18 Intermediate Christmas Favorites

Description

Instrumentalists searching for enjoyable new Christmas season material need look no further. This exciting new collection contains 18 popular holiday favorites in a variety of different styles, from classical, to jazz, to rock, to Latin. Each play-along track on the included CD uses background instruments that will make players feel like they are in the band or part of the orchestra. As an added bonus, the CD also contains printable PDF files of piano accompaniments for all songs, so that they may be performed in concert or at church. Features favorites such as “The First Noel,” “Joy to the World,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” and more. Veteran arrangers Carl Strommen and Larry Clark have teamed up to create this exceptional offering for instrumentalists of all ages looking to play some holiday music just for the fun of it!

Contents:

• Auld Lang Syne

• The First Noel

• God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

• Go Tell It on the Mountain

• Greensleeves (What Child Is This?)

• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

• Hey Man, Christmas Swings!

• Jingle Bells

• Jolly Old St. Nicholas

• Joy to the World

• O Come, All Ye Faithful ( Adeste Fideles)

• O Little Town of Bethlehem

• O Tannenbaum ( O Christmas Tree)

• Silent Night ( Inspired by Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie)

• Up on the Housetop

• Waltz of the Flowers from the Ballet The Nutcracker Suite

• We Three Kings

• We Wish You a Merry Christmas