Ah, Christmas music! Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, the music at this time of year is just the best thing ever! If you are like me, you have your favorites that have to be played or else nothing's right in the world. This is one of those songs for me.

This song is from the album "Christmas Portrait" by The Carpenters. The song appeals to my classical side, and it exudes happiness and goodwill. It is a simple and catchy tune, and one that I hope you and your audience will enjoy tremendously!

Scored for piccolo, 3 C flutes, alto, bass & contrabass. There is an optional cello part that can also be played by any instrument in a similar bass clef range - to add oomph to the bass line. This is for musicians with advanced-intermediate musical skills.

Duration: 1.75 minutes

https://youtu.be/VLqdkBVG3Cg

From the Disney's movie , and Tim Burton is This is Halloween from The Nightmare before Christmas for flute choir / ensemble.
Perfect for Holiday themed, movie themed, Halloween themed, Christmas themed, or any time you want fun, and challenging music for your ensemble/ flute choir.
This arrangement will be a sure crows pleaser, and one the flutists will actually enjoy to play.

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A Song of Winter?Snowmen & Icicles
PhyllisAvidan Louke
Length: 6:45
Difficulty: 3 to 3+

Evocative of a cold and windy dayin winter, A Song of Winter explores the contrasts between thesmoothness and roundness of a snowman and the hardness and jaggedness oficicles.

Beginning with a winter stormwith wind and swirling snow, the wind calms, and the building of a snowmanbegins with the rolling of a snowball. The rolling forms the biggest ball of the snowman (represented by thebass and alto flutes), which is briefly interrupted by a playful snowballfight. The flutes continue the melodyfor the rolling of the second ball of the snowman, followed by the piccolorepresenting the rolling of the smallest ball (the head of the snowman). The melody is smooth and round in a lilting I time.

With the snowman complete, thewind and swirling snow return to lead into the Icicles section. The jaggedness of the icicles is representedby the jaggedness of syncopation in a marcato style with the melody skippinglarger intervals than the Snowmen melody. Visually, the score shows the jagged shape ofthe icicles. Double-tongued ascendingand descending lines, add to hard and brittle feeling of the icicles, as wellas to the shape of the melody. Thepiccolo adds the glistening, shimmering effect of sunlight reflecting off the icicles. Eventually, fragments of the Snowmenmelody are interspersed with the Icicles, followed by a final windstorm, which calms at the end of the piece.

Christmas
Winter
Winter Holidays
Stormy
Concert
Original Composition

This is a fairly simple version of a classic Christmas song. For younger flautists, this arrangement would be a good tool for learning dissonance, as the parts have been arranged to mimic the sound of actual jingle bells. Part 5 could also be played by a bass flute for a different sound. Eleven pages (score and parts included), approximately two and a half minutes performance time.

Don't have five flutes? Want this arrangement for a different selection of instruments? Drop me an email at bekmars10@gmail.com and I'll see about getting a custom arrangement published for you!