Holiday Celebration Series

Written for the New York Saxophone Quartet for a memorial concert post 9.11.2001. Simple melodic rendering of traditional hymn for saxophone quartet, featuring the alto saxophone.

Das deutsche Weihnachtslied aus dem 19. Jahrhundert wurde hier jazzig arrangiert. Mehrere kurze Solo-Möglichkeiten für Klavier. Die Stimmen der Rhythmusgruppe sind nur mit Akkorden notiert.

Playing jazz versions of Christmas music has always been a joy for me, and I arranged this version of the English carol God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen to reflect the way I have performed this with a jaz...

We Three Kings of Orient Are is one of my favorite English carols that I sang in my childhood, updated to play with jazz quartets in concerts. This Saxophone Quintet version (soprano, alto, 2 tenors a...

Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious a...

Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious a...

Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious a...

Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious a...

One of the most popular German Christmas carols has now been arranged in three-four time. The short solo of the alto saxophone can also be improvised thanks to the notated chords.

An engaging composition based on a traditional Chanukah tune. Use of ethnic melodic inflections and rich harmonic textures featuring the soprano and tenor saxophone with interludes. Ideal for holiday...

I was inspired to arrange this old gospel song by an elderly fisherman from Tancook Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It's his favorite song. It's a simple 16 measure pentatonic tune. PBS did an entire spe...

My arrangement of I Saw 3 Ships ... is written in a quasi-baroque style in a quasi-rondo form. For years these 2 English carols have felt to me like 2 parts of the same song and I have arranged them l...

Interesting coupling of these two favorite christmas carols. Ideal for holiday programming or as an encore piece.Intermediate to advanced.Approximately 6 to 8 minutes in length.

After initially introducing the theme in a mere 'cloud of sound', the piece, then, starts off in a Cajun/New Orleans groove. All the voices have their solo spots. More and more independent voices join...

A beautiful series of harmonic variations on this well-known Christmas favorite is developed with modulations through several different keys, featuring the individual instruments in both solo and ense...

A medley of What Child Is This? (Greensleeves), The First Noel, and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is developed through fresh and colorful harmonic variations. The chromatic harmonies and changes in temp...

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...

In this trombone duet, the theme is presented in 4/4 time, which appears to be a rather unusual measure to be chosen for this Christmas carol. The latin groove is to be played rather 'laid back' throu...

This arrangement has a soothing effect on everybody suffering from Xmas stress right away. Saint Nicolas wishes for such a relaxed and swinging Xmas season with Rudolph, his reindeer, swaying his antl...

The cheerful arrangement, having been tried and tested, also proved itself in numerous performances played by the string ensemble 'Saitenschwung' in Falkensee near Berlin. The piece does not fail to r...

This arrangement has a soothing effect on everybody suffering from Xmas stress right away. Saint Nicolas wishes for such a relaxed and swinging Xmas season with Rudolph, his reindeer, swaying his antl...

One of the most popular German Christmas carols has now been arranged in three-four time. The short solo of the second clarinet can also be improvised thanks to the notated chords.

The traditional Christmas carol, 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,' or 'Silent Night' has been arranged by Frank Reinshagen for clarinet quartet with a beautiful gospel-style treatment.

A medley of What Child Is This? (Greensleeves), The First Noel, and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is developed through fresh and colorful harmonic variations. The chromatic harmonies and changes in temp...

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...