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Canadian Holiday - A Cross Country Adventure features music that represents nine Canadian Provinces. The selection travels the land from West to East with each province personified by its own indigeno...

Great Christmas music set to interesting and creative arrangements makes holiday fun for young musicians.

For many reasons, Christmas means joy. This tune, 'Ding Dong Merrily on High', is a wonderful musical snapshot of the whole season. In this arrangement, we hear church bells chiming, voices uniting an...

This is a fun traditional Welsh carol that lends itself well to a mixed woodwind ensemble. Melody is passed throughout the group as they wander through several variations of the melody. 'Fa-la-la-la-l...

This is certainly one of the most beloved pieces of holiday music throughout the world. This arrangement is fairly standard in its opening and proceeds through the verse and chorus with the instrument...

After a short introduction with melodic excepts played in various voices, a verse of this famous carol is played. This moves to a wandering descant line before the grand finale.

Carol of the Bells est basé sur le chant ukrainien Shchedryk. Cette version d'un classique des fêtes de fin d'année met en scène tous les musiciens dans différents rôles, avec une mélodie dans toutes...

Jingle Bells est arrangé dans le style d'artistes rockabilly tels que Bill Haley and the Comets et Elvis Presley. Il s'agit d'un morceau très amusant pour un ensemble mixte d'instruments à vent.

Santa's Sleigh Ride est un arrangement créatif de Up on the Housetop tel qu'il serait entendu dans diverses cultures du monde entier. La mélodie originale a été mélangée à des chansons traditionnelles...

Cet arrangement de Up on the Housetop est une représentation musicale de ce que l'on entendrait si le Père Noël était surpris en train de se faufiler. Chaque instrument a l'occasion de briller dans ce...

Wanting to expand the Yuletide repertoire for our wind quintet, composer Ernest Brandon thought a medley would be fun if it included some happy tunes. The three included are 'Over the River and Throug...

Il s'agit d'un pot-pourri de trois airs différents pour "Away in a Manger" : Luther's Cradle Hymn (James R. Murray, 1887), Cradle Song (William J. Kirkpatrick, 1895) et Flow Gently Sweet Afton (Jonath...

The Holly and the Ivy is a traditional English Christmas carol. Holly and ivy have been important as English Christmas decorations for church use since at least the fifteenth century. This piece is fl...

Pat-a-Pan is a very rustic Christmas piece arranged for 6 flutes (including a piccolo) and optional percussion. It has been set in a round beginning with the a single player then gradually adding voic...

This is a fun traditional Welsh carol that lends itself well to a six part trumpet ensemble. Melody is passed throughout the group as they wander through several variations of the melody. 'Fa-la-la-la...

For many reasons, Christmas means joy. This tune is a wonderful musical snapshot of the whole season. In this arrangement, we hear church bells chiming, voices uniting, and see people smiling. (2:25)

This is considered one of the most serene Christmas carols of all time. The piece was originally written for two voices and guitar because the church organ had broken down. This arrangement is fairly...

This arrangement has been completely redone and more than doubled in length. The melody is found in all parts, and key changes and some variation have been added. A great closer for a Christmas concer...

Carol of the Merry Gentlemen is a clever pairing of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman' and 'Carol of the Bells.' Beginning with an ethereal echo of 'Carol of the Bells,' the trumpets present eerie fragment...

The Holly and the Ivy is a traditional English Christmas carol. Holly and ivy have been important as English Christmas decorations for church use since at least the fifteenth century. This piece is fl...

Ce chant anglais pourrait remonter au XVIIe siècle, mais il est devenu populaire en Angleterre au milieu du XVIIIe siècle. Bien que le titre soit souvent considéré comme "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"...

Issu de la liturgie catholique, Adeste Fideles est devenu un hymne de Noël populaire lorsqu'il a été traduit en anglais au XIXe siècle. L'air très agréable à chanter de cet hymne en a fait l'un des pr...

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen is a famous and popular Christmas carol. This arrangement, for 6 trumpets, is presented in two very different ways. One section is slow and mysterious with a steady ostina...

This is certainly one of the most beloved pieces of holiday music throughout the world. This arrangement, for 6 trumpets, is fairly standard in its opening and proceeds through the verse and chorus wi...