25 favourite Christmas carols and songs for ukulele, with notated melodies, TAB, lyrics, and simple ukulele chords.


Songs in this pack include:
- Auld Lang Syne
- Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)
- Away in a Manger (Mueller)
- Deck the Halls
- Go, Tell it on the Mountain
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Good Christian Men, Rejoice
- Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
- I Saw Three Ships
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
- Jingle Bells
- Joy to the World
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- O Holy Night
- O Little Town of Bethlehem (Forrest Green)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem (St Louis)
- O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
- Once in Royal David's City
- Silent Night
- The First Noel
- We Three Kings of Orient Are
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- What Child is This?
- While Shepherds Watched (Christmas)
- While Shepherds Watched (Whinchester New)

2018 Holiday Arranging Contest Winner

Piano Background Track of famous song "A Christmas Love Story" for Violin and Piano
The video for Violin and Piano: https://youtu.be/aTg9IPtPkgk
"Plus" Version at SMP: S0.1108989
The composition is easy to read, fun to play, and sound professional when performed. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik, very well known as Composer/Publisher. His books "Jazz & Pop Piano Paradise" (Volumes 1-5) have become a commercial success and a hit with music teachers and students in Canada. (Thousands of books already sold in Canada). They are also starting to enter the US, Brazil, Norway, Russia, Holland, Israel, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Latvia, and the UK markets. ?This is a wonderful new publication. These pieces offer much appeal for the young pianist and excellent choice for a supplementary book for students from Grade 3 to 8.? Lore Ruschiensky, Editor, (from the review in ?The Canadian Music Teacher?) ?Yesterday I spent at least two pleasure-filled hours playing through your imaginatively inventive compositions. Congratulations! I trust students will decide to program your well-crafted and entertaining works on recitals and examinations." Review from Dr. Jack Behrens, B.Sc. (Julliard), Ph.D. (Harvard), Director of Academic Studies, The Glenn Gould School "I liked this book the best so far. Great work! You have a gift for melody and your arrangements are very playable. Congratulations on the 3rd Volume?. Mark Carlstein, Hal Leonard, Keyboard Publications.

Christmas Duet Collection for Violin
The collection includes: Joy To The World (G Maj.), Away In The Manger (D Maj.), The First Noel (A Maj.), I Saw Three Ships (A Maj. / D Maj.), It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (D Maj.), March of the Three Kings (a min.), O Come All Ye Faithful (D Maj.), O Little Town of Bethlehem (G Maj.), Silent Night (G Maj.), What Child Is This (a min.). All ten arrangements are in Violin friendly keys and ranges.

Happy beautiful Christmas Waltz for piano solo. Uplifting music for happy moments.
This piece is also available for piano four-hands and for violin and piano.

Sounds like: Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, Liz Story's "The Gift", George Winston's "December", early Windham Hill solo piano artists, and "A Winter's Solstice" compilations.


Transcribed by: David Shenton ( https://www.shentonmusic.com/ ) verbatim to the sound recording

Contents:
1. Bring A Torch (Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella)
2. Children Go Where I Send Thee / The Holly & The Ivy
3. Star Of Wonder (We Three Kings of Orient Are)
4. Silent (Silent Night, Holy Night)
5. Midnight (It Came Upon the Midnight Clear)
6. What Child Is This?
7. Greensleeves (homage to Liz Story)
8. Three Ships (I Saw Three Ships, Come Sailing In)
9. The Coventry Carol (Lully, Lulla, Lullay)
10. Sing We Now Of Christmas (Noël Nouvelet)
11. Carol Of The Bells

Album & Songbook review by: Kathy Parsons (MainlyPiano.com):

I have discovered a real wealth of great solo piano Christmas CDs this year! Isadar?s In Search For the Meaning of Christmas definitely falls into this category! Thoughtful, introspective, and a bit moody, Isadar?s arrangements are true to the carols (with some small melody changes in ?Bring a Torch? and ?Carol of the Bells? that bother me just a little) and still seem very personal. ?Bring a Torch?, ?The Holly and the Ivy?, and ?I Saw Three Ships? are given a lighthearted, joyful treatment. ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)?, ?What Child Is This??, ?The Coventry Carol?, and ?Sing We Now of Christmas? are all minor, somber, reverent pieces, and all four are given loving arrangements that keep the dark, mysterious nature of the songs and reflect Isadar?s own sensibilities. ?Carol of the Bells? and Isadar's take on Liz Story?s arrangement of ?Greensleeves? are energetic without losing all abandon. ?Silent Night? and ?It Came Upon a Midnight Clear? present us with a very cold, deep solitude - both feel like late night with moonlight reflecting off the snow. Both are moody, but very beautifully so. George Winston?s ?December? is one of my all-time favorite holiday albums, and I feel In Search For the Meaning of Christmas holds up exceptionally well next to it. This is an excellent collection of Christmas music, and I highly recommend it!

In Search For the Meaning of Christmas is the companion songbook to Isadar?s 1999 solo piano release by the same name. Meticulously transcribed note-for-note by David Shenton of New York Music Publishing, the music is faithful to the recording in every way (except for the pianist - YOU!). The scores are clear, concise, and easy to read, and also include chord indications for improvisation or the use of instruments other than or in addition to the piano. Isadar?s arrangements cover a whole range of emotions, from very dark and somber to joyful and buoyant. All of the pieces from the CD are here, including Isadar?s homage to Liz Story and her beautiful version of ?Greensleeves.? My personal favorites of the eleven songs in this book are the bright and cheerful ?Bring A Torch,? ?What Child Is This??, ?Greensleeves,? the darkly gorgeous ?The Coventry Carol,? and ?Sing We Now of Christmas.? Other titles that I really like are ?Children Go Where I Send Thee/The Holly and the Ivy,? ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)," ?Carol of the Bells,? and the effervescent ?Three Ships.? ?Silent? (Silent Night) and ?Midnight? (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) are a bit too dark for my own holiday tastes, but are interesting and very personal arrangements. This book will make a great addition to your holiday sheet music collection and is available from isadar.com and amazon.com.

Isadar is an artist on both Enlightened Piano Radio & Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, the latter featuring some of today's biggest names in solo piano music, including Ludovico Einaudi, David Nevue, Brian Crain, Kevin Kern, Robin Spielberg, Michele McLaughlin, Philip Wesley and over 300 more...

Also available as sheet music in physical songbooks, digital downloads, as well as software for Yamaha Disklavier player-pianos.

For more information, visit his website at: http://www.isadar.com

Digital Pack includes:

1. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Alto Sax 1
2. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Alto Sax 2
3. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Tenor Sax 1
4. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Tenor Sax 2
5. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Baritone Sax
6. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Trumpet 1
7. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Trumpet 2
8. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Trumpet 3
9. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Trumpet 4
10. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Trombone 1
11. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Trombone 2
12. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Conductor Score (Full Score)
13. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Trombone 3
14. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Trombone 4
15. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Guitar
16. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Piano
17. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Bass
18. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Drums
19. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Vibes

Your students will enjoy this collection of 24 songs for Christmas, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving and Halloween. Included are familiar favorites as well as lesser known gems. These exciting new arrangements for two violas include a melody viola part and an accompaniment viola part. Also included are twelve original mash-ups for two violas. Ten of the melody lines extend briefly into third position. The accompanying part remains in first position. but has some difficult passagework and chords. Simplified accompaniments have also been included for the more difficult ones. Viola students can use this book along with violin students to play violin/viola duets, as the musical selections are in the same key. Each piece includes an historical introduction. This is a new approach to holiday music making.