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Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4

Posted by HS second band on 11/9/2022, 10:20 am

What's your favorite (or your kids' favorite) holiday concert piece you've ever programmed? Looking for a grade 3 or 4 that students will have fun working on. This is for a high school second band that typically plays upper level 4's for contest.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Re: Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4

Posted by MS on 11/9/2022, 2:55 pm, in reply to "Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4"

I really like a lot of the Arranger's Publishing stuff. Patapan, Midnight Sleighride, Holly and the Ivey, and All I Want for Christmas (if you can handle it getting stuck in your head)

The kids really like them.

Re: Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4

Posted by Russian Christmas Music on 11/9/2022, 1:47 pm, in reply to "Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4"

You don’t have to play the whole thing, but sections or a good chunk of it is worth doing. Just tell the audience what you are doing and they won’t know the difference. The ending, at the very least, is something they’d love to rehearse and play. Get some kids playing solos that haven’t done it. Pull out the English Horn and let your oboe player try it out.

Re: Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4

Posted by Snerk on 11/19/2022, 7:27 am, in reply to "Re: Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4"

Because we all have an English Horn laying around in storage ..

Re: Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4

Posted by Fun1 on 11/9/2022, 10:42 am, in reply to "Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4"

Signature by Vanderroost

Re: Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4

Posted by HSasstDFW on 12/12/2022, 1:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4"

Haha... My group is actually playing both Sleigh Ride (Anderson) and Signature (Van der Roost), tomorrow evening for our Winter/Holiday concert. The Van der Roost doesn't get played as much as I think it should.

Re: Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4

Posted by Anderson Fan on 11/11/2022, 8:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Favorite Holiday concert piece- Grade 3+/4"

Sleighride by Leroy Anderson

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