Easy Christmas Concert

Be really ready for your Christmas concert this year. The playability of Timothy Johnson?s Christmas Invitation is right on target for your Grade 1 band to perform by December. Based on Oh Come Little Children the charming easy counterpoint and creative harmonization give a more advanced impression to the piece while careful attention to articulations and dynamics mean you can actually teach while you prepare for the show.A ?must have? arrangement!

Your band and chorus can join together in this new and spirited Calypso carol ! The joyful setting of Timothy Johnson's original carol will light up your concert stage at any holiday performance. The carefree and natural rhythms of calypso combine with a catchy tune to bring a smile to all. Skillfully scored for an easy balance between the band and chorus AND THE ANGELS SANG is a delightful contrast to typical holiday concert fare. Slip a little island syncopation into your combined Choral/Band Christmas concert this year. You won't regret it!

Kaleidoscope No. 4-(Richie) (Am) Edited by Nicholas Hare. Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumental combination andthese varied ensembles are easy and enjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments! The series is successful with recorders guitars percussion and keyboard as well as with orchestral groupings. Whetherthere are five or fifty players every Kaleidoscope title will work! Just make sure that melody and keyboard parts are included - all other parts are optional. Kaleidoscope is superb value for money - each set contains a scoreplus around 50 parts each one carefully written to suit the needs of each instrument. For example easy string parts are in first position only whilst easy clarinet parts take care to avoid the break. There are more demandingparts too for experienced players. To help you choose the right pieces for your players we have given the key of each Kaleidoscope in brackets. The complete performance option! These super-flexible arrangements of well-knowntitles are a must for every school. Why not choose a theme for your concert and perform a selection of Kaleidoscope show titles and film themes or have an evening of classical favourites. And don’t forget we have Kaleidoscopebumper carol packs and seasonal gems for your Christmas Concert too!

Jane Sebba's Christmas Fare offers a truly original angle on the festive season: the sprited jazzy Troika and Christmas Fare contrast strikingly with two poignant moving ballads to produce an irresistible entertaining collection. A must for the end-of-term Christmas concert!The Faber Young Voices series is devised specifically to address the needs of young or newly-formed choirs looking for easy yet rewarding new repertoire.

Let Andrew Balent help bring the magic of Christmas to your next holiday concert. This easy holiday selection focuses on traditional carols associated with angels. Selections include Angels From the Realm of Glory Angels We Have Heard on High and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. A festive collection for the season!

Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. Your band and chorus can join together in this new and spirited Calypso carol ! The joyful setting of Timothy Johnson's original carol will light up your concert stage at any holiday performance. The carefree and natural rhythms of calypso combine with a catchy tune to bring a smile to all. Skillfully scored for an easy balance between the band and chorus, AND THE ANGELS SANG is a delightful contrast to typical holiday concert fare. Slip a little island syncopation into your combined Choral/Band Christmas concert this year. You won't regret it! / Niveau : 2 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Easy transitions from rock to swing and beyond make this delightful new Christmas gem a toe-tapper from the first note to the last. It's a sure thing your band will love playing the bluesy riffs and interpreting the popular musicfeel. Timothy Johnson's savvy arranging means the piece will be effective with any sized group. Directors are always looking for fun new Christmas pieces. Rock out!

Written in a bossa nova style, this fresh take on the classic 'O' Tannenbaum,' arranged by Victor López, will add a little Caribbean flavor to your Christmas concert, and will be easy to learn and teach. (2:20) / Orchestre A Cordes

This is the fourth book by Sarah Walker in her series for Electronic Keyboard which is designed to motivate young and inexperienced electronic keyboard players (Key Stage 2+) to develop a sound technique while having fun. The nineteen easy carols presented here with full lyrics included offer a whistle-stop tour of the music that rings in the festive season worldwide. They are also wittily illustrated by Drew Hillier. Ideal for solo or group work this is wonderful resource for the school Christmas concert or to perform at leisure with friends and family.

This symphonic treatment of Good King Wenceslas is ideal for your next winter concert. A powerful unison fanfare opening is quickly answered in full harmony leading to a simple statement of the theme. All instruments get to play the melody which is varied slightly throughout the piece to maintain interest. An easy choice for Del Borgo fans across the country.

Hippo the Hero-Add a little fun to your holiday festivities with this classic novelty song from the '50s. This easy arrangement is guaranteed to sound great with your band and put a smile on everybody's face.

Novello Choral Pops: Christmas Pops For Female Choirs features five superb arrangements of Christmas favourites for female voices, guaranteed to add sparkle and glitz to every choral concert.Wonderful Christmastime is a typically melodic Paul McCartney number composed for the holiday season. All I Want for Christmas Is You evokes Mariah Carey or, for devotees of the film 'Love Actually', the adolescent Olivia Olson. Santa Baby is Eartha Kitt's Christmas wish list from 1953 while Little Saint Nick is The Beach Boys' homage to Santa's sled. Finally and gloriously comes The Pogues' sublime piece of musical domestic rivalry, Fairytale Of New York.All are expertly arranged for SSA choir with Piano accompaniment and range from easy to intermediate level singing. This mix of fun and mischievous Christmas songs will put a smile on the faces of choir and audience alike. / Choeur SSA Et Piano

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire-One of the best-loved Christmas songs of all time. You'll play Michael's easy yet rich-sounding setting at holiday concerts year after year.