Take a tour of Europe for the holidays! Timothy Johnson's new Christmas medley visits England France Ireland and Poland by way of their traditional carols. The bold opening and medley format makes this an appealing concert opener but CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE will fit well anywhere in your show. Tim's long experience as a school band director gives him the instinctive ability to arrange music which asks for grade-level appropriate skills from beginning to end. If you seek something fresh and sparkling for this year's holiday concert here it is!

Give some Broadway pizzazz to your holiday program with this spectacular medley for band and optional choir. This sparkling arrangement is a perfect concert closer. Includes: God Bless Us Everyone It's Beginning to Look LikeChristmas March of the Toys My Favorite Things Pine Cones and Holly Berries Toyland and We Need a Little Christmas.

Designed to open a Christmas concert  A Christmas Herald starts with a fanfare that introduces a lyrical theme which eventually turns out to be a descant to Hark the Herald Angels Sing which is subsequently introduced by trombones and euphoniums.The famous carol then gradually transforms back into the fanfare which closes the work as it began.

4 Christmas carols in pop style-Christmas on the Rocks rassemble quatre chants de Noël anglais bien connus dans un arrangement instrumental de style pop. Si on le souhaite le public ou un choeur peuvent chanter en même temps auquel cas le chef d'orchestre leurdonnera les indications appropriées. Stef Minnebo a réalisé un délicieux arrangement des quatre chants suivants : God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Joy to the World - Away in a Manger (avec flûte solo) et Deck the Halls.

Noël est la meilleure période de l?année non seulement à cause des chants de Noël entendus partout ! Voici un medley des chansons à ne pas manquer : Christmas Song Santa Baby A Holly Jolly Christmas Frosty the Snowmanet Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

This pop hit recorded by Mariah Carey in 1994 continues to be a holiday favorite year after year. Starting with a moderate tempo and lyrical introduction this very effective arrangement for young bands moves into an upbeat swing style with a nice variety in scoring textures and dynamics.

Here's a delightful collage to kick off a holiday concert. John Wasson has combined five fabulous standards into a medley that will make your band sound like the Boston Pops. Includes: The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Silver Bells The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas and I'll Be Home For Christmas.

The tradition of the Christmas tree in Western Europe dates back to a time long before any Christianization had taken place. During the severely cold winter nights so it was believed evil spirits tried to 'kill' nature. Needle-leaved trees were the only ones which kept their green colour throughout the year and therefore became symbols of immortality. These 'living' trees said to be the work of benign spirits were brought into people's houses to ward off evil life-threatening powers. In the 14th century people first started to decorate Christmas trees. It was a pagan custom originated by the inhabitants of Alsace. This custom was taken over by the Church inthe course of the 15th and 16th century. At first the decoration consisted mainly of edibles such as apples and wafers but later small presents were added. Legend has it that the reformer Martin Luther was the first person to decorate a Christmas tree with candles. The flickering candle flames were meant to create the image of a starry sky in which Christ's apparition could be recognized. The German organ-player Ernst Anschütz from Leipzig was the first person to notate the song 'O Tannenbaum' the melody being a well-known folk song. Next to 'Stille Nacht' 'O Tannenbaum' is the most famous German Christmas song now known throughout the world. In the United States of America the melody of 'O Tannenbaum' has even been used in four States (among which the State of Maryland) for their State song. In David Well's arrangement the song is first heard as many of us know it. After this introduction however it is transformed into a solid rock version and the beat has been changed. In the second part the familiar three-four time is back but here the rhythm is different from the original. After the richly ornamented rock beat the basic theme can be heard once again and the composition is concluded in a festive manner.

Four-part flexible chamber music arrangements featuring a soloist. The Centre Stage series bringing well-known classics to early-level players has become so popular with schools and music centres that further titles have been requested! The rousing Joy to the World and gentle Silent Night are undoubtedly Christmas favourites and would make an excellent choice for your Christmas concert.The scoring is flexible (the ‘soloist’ in Part 1 as an example could be for flute oboe violin clarinet or alto saxophone) and whilst written for a chamber group larger ensembles can also use Centre Stage with more players joining each part. An optional piano part has beenincluded for rehearsal or to support the performance.

A Celtic Christmas Celebration-The joy and hope of Christmas are celebrated in this new Celtic-styled cantata from the pen that brought you The Mystery and the Majesty and Winter's Grace. This jubilant work is filled with tuneful carols thoughtful narration and sparkling orchestrations. Traditional melodies form the foundations of this tapestry of lights bringing to your holiday presentation a pleasing mixture of choirs carols and candlelight. Presented in both SAB and SATB formats a full line of support products is available including a digital resource kit complete with PowerPoint images rehearsal tips and art files to assist in the creation of your program. Two orchestration options areavailable: a Celtic consort and full orchestra.

Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra) the most famous piece of Daniel Pinkham composed in 1957 is a church composition for Chorus Double Brass and Organ. Written in Latin. Accessible to good high-school and college singers the opening statement is sung by the whole SATB chorus followed by the Allegro section which is rhythmically quite complicated. The middle section is sung by Sopranos and Altos while the Rondo which is part of the final part is sung by the whole SATB its verses being interpreted by the different groups.Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) is an American composer organist and Harpsichordist. Most ofhis compositions were related to church music and his best known works are the Christmas Advent and Wedding Cantatas.

Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumental combination and these varied ensembles are easy andenjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments!The series is successful with recorders guitars percussion and keyboard as well as with orchestral groupings. Whether there are five or fiftyplayers every Kaleidoscope title will work! Just make sure that melody and keyboard parts are included - all other parts are optional. Kaleidoscope is superb value for money - each set contains a score plus around 50 parts eachone carefully written to suit the needs of each instrument. For example easy string parts are in first position only whilst easy clarinet parts take care to avoid the break. There are more demanding parts too for experiencedplayers. To help you choose the right pieces for your players we have given the key of each Kaleidoscope in brackets. The complete performance option! These super-flexible arrangements of well-known titles are a must forevery school. Why not choose a theme for your concert and perform a selection of Kaleidoscope show titles and film themes or have an evening of classical favourites? Bumper pack contents: 'Deck The Hall' (F) 'As WithGladness' (G) 'Patapan' (Gm) 'Good King Wenceslas' (G) 'God Rest You Merry Gentlemen' (Dm) 'Away In A Manger' (F) 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' (G). Edited by Nicholas Hare.

A wonderful modern treatment of the ages old favorite We Wish You a Merry Christmas! This creative arrangement serves equally well as an opener for your Christmas Concert as it will in the traditional closer position that the grand old carol has so long held. Be sure to hear the demo CD on this one. We think you’ll be both surprised and delighted. Without question your students will enjoy playing Good Tidings at Christmas and the audience will Love it!Original!

Oh Christmas Tree. Par DOBBINS BILL. This spirited traditional carol is taken on a musical voyage through several different tempos, keys and moods, including a Latin section with an optional shaker accompaniment. The chromatic harmonies and changes in tempo and meter provide challenging material through which to develop the skills of basic musicianship and interpretation. The music is not technically difficult, and should be well within the grasp of intermediate to advanced ensembles from high school to professional levels. Each instrument is featured in both solo and ensemble roles./ Répertoire / Sextuor à Cordes

Veni Emmanuel - Il est né - Ding Dong! - Nu zijt wellekome - Gloria in excelsis - In dulci jubilo-A Christmas Collage est un charmant medley de Noël qui rassemble les titres suivants : Veni Emmanuel Il est né le divin enfant Ding Dong! Merrily on High Nu zijt wellekome Gloria in excelsis Deo et In dulci jubilo Voix 1: Fl Htb Cl. Si?/Mi? Sax. S. Trp; Voix 2: Fl Cor Angl. Cl. Si? Cl. Alto Sax. A. Trp Cor Voix 3: Cl. B. Cl. Alto Sax. T. Basson Cor Trb Euph. Voix 4: Cl. B. Sax. B. Basson Trb Trb B. Euph. Tuba C. Cordes Opt. Perc. 1 Perc.