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Suggestions for a fun grade 3 Holiday Concert Piece

Posted by hs second band on 11/5/2025, 12:07 pm

We just finished marching season and our last contest did not go as we had hoped...kids are in a FUNK and I'm looking for a piece of two I can read with them to get them enjoying band again. This is for a high school second band. Engaging brass parts would be awesome. We've played pieces like Adventum (Barnes) and A Holiday Galop (Standridge) so anything of similar difficulty would be great.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Re: Suggestions for a fun grade 3 Holiday Concert Piece

Posted by Quick Step on 11/10/2025, 8:39 pm, in reply to "Suggestions for a fun grade 3 Holiday Concert Piece"

A Christmas Flourish by Standridge

Re: Suggestions for a fun grade 3 Holiday Concert Piece

Posted by Sam-I-Am on 11/7/2025, 12:21 pm, in reply to "Suggestions for a fun grade 3 Holiday Concert Piece"

Randall Standridge has a narrated Christmas Carol that is very musical, and a lot of fun to perform. Very approachable by high school non-varsity.

Re: Suggestions for a fun grade 3 Holiday Concert Piece

Posted by Warhawk on 11/6/2025, 12:02 pm, in reply to "Suggestions for a fun grade 3 Holiday Concert Piece"

Standridge's Santa the Barbarian works are fun.

Re: Suggestions for a fun grade 3 Holiday Concert Piece

Posted by Ho Ho Ho on 11/6/2025, 10:11 am, in reply to "Suggestions for a fun grade 3 Holiday Concert Piece"

There is a piece call "A Whacky, Mixed Up Christmas Concert"...and I can't remember who did the arrangement. It's a Grade 2.5, but it reads a little bit easier than that in most of the piece.
*Everyone* gets engaged in this one.

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