Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: Robert Sheldon
"The Carol of the Bells" is paired with "We Three Kings of Orient Are" in this colorful and creative holiday piece. These two familiar Christmas carols provide a marvelous way to celebrate the season in 3/4 time!
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: Robert Sheldon
Grade: 1.5
"The Carol of the Bells" is paired with "We Three Kings of Orient Are" in this colorful and creative holiday piece. These two familiar Christmas carols provide a marvelous way to celebrate the season in 3/4 time!
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: James D. Ployhar
Grade: 1.0
The all-time-favorite "Jingle Bells" is explored with -- you guessed it -- kazoos! Found at dime stores worldwide, the kazoo provides a new perspective to this Holiday treasure. Interrupted briefly with "Up on the Housetop" at the conclusion, the work includes a variety of holiday flavors. Have your students play the kazoo part or ask the audience to join in. (1:57)
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: James D. Ployhar
Grade: 1.0
The all-time-favorite "Jingle Bells" is explored with -- you guessed it -- kazoos! Found at dime stores worldwide, the kazoo provides a new perspective to this Holiday treasure. Interrupted briefly with "Up on the Housetop" at the conclusion, the work includes a variety of holiday flavors. Have your students play the kazoo part or ask the audience to join in. (1:57)
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: Bruce Preuninger
Grade: 1.0
Deck the halls with six Christmas favorites arranged in a special holiday setting. Thematic fragments from "O Come, All Ye Faithful," "Deck the Halls," "O Christmas Tree," "The Holly and the Ivy," "What Child is This?" and "Angels We Have Heard on High" weave in and out of this arrangement in a manner that is sure to keep players alert and audience members engaged from first note to last.
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: Bruce Preuninger
Grade: 1.0
Deck the halls with six Christmas favorites arranged in a special holiday setting. Thematic fragments from "O Come, All Ye Faithful," "Deck the Halls," "O Christmas Tree," "The Holly and the Ivy," "What Child is This?" and "Angels We Have Heard on High" weave in and out of this arrangement in a manner that is sure to keep players alert and audience members engaged from first note to last.
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: Feldstein & O'Reilly
Grade: 1.0
A festive melody, combined with 'Jingle Bells' and 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman,' will create images of a snowy sleigh ride for your beginners' very first holiday concert. A crisp, trotting rhythmic pulse is played by the woodwinds while flutes and low brass take turns playing the melodies. Uses only six notes, concert Bb to G, and no eighth notes! (Grade 1---correlates with Alfred's Basic Band Method, Book 1, Unit 5)
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: O'Reilly Feldstein
Grade: 1.0
A festive melody, combined with 'Jingle Bells' and 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman,' will create images of a snowy sleigh ride for your beginners' very first holiday concert. A crisp, trotting rhythmic pulse is played by the woodwinds while flutes and low brass take turns playing the melodies. Uses only six notes, concert Bb to G, and no eighth notes! (Grade 1---correlates with Alfred's Basic Band Method, Book 1, Unit 5)
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: Victor Lopez
Grade: 1.0
Based on "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen," this holiday tune is introduced in a pure fashion. Then, it's reprised over a percussion foundation - a new twist for the time-honored classic holiday carol. (2:06)
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: John Kinyon
Grade: 1.0
A beautiful medley of Christmas carols featuring 'Silent Night,' 'Good King Wenceslas' and both versions of 'Away in a Manger.' Wrap up your holiday concert with this sensitive arrangement of four seasonal favorites. (Grade 1)
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: John O'Reilly
Grade: 1.0
Here's the perfect opener for your beginning band's first holiday concert. "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Hannukah," and "O Come Little Children" are all arranged with interesting percussion parts supporting winds that only play whole, half, and quarter notes. Correlates to Accent on Achievement, Book 1, page 22.
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Arranger: John O'Reilly
Grade: 1.0
Here's the perfect opener for your beginning band's first holiday concert. "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Hannukah," and "O Come Little Children" are all arranged with interesting percussion parts supporting winds that only play whole, half, and quarter notes. Correlates to Accent on Achievement, Book 1, page 22.
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Composer: Gardner Arranger: Michael Story
Grade: 1.0
They lose those baby teeth everywhere -- particularly in this Latin-style treatment of the holiday classic. The percussion section adds most of the Latin flavor to this tongue-in-cheek setting. Enjoy the holiday season with a smile on your face -- with or without those front teeth!
Category: CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Composer: Gardner Arranger: Michael Story
Grade: 1.0
They lose those baby teeth everywhere -- particularly in this Latin-style treatment of the holiday classic. The percussion section adds most of the Latin flavor to this tongue-in-cheek setting. Enjoy the holiday season with a smile on your face -- with or without those front teeth!
Categories: SLOW TUNES - Grade 1.0, CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Composer: Robert Sheldon
Grade: 1.0
"Still, Still, Still" is an Austrian Christmas carol and lullaby. In German, its first line translates to "Hush, hush, hush, for the little child wants to sleep!" The melody is a folk tune from the region around Salzburg, and appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folk song collection of the founder of the Salzburg Museum. Correlated to Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book 2, Level 2, this lovely setting for young band provides opportunities for expression and lyricism on any holiday concert.
Categories: SLOW TUNES - Grade 1.0, CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Grade 1.0 Composer: Robert Sheldon
Grade: 1.0
"Still, Still, Still" is an Austrian Christmas carol and lullaby. In German, its first line translates to "Hush, hush, hush, for the little child wants to sleep!" The melody is a folk tune from the region around Salzburg, and appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folk song collection of the founder of the Salzburg Museum. Correlated to Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book 2, Level 2, this lovely setting for young band provides opportunities for expression and lyricism on any holiday concert.
