Rowen Merrill Email & Phone Number

Rowen Merrill is a composer, arranger, and violinist based in Los Angeles. Growing up in a family of professional musicians, Rowen was immersed in music from a young age. Her life-long music education instilled an appreciation for the breadth of musical genres and their mingling, which bolsters and informs her current work in Popular and Independent styles of music. Rowen began singing before she could speak and loved composing jingles and playful tunes as a child. At the age of 5, she began playing the violin, and her professional career started shortly after. Rowen sang in movies such as Mulan II, Lilo and Stitch II, and Polar Express, to name a few. She also had the privilege to sing on Neil Young’s album, “Americana.” Rowen studied classical violin performance at Belmont University with Elisabeth Small. Since graduating in 2018, she has studied composition, arranging, and orchestration with Carl Marsh, a prominent Nashville-based arranger, composer, and producer. She has also had the opportunity to deepen her knowledge of violin under the instruction of esteemed violinist Roberto Cani, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera. In 2018, Rowen released her first instrumental EP Kewl Vibes by Rowen. She is currently working on her second album, with Warner Chappell Germany, which will be released in 2023. In addition to her work as a composer, Rowen has arranged and recorded for artists such as Katy Kirby, Bully, Kate Gillespie, Grumpy, and Dreamer Boy. She has also performed with Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian, Lydia Luce, and others as a string player.

Listed skills include Music Composition, Violin, Sibelius, String Arrangements, and 11 others.

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  Belmont University

  Music Performance, Violin