This collection of ?Easy String Trios? contains 10 familiar Christmas carols arranged for 2 VIOLINS and 1 CELLO. These fun-to-learn arrangements are a welcome addition to the repertoire for beginning string students and suitable for holiday concerts and worship services.

All notes for each instrument are playable in the first position making these arrangements an excellent choice for early-intermediate string players. For each song, there is a combined score (grand staff) with all three parts on each page plus separate 1-staff scores for the VIOLIN 1, VIOLIN 2, and CELLO.

Each song is also available separately with accompanying preview pages and audio samples.

Song titles included in this collection:
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Angels We Have Heard on High
Deck the Halls
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
He Is Born the Divine Christ Child
I Saw Three Ships
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Joy to the World
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem

"Never Break" was the finale track on John Legend's 2020 album release, Bigger Love. Legend hoped his album would "bring joy and be uplifting" amid the political and social upheaval going on at the time, and the music was indeed well-received by fans and critics alike. Originally commissioned for a wedding ceremony, this arrangement of "Never Break" for two-violin and cello trio will be perfect for weddings, receptions, proposals, cocktail hour, pop concerts, solo & ensemble concerts, and any other occasion where you need to lift your audience's spirits! Full of soaring melodies and dynamic passion, this arrangement is just as much fun to listen to as it is to play. Rated advanced-intermediate for a number of complex, almost improvisational-sounding rhythms in the violin parts; the cello part is more of an intermediate level.

Originally inspired by a spiritual, "Stand By Me" was written and recorded in 1961 by famed R&B singer-songwriter Ben E. King. The catchy, soulful tune immediately went to #1 on the R&B charts, and ended up becoming a Top Ten on the Billboard charts twice -- once for its original release, and again in 1986 when it was used as the theme song for a movie of the same name. This song has been deemed "culturally and historically significant" and it has remained one of the most beloved songs in history for decades, so you can't go wrong having this one in your gig books! This Cellobat arrangement for your two-violin and cello trio maintains the fun groove, catchy melody, and joyful feel of the original, while adding in a number of beautiful harmonic and countermelodic layers that put this chart above and beyond the rest! Rated intermediate -- there are some fun syncopated rhythms throughout, but none of the parts go above 2nd position, and this will be playable for students and easily sightreadable for professionals.

Sarah "Cellobat" Chaffee earned her bachelor's degree in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is now based in Las Vegas. She currently performs with Aerosmith in their "Deuces Are Wild" residency at The Park MGM Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Sarah is also the principal cellist in David Perrico's Pop Strings Orchestra, a 14-piece band that performs every Friday and Saturday at Caesars Palace, and she plays regularly for Premiere Wedding Music and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has performed and recorded with many other artists including Halsey, Disturbed, Mötley Crüe, Celine Dion, Kygo, Ricky Martin, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, and Lady Antebellum. She can be found at:
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