In Concert! for Christmas and Winter Celebrations

Recognize each of the winter celebrations in one piece of music. Kwanzaa Hanukkah and Christmas are all represented in this very easy beginning band arrangement. If your group is ready to graduate from unison method book lines they are ready for this arrangement. Beginning band director/composer Mike Hannickel has made sure that this piece will be accessible to any first year group.If you used this composer’s FIRST CHRISTMAS SUITE with your groups in the past you are sure to like this one too.Happy Holidays!

Open or close your winter concert with this medley of three well-known holiday carols. Containing 'Deck the Halls,' 'The First Noël,' and 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas,' each of the songs are set in a contrasting style and key. A reverent and joyous addition to every holiday program. (3:30) / Concert Band

‘Christmas Colours’ is a palette consisting of several Christmas songs. Bruce Fraser has mainly used the colours green (the colour of holly) and white (the colour of snow). This composition begins with the chiming of festive bells - if you listen well however you can already hear short fragments from 'The Holly and the Ivy' whose entire melody is finally played alternated with 'The Sussex Carol'. After this the pace slows down and the stately 'See amid the Winter Snow' sounds but parts from 'Jingle Bells' and 'Silent Night' can also be heard. Then after walking under 'The Holly and the Ivy' once again the celebration of Christmas may begin!

Bartók’s 'Romanian Christmas Songs' are based on folk melodies that originated in a pagan celebration of the winter solstice and which he felt gave “the impression of a fiery war-like type of song ratherthan a pious and religious one”. Nevertheless he chose 20 melodies from this collection of “colinde” and published them under the title of “Christmas Songs”.In the first edition of 1918 theywere conceived for children’s hands and so were published “without octaves”; but in his revised edition of 1936 which we present here Bartók added an appendix featuring alternative “concertversions” confirming that these miniatures are also perfectly suited for public performance.This Urtext edition is based on that of the Bartók Complete Edition and for the first time integrates these concertvariants directly into the musical text. We also offer the original melodies and translations of the texts of these colinde to provide an insight into the origins of this rather different kind of Christmas music.

This upbeat easy-to-learn holiday celebration focuses on the similarities between Christmas Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. The focus is on friendship love and acceptance rather than commercialism or materialistic gifts. Holiday Train is an exciting winter concert piece.

A Multi-Traditional Choral Celebration-Everyone will enjoy this sparkling choral show that's a snap to put together and will leave everyone with the holiday spirit! With choreography by John Jacobson it's wonderfully adaptable for everything from holiday concerts to caroling to singing for the local Rotary club. Eight flexible sections include: 1. Happy Holiday 2. Once Upon a Wintertime 3. White Christmas 4. Happy Kwanzaa 5. Feliz Navidad 6. Happy Hanukkah My Friend (The Hanukkah Song) 7. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 8. Do You Hear What I Hear. Available: SATB Director's Score SAB Director's Score 2-Part Director's Score SATB Singer's Edition SAB Singer's Edition 2-Part Singer's Edition Director's Kit Preview CD ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 28:00.

A Multi-Traditional Choral Celebration-Everyone will enjoy this sparkling choral show that's a snap to put together and will leave everyone with the holiday spirit! With choreography by John Jacobson it's wonderfully adaptable for everything from holiday concerts to caroling to singing for the local Rotary club. Eight flexible sections include: 1. Happy Holiday 2. Once Upon a Wintertime 3. White Christmas 4. Happy Kwanzaa 5. Feliz Navidad 6. Happy Hanukkah My Friend (The Hanukkah Song) 7. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 8. Do You Hear What I Hear. Available: SATB Director's Score SAB Director's Score 2-Part Director's Score SATB Singer's Edition SAB Singer's Edition 2-Part Singer's Edition Director's Kit Preview CD ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 28:00.

A Multi-Traditional Choral Celebration-Everyone will enjoy this sparkling choral show that's a snap to put together and will leave everyone with the holiday spirit! With choreography by John Jacobson it's wonderfully adaptable for everything from holiday concerts to caroling to singing for the local Rotary club. Eight flexible sections include: 1. Happy Holiday 2. Once Upon a Wintertime 3. White Christmas 4. Happy Kwanzaa 5. Feliz Navidad 6. Happy Hanukkah My Friend (The Hanukkah Song) 7. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 8. Do You Hear What I Hear. Available: SATB Director's Score SAB Director's Score 2-Part Director's Score SATB Singer's Edition SAB Singer's Edition 2-Part Singer's Edition Director's Kit Preview CD ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 28:00.