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Santas Sleigh Ride is a creative arrangement of Up on the Housetop as it would be heard in various cultures from around the world. The original melody has been mixed with traditional songs or has been...

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

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...

O Holy Night is one of the most popular and famous of all Christmas carols. Set here for brass quintet and organ (or piano), the familiar melody soars with the sound of brass. Range and control of sou...

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 trumpet line before the grand finale.

The Great Jingle Bell Chase conjures images of Santa Claus running behind on Christmas Eve and desperately trying to deliver all the presents before the sun comes up on Christmas morning! After a harr...

Carol of the Bells is a based on the Ukrainian chant Shchedryk. This version of a holiday classic features all the players in various roles with melody in all parts. This is something a little differe...

The Twelve Tunes of Christmas takes twelve familiar Christmas melodies and throws them together in a way that will have your audience in stitches. Musical jokes, unpredictable twists, and possible ens...

This traditional religious Irish Carol dating back to the 16th century fits beautifully for brass ensemble. The original text of the carol tells us the story of the nativity. The sonorities of the bra...

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

This is a Christmas carol which is often performed as a 'different' sounding piece on a festive concert. This is because the harmonies are darker and more mysterious. This setting plays on those princ...

This arrangement of a holiday classic is a medium bossa mixed with swing. The group smoothly changes from straight eighth notes into swing eighth notes and back into straight in the marked measures. T...

This chart was arranged using the style of a modern big band. It is meant to be played in the same fashion as a loud, brassy soli section so players can really let loose!

Jingle Bells is arranged in the style of rockabilly artists such as Bill Haley and the Comets and Elvis Presley. The tuba carries the traditional boogie bass line throughout the chart, as the trumpet...

Have you ever wondered how Santa can get around everyone's house without making a sound?' This arrangement of Up on the Housetop is a musical depiction of what it would sound like if Santa was caught...

The arrangement includes a colorful opening fanfare, verses with and without brass, a verse with organ in trio texture under unison melody, an interlude, and rousing brass descants on the final verse€...

This well-known English Christmas carol is arranged to feature all the members of a brass quintet. Full of text-painting, this arrangement moves through three stanzas. There are colorful harmonies, rh...

Are you looking for an easy-medium level collection of Holiday Tunes for Brass Quintet? Well, Holiday Garland #1 might be just the gift you want to buy. Herein contained are 7 of the most recognizable...

Unlike the original composition, this arrangement is written in common time and opens by setting up the feel of the tune with a descending bass line and accompanying chords. The chords need to have a...

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 and...

Good King Wenceslas is arranged using the rockabilly style from the 1950s. The bass part utilizes a standard boogie bass line, while the middle accompanying parts emulate a standard guitar pattern oft...

This is a laid back swing version of the original Christmas tune. Written solos have been provided, as well as the chord changes for those that prefer to improvise a solo. Option Drum Set part is incl...

Fresh off the success of Holiday Garland No. 1 comes this second installment sure to brighten up your holiday season with more of what you have come to expect during this festive time of year. Include...

In dulci Jubilo is a Medieval tune which has been arranged and performed countless times at Christmas concerts and services around the world. The present arrangement for choir, organ, brass and tambou...

The present arrangement of 5 Renaissance pieces from different composers came about from the arranger’s desire to perform these particular works and wanting to be creative in their scoring. As such,...