The Great Christmas Concert

SKU: WD.080689609176

UPC: 080689609176.

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New from Marty Parks and Word Music & Church Resources comes a fresh, yet familiar musical for your Christmas choir (with a little bit of “everything old made new again!”), as Marty crafts a NEW work filled entirely with warm and nostalgic arrangements of everyone’s favorite carols of the season!

With songs girded in the time-honored traditions and remembrances of Christmases past that somehow continue to make our Christmases in the present so meaningful to our lives and our families, HOW GREAT OUR JOY! is highlighted by Marty Parks’ musical signature featuring Large Print, No Repeats, and Time-Saving Vocals, perfect for any choir!

What once might have been perceived as being the perfect fit for Senior Adult Choirs is now perfectly appealing and appropriate for every choir! With a set of songs complemented by inspiring scriptures and narration, HOW GREAT OUR JOY! will bring to mind a Christmas concert setting festive and familiar, heartwarmingly honest, sacred and intimate, joyful and worshipful.

SKU: HL.44007692

UPC: 884088310486. 9x12 inches.

What a great energetic way to open your Christmas concert and bring focus to the joyful sounds of the season! Themes from Spain, Czechoslovakia, Poland, England and France lead us on a delightful Christmas tour, and James Curnow's outstanding orchestration technique ensures that all the musicians have rewarding parts to play. You'll enjoy the melodic twists and turns as the consistent unifying tempo charges implacably toward the exciting finale. (Grade 4).

SKU: HL.44010621

UPC: 884088498146. 9x12 inches.

James Curnow's grade 1 holiday arrangement is an energetic exploration of four great carols. Nice counterpoint and stylistic subtleties help your band reach for a higher level of performance. Staccato, full value, detached, accented, slurred; it's all here. There is SO much you can teach your band in this arrangement! Plus, it can also be used as an audience sing-along. Outstanding!

SKU: BT.CMP-0624-02-010

Two timeless Christmas favorites by J.S.Bach are gloriously arranged for the Concert Band and ready for your interpretation. BREAK FORTH, O BEAUTEOUS, HEAVENLY LIGHT and JESU, JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING comprise the two contrasting movements (a Chorale and a Ballad). You know how valuable chorale style playing can be for the band’s tone quality, breath support, intonation, and phrasing. With thorough cueing throughout the arrangement, TWO BACH CHRISTMAS CLASSICS will work beautifully even if your group has instrumentation problems. Christmas music does not ordinarily leap to mind as a choice for spring festival use, but you may wish to consider it in this case. Great music isgreat music any time of the year! Magnificent!

SKU: HL.44007401

UPC: 884088251697. 9x12 inches.

Here is a little musical sleigh ride you won't forget! Sleigh bells, a whip crack, and the momentum of a joyous ride across the snow make this a sure winner for your holiday concert. Christmas Troika serves as a delightful concert opener or will slide gracefully into any spot on your program. There are great opportunities to study staccato and legato articulations side by side, and you'll find a load of other great teaching opportunities included as you prepare this captivating musical experience for your listeners.