Mark Williams

This highly imaginative work blends four familiar Christmas carols—‘Jingle Bells,’ ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ and ‘Silent Night’ with famous classic themes from Mozart’s ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusick,’ Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker Ballet’ and ‘1812 Overture,’Beethoven’s ‘Fifth Symphony’ and Brahms’s ‘First Symphony.’ Your audience will love this arrangement and your students will have fun identifying which melodies they are playing—even Scrooge will get in the holiday spirit with this one! (Grade 2)

This beautiful arrangement of a favorite Irish folk song utilizes colorful scoring and features solos for alto saxophone, flute and trumpet. This gorgeous melody is also known (with a different set of words) as “The Groves of Blarney”, and was featured in a popular 19th-century opera, “Martha”, by German composer Friedrick von Flotow. Great for developing tone quality, blend, balance and independence, this work will be a treasured addition to your young band library for years to come.