Christmas Songs for Concert Band

Dutch Christmas Song' is an arrangement of the old Dutch song 'Hoe leit dit Kindeke' (Vlaanderen, 1897). The tender, almost fragile words have been movingly honoured by Timothy Travis. The addition of...

In English-speaking countries 'Away in a Manger' is one of the first Christmas songs to be taught to little children. It is a moving song with simple words, which makes it easy to understand. The son...

Yo-ho, It's Christmas Time' could be just a cry from the mouth of Santa Claus. David Well used this as the title for this three-part composition. First the very familiar 'Jingle Bells' in a relaxed st...

David Well composed 'X-mas for Three' for three young pupils of his, who wished to give a Christmas concert. He arranged six well-known Christmas songs for them, and their first performance was a grea...

David Well composed 'X-mas for Three' for three young pupils of his, who wished to give a Christmas concert. He arranged six well-known Christmas songs for them, and their first performance was a grea...

Based on The Virgin Mary had a baby boy.

Rousing opening fanfare including parts from Joy to the World. Challenging!

In 'Ding Dong it's Christmas' Scottish composer Bruce Fraser makes a sport of misleading his audience time and again. The title already indicates that this piece has been based on the well-known Carol...

Christmas Colours' is a palette consisting of several Christmas songs. Bruce Fraser has mainly used the colours green (the colour of holly) and white (the colour of snow). This composition begins with...

Noel' is based on the famous English Carol 'The First Noel'. The age of this song is not clear. Some scientists argue that tis song is from early thirteenth century, others say that it's from the sixt...

The tradition of the Christmas tree in Western Europe dates back to a time long before any Christianization had taken place. During the severely cold winter nights, so it was believed, evil spirits tr...

Bring fresh excitement and electrifying energy to your next holiday performance! With "Christmas On The Rock," published by the renowned HAFABRA Louis Martinus, you can present festive seasonal tunes...

Bearbeitung von 'Macht hoch die Tür' findet. Man kann diese Bearbeitung auch ad. lib. mit einem solistischen Blechbläserseptett und Blasorchester aufführen. Bei der Produktion dieser 'Weihnachtlichen...

Bring the festive magic of European holiday traditions to your concert stage! With 'Christmas In Europe', published by Himalaya Music, your concert band takes the audience on a heartwarming musical jo...

Bring festive holiday cheer and bright smiles to your next performance! With this delightful arrangement of the world-famous Christmas classic "Jingle Bells", published by Himalaya Music, you are guar...

Scored for second-year players and utilizing the 4-part flexible format, Johnnie's setting uses a tuneful melody and characteristic percussion writing to provide a truly unique holiday offering.

Here is a familiar holiday tune but with some cleverly added twists and turns. The recurring 8th note pattern provides a great opportunity to teach a steady pulse, while the melody passed around to ev...

Based on traditional holiday favorites, but loaded with a creative mix of styles and treatments, here is an outstanding production number for winter concerts. Based on Bob Krogstad's original version...

This popular traditional English carol is arranged here in a delightful version for young players. Scored with a nice variety and giving every section a chance to play the melody, this will be enjoyed...

First recorded in 1950, Silver Bells has remained one of the true classics of the holiday season. Johnnie's arrangement is scored for reduced instrumentation, but still sounds great.

Set in a jazzy medium swing style, Luther Henderson created an unforgettable setting of Rudolph for the Canadian Brass. Maintaining the clever scoring devices and schtick of the original, Michael Brow...

A cool, hip groove propels the creative jazz-waltz treatment of this Christmas wonder.

A contemporary setting of the traditional British Carol produces a magical holiday moment with fleeting rhythmic patterns combined with light touches of jazz.