First Year Charts Series

Jazz up your holiday concerts with this swingin' medley for your younger ensemble. Includes 'Up on the Housetop,' 'Jolly Old St. Nicholas' and 'Jingle Bells.' Very Easy (2:12)

Based on 'The First Noel,' 'No 'L' in Swing' is a very clever waltz treatment of this holiday favorite arranged by Mike Story. Written-out solos for alto sax and trumpet as well as easy ranges and rhy...

The ideal holiday chart for the young band. Easy to rehearse, catchy and familiar melody, easy solos, modest ranges, what's not to like. Mike Story is one of the best writers for young band. Play this...

Clever title! Only arranger Mike Story can take the Bach holiday classic Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and adapt it for young players. Written-out solos for 1st trumpet and 1st alto sax, easy brass rang...

This is your swinging holiday chart! The familiar heralding brass opening turns into an easy swing feel with clear articulation throughout, easy rhythms, and written solos for alto, trumpet and trombo...

This outstanding arrangement of a traditional holiday favorite gets a Mannheim Steamroller twist. With a contemporary rock groove, beautiful harmony throughout, easy rhythms and ranges, a written 1st...

A clever adaptation of the familiar holiday tune, 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.' With an easy swing feel at MM=120, trumpet 1 range to written E top space, no solos, a smooth modulation and all the us...

This beautiful holiday waltz contains great harmony and texture. Easily performable by Grade 1 players at around 96 BPM, it even sounds terrific with reduced instrumentation and includes lots of optio...

Here is wonderful holiday favorite arranged for your young band. Arranger Paul Cook has the ability to score for this level and keep the integrity of the composition. This chart offers your sax sectio...

From the movie The Polar Express , 'Hot Chocolate' is hot stuff. Based on the original recording, this one has been adapted for the young player by arranger Mike Lewis. No solos, modest ranges and a d...

Composer/arranger Mike Story is one of the best at writing great charts for young players. This chart is based on 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' arranged as a swing song. Features include a trumpet so...

12 outstanding arrangements for the beginning jazz ensemble written by experienced educational arrangers and composers. A variety of styles and tempos are included: swing, ballads, rock, pop, holiday,...