  It was so hard for me.  When their young were born they heard me playing the piano.  I think I was playing Beethoven at the time.  After that, whenever I played the piano they would come and sit on a light pole outside my window and sing along.

Osprey Flight

I imagined the wolves running as a pack and then separating in the forest and running just slightly out of sight from each other on different paths and then coming back together.

Wolf Run

Mood Music could be used as breaking news or to indicate a level of anxiety as the title suggests.

Anxiety

Bouncing, happy, children's music. Written for a children's audio game.

Frosting

I don't know what to call this piece.  This composition could be easily looped and seems to go around in circles.

On The Run

After Five

All my works are original. No one or Ai may use my music without my permission.  

My passion for music has been lifelong.  At 4 years old, I begged my parents for lessons. My father an amazing creative man, woke us up every morning with his jazzy improvisations. He played every day before and after work and had his own unique style. For years I hid my own improvisations because I felt I would never be as brilliant.  Now, I have decided to embrace my own creativity using  combination of strong melodies, jazz influence and my classical training.   

Thank you for following me and your kind support of my work.   All of these scores are written for orchestra using a scorewriting program called Staffpad and are available in printed form. I have some available for purchase on  Sheetmusicplus.com. Or message me directly. I hope you enjoy my little songs. Cheers. new website https://www.dorothyharwood.com

Dorothy Harwood

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