This collection contains 10 Christmas carols arranged for 2-part ensembles using only 8-note instruments. Each song in this collection is notated for handbells on one part and Boomwhackers® on a second part. For each song, there is a combined score with both parts on a grand staff plus a separate 1-staff score for each individual part. A note and chord reference chart is also provided for each song.

This set of scores uses colored noteheads corresponding to the Boomwhackers® color scheme. If you have a set of bells or tubes with a different color scheme, ?Chroma-Notes Stick Ons? can be purchased and applied so the instruments match the Boomwhackers® color scheme. This set of scores is also available (separate purchase) in black and white which will print clearer if you do not have access to a color printer.

Only filled noteheads (quarter and eighth notes) are used so the notes are full color and easier to see (this does not indicate the bells need to be silenced immediately before the next beat). Also, only quarter rests are used to help visualize the number of beats per measure. Lyrics and chord names are provided as well to aid in the learning and teaching of these songs.

Though this sheet music is notated for Handbells and Boomwhackers®, these arrangements are playable by any 8-note, C major diatonic scale (one octave) instrument such as a xylophone or glockenspiel.

The number of ringers and whackers needed will vary depending on the skill level of the participants. For more advanced players, each person could be assigned two or three notes. For beginners, it is best to assign one note to each person. Note assignment suggestions are included for each song.

Other suggestions and uses:
* have both parts played by bells or both parts played using only Boomwhackers®
* form a choir using multiple sets of bells and/or Boomwhackers® (this would amplify the sound and allow more people to participate)
* use as part of the music education for children at school, home, or church
* these colorful, inexpensive instruments can be enjoyed by all ages and add a fun, unique element to activities and programs: senior centers, family reunions, church retreats, home school groups, just to name a few


Each of the 10 Christmas Carol arrangements is also available separately with accompanying preview pages and audio samples.

Titles included in this collection:
Angels We Have Heard on High
As Lately We Watched
Come, All Ye Shepherds
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
The First Noel
Here We Come A-Caroling
Joy to the World
O Come, Little Children
O Thou Joyful Day
Sing We Now of Christmas

Volume 3 in the Pure Cello series has 30 classic Christmas carols that both you and your audience are sure to love. This is over 40 minutes of non-stop Christmas carols, specially arranged for solo cello.

[NOTE: If you purchased any of the "Christmas Carols for All" books for solo cello, those are all included in this volume]

These holiday favorites are a special arrangement for solo cello. This is not just another copy of the same old melody lines. Each carol is expanded with double stops to add a rich harmony for solo performance. Many of the carols are entirely in first position, and fingerings are included for anything that extends beyond that. Each carol is in its original key, so it is easy to combine these with your own choir or piano/organ parts.

Volume 3 contains the following:
1. Angels from the Realms of Glory
2. Angels We Have Heard on High
3. Auld Lang Syne
4. Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)
5. Away in a Manger (Mueller)
6. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
7. Coventry Carol
8. Deck the Halls
9. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
10. Good Christian Men Rejoice (In Dulci Jubilo)
11. Good King Wenceslas
12. Hark! The Herald Angles Sing
13. Here We Come A-Caroling (Wassail Song)
14. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
15. I Saw Three Ships
16. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
17. Joy to the World
18. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
19. O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
20. O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
21. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
22. O Holy Night
23. O Little Town of Bethlehem (Forest Green)
24. O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
25. Silent Night
26. The First Noel
27. The Holly and the Ivy
28. We Three Kings
29. What Child is This (Greensleeves)
30. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

Please check out the other two volumes in this series:
Pure Cello Volume 1: Ten Concert Pieces for Unaccompanied Cello (S0.853829)
Pure Cello Volume 2: Ten More Concert Pieces for Unaccompanied Cello (S0.853843)

Volume 3 in the Pure Viola series has 30 classic Christmas carols that both you and your audience are sure to love. This is over 40 minutes of non-stop Christmas carols, specially arranged for solo viola.

These holiday favorites are a special arrangement for solo viola. This is not just another copy of the same old melody lines. Each carol is expanded with double stops to add a rich harmony for solo performance. Many of the carols are entirely in first position, and nothing goes beyond fourth position. Each carol is in its original key, so it is easy to combine these with your own choir or piano/organ parts.

Volume 3 contains the following:
1. Angels from the Realms of Glory
2. Angels We Have Heard on High
3. Auld Lang Syne
4. Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)
5. Away in a Manger (Mueller)
6. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
7. Coventry Carol
8. Deck the Halls
9. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
10. Good Christian Men Rejoice (In Dulci Jubilo)
11. Good King Wenceslas
12. Hark! The Herald Angles Sing
13. Here We Come A-Caroling (Wassail Song)
14. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
15. I Saw Three Ships
16. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
17. Joy to the World
18. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
19. O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
20. O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
21. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
22. O Holy Night
23. O Little Town of Bethlehem (Forest Green)
24. O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
25. Silent Night
26. The First Noel
27. The Holly and the Ivy
28. We Three Kings
29. What Child is This (Greensleeves)
30. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

Your Favorite Christmas Hymns and Carols for Wind Instruments
Arranged by Colin Kirkpatrick
Book 1

This essential collection may be all you ever need for your wind instruments at Christmas. It's a bargain price too! The arrangements are intended either as stand-alone pieces that could be used as interludes in a service, or they could be used to accompany solo, choral or congregational singing.

The publication consists of a four-staff score in concert pitch together with fourteen separate parts in various transpositions. There is also a fairly easy optional keyboard part. These four-part arrangements use flexible instrumentation so that you can exercise considerable control over the instrumental voicing. You can also create interesting instrumental tone colour by omitting groups of instruments. This can be achieved with the aid of a pencil. If the ensemble is large enough you could omit brass instruments in the quieter sections, or use a solo trumpet against a woodwind background. There are endless possibilities. You can hear the effect of omitting sections in the audio samples. The arrangements could therefore be played by brass quartet, woodwind quartet, saxophone quartet or virtually any combination of wind instruments. Using the piano part (which has been kept as simple as possible) the arrangements could also be used as solos or duets, depending of what instruments are available. Parts 1 and 2 in C have been printed an octave higher than the pitch shown in the score because the parts invariably are too low for flute or oboe. All the scores and parts are contained in a single125-page PDF file.

The publication consists of four-stave scores for each hymn and carol plus:

1. Part 1 in B flat (clarinet, trumpet, cornet, soprano sax);

2. Part 1 in C (8ve higher for piccolo, flute, oboe);

3. Part 1 in E flat (alto saxophone, E flat clarinet);

4. Part 2 in B flat (clarinet, trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn);

5. Part 2 in C (8ve higher for flute, oboe);

6. Part 2 in E flat (alto saxophone);

7. Part 3 in B flat (tenor saxophone, B flat baritone);

8. Part 3 in C (bass clef for trombone, bassoon);

9. Part 3 in E flat (E flat tenor horn, alto saxophone, alto clarinet);

10. Part 3 in F (French horn in F);

11. Part 3a in B flat (8ve below score pitch for 3rd clarinet);

12. Part 4 in B flat (B flat bass clarinet, B flat bass);

13. Part 4 in C (bass clef for trombone, bass trombone, bassoon, tuba);

14. Part 4 in E flat (E flat baritone saxophone, E flat bass)

Book 1 includes the following 19 titles: Angels from the Realms of Glory (Melody: Gloria); Away in a Manger (Melody: Mueller); Unto Us a Child Is Born (Melody: Puer Nobis); Christians Awake! (Melody: Yorkshire); Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly (Melody: Nos Galan); Go Tell it on the Mountain; Good Christian Men, Rejoice (Melody: In Dulci Jubilo); Good King Wenceslas (Melody: Tempus Adest Floridum); I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In; It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Melody: Carol); Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep (Melody: Rocking); O Christmas Tree (Melody: Tannenbaum); O Come all ye Faithful (Melody: Adeste Fidelis); O Little Town of Bethlehem (Melody: Saint Louis); O Holy Night (Melody: Cantique Noël); Silent Night (Melody: Stille Nacht); The Holly and the Ivy; We Wish You a Merry Christmas and What Child is This? (Melody: Greensleeves)

The audio samples include Angels from the Realms of Glory, Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly, Go Tell it on the Mountain and Silent Night. Please note that arrangements in the publication are not intended to be compatible with Your Favorite Christmas Hymns and Carols for Brass.

20 Easy Christmas Carols:

1. Away in a manger
2. Away in a manger
3. O holy night
4. Silent night
5. The First Noel
6. God, Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
7. I heard the bells on Christmas Days
8. In the Bleak Midwinter
9. Deck the halls
10. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
11. I Saw Three Ships
12. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
13. Joy to the World
14. O little town of Bethlehem
15. Once in Royal David's City
16. Still, still, still
17. Wexford Carol
18. In Dulci Jubilo
19. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
20. Good King Wenceslas

The lyrics of the first verses are added to the score

20 Easy Christmas Carols:

1. Away in a manger
2. Away in a manger
3. O holy night
4. Silent night
5. The First Noel
6. God, Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
7. I heard the bells on Christmas Days
8. In the Bleak Midwinter
9. Deck the halls
10. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
11. I Saw Three Ships
12. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
13. Joy to the World
14. O little town of Bethlehem
15. Once in Royal David's City
16. Still, still, still
17. Wexford Carol
18. In Dulci Jubilo
19. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
20. Good King Wenceslas

The lyrics of the first verses are added to the score

20 Easy Christmas Carols:

1. Away in a manger
2. Away in a manger
3. O holy night
4. Silent night
5. The First Noel
6. God, Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
7. I heard the bells on Christmas Days
8. In the Bleak Midwinter
9. Deck the halls
10. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
11. I Saw Three Ships
12. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
13. Joy to the World
14. O little town of Bethlehem
15. Once in Royal David's City
16. Still, still, still
17. Wexford Carol
18. In Dulci Jubilo
19. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
20. Good King Wenceslas

The lyrics of the first verses are added to the score

20 Easy Christmas Carols:

1. Away in a manger
2. Away in a manger
3. O holy night
4. Silent night
5. The First Noel
6. God, Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
7. I heard the bells on Christmas Days
8. In the Bleak Midwinter
9. Deck the halls
10. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
11. I Saw Three Ships
12. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
13. Joy to the World
14. O little town of Bethlehem
15. Once in Royal David's City
16. Still, still, still
17. Wexford Carol
18. In Dulci Jubilo
19. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
20. Good King Wenceslas

The lyrics of the first verses are added to the score

Very clear engraving

20 Easy Christmas Carols:

1. Away in a manger
2. Away in a manger
3. O holy night
4. Silent night
5. The First Noel
6. God, Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
7. I heard the bells on Christmas Days
8. In the Bleak Midwinter
9. Deck the halls
10. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
11. I Saw Three Ships
12. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
13. Joy to the World
14. O little town of Bethlehem
15. Once in Royal David's City
16. Still, still, still
17. Wexford Carol
18. In Dulci Jubilo
19. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
20. Good King Wenceslas

The lyrics of the first verses are added to the score

Very clear engraving.

8 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for brass quintet.

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The First Noel
Angels We Have Heard On High
Joy to the World
Silent Night
Jingle Bells

8 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for string quartet.
(All the scores & parts included)

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The First Noel
Angels We Have Heard On High
Joy to the World
Silent Night
Jingle Bells

8 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for woodwind quintet.

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The First Noel
Angels We Have Heard On High
Joy to the World
Silent Night
Jingle Bells

8 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for trombone quartet.
(All the scores & parts included)

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The First Noel
Angels We Have Heard On High
Joy to the World
Silent Night
Jingle Bells

8 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for horn quartet.
(All the scores & parts included)

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The First Noel
Angels We Have Heard On High
Joy to the World
Silent Night
Jingle Bells

English.

Christmas for Two continues the tradition of flexible, easily prepared vocal duets established by Carols for Two, Spirituals for Two, and Folk Songs for Two. This collection features eight beloved carols, folk songs, and folk hymns, arranged for two equal voices. With lyrics for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, these duets are perfect for performance throughout the season, for both concerts and worship. Reproducible instrumental parts are included right in the book! An accompaniment CD recording and a book/CD kit are also available. Titles: Ding Dong! Merrily on High / He Is Born! (Page) * What Child Shall Come? (Liebergen) * The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (Price, Besig) * Minuet Noel (Shafferman) * Come to Set Us Free (Shafferman, Larson) * English Advent Carol (Liebergen) * Hidden as a Baby (Williams, Martin) * Joyful, Joyful to the World (Althouse).