Christmas Sheet Music from Kendor Music: Festive Sounds

Energize your holiday program with this new hip hop version of the Nutcracker! Your students and audience will love this rhythmically syncopated mashup of favorites from Tchaikovsky's ballet, includin...

Your students will be rockin' this holiday season with this new grade 3 arrangement of the traditional Ukrainian carol. Set in a contemporary rock style, it contains interesting material for all instr...

Showcasing the genius of Sammy Nestico at his creative best, these inventive arrangements give directors countless options for holiday programs -- selections can be played singly or together, tempos i...

Ring in the holidays with this swingin' medley of O Christmas Tree, O Little Town of Bethlehem and O Come All Ye Faithful. Solid voicings, Basie-style figures, and written or ad lib solos for all add...

Bring the holidays on with this medley of Christmas classics in a half-time funk style. The funky groove will have everyone tapping their feet or even dancing in the aisle! Great tunes, solid voicings...

Your students will love playing this fun-filled creative holiday arrangement. Combining Boil 'Em Cabbage Down with Jingle Bells this grade 1+ piece is a great high energy piece to add to your next hol...

In this well-crafted suite featuring moderate swing, ballad, jazz waltz and bright swing styles, a good mix of solo, duo and tutti passages guarantees that every player shares the spotlight. Abundant...

In this creative suite featuring uptempo swing and bossa nova styles, the solos for tenor and bari are to be played as written, while those for both altos may be played as written or improvised.

Santa's swingin' in this jazzy version of the holiday classic by Benjamin Hanby. Parts are provided for AATB or optional SATB saxophone quartet. Written as a grade 4, it would also be a fun addition t...

This famous excerpt from Act II of Tschaikowsky's immortal Nutcracker suits the idiomatic strengths of flutes to a tee! Crisp articulation of the repetitive 16th-note figures in all parts is essential...

Robert Schumann's Album For the Young was composed for his three daughters and consisted of 43 short pieces. Most well-known as a piano piece, Knight Rupert adapts perfectly for grade 3 string orchest...

What better way to kick off the holiday season than pair a festive Hanukkah piece with Deck the Halls? There is lots of fun and melodic interest in all parts. The styles explored are 'gypsy' heaviness...

Perfect for developing groups, the chart starts with a traditional chorale, and then morphs into a clever re-harmonization of the classic carol while embracing the bossa nova style. The open solo sect...

Opening with an eight measure brass chorale, the chart settles into a laid back swing groove that shows off all the sections of the band. Clever harmony surronds the familiar melody that gives it a fr...

This holiday favorite is arranged in a light, uptempo, Count Basie style, and the classic swing band sound of unison saxes carry much of the melodic material. The piano gets to play the written solo m...

This hard-swinging, Basie style arrangement of the holiday favorite features a hip horns alone section, a fun saxophone/trombone soli and a richly scored, roaring shout chorus. The written or ad lib s...

After a 35 year hiatus, multi-Grammy winning composer/arranger Sammy Nestico has joined forces with the Count Basie Orchestra to arrange this chart for the A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas CD (Concord...

Bring festive brilliance to the holiday season with "Celebrating Christmas" from renowned publisher Kendor Music. This delightful collection for flute and piano features 14 beloved Christmas carols, r...

Featuring 10 Christmas favorites arranged in jazz styles, the selections in this grade 3-4 collection can be played individually or in combination as a jazz suite. If performed as a suite, Niehaus rec...

Scored predominantly in contrapuntal style, these duets use a mixture of solo, unison, octave, canon and harmonized textures with excellent results. Lead lines are shared by both players; maintaining...

Featuring Pat-A-Pan, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Silent Night and Joy To The World in separate movements, this sparkling collection for grade 4 flute trios takes about four-and-a-half minutes to perfor...

Featuring 10 Christmas favorites arranged in jazz styles, the selections in this grade 3-4 collection can be played individually or in combination as a jazz suite. If performed as a suite, Niehaus rec...

This skillfully-arranged set of 24 duets at the grade 3-4 level provides quality material that can be used in any performance setting. Whether a single selection is featured on a concert program or th...

We welcome Catherine McMichael to the Kendor family of writers with this holiday collection containing ten time-honored Christmas songs. Arranged here for grade 3-5 clarinet quartets, it includes a gr...

These grade 4 editions contain 14 favorite Christmas carols, each with a refreshing, modern touch. A perfect resource for any type of holiday event.