Holiday Celebration Series

Playing jazz versions of Christmas music has always been a joy for me, and I arranged this version of the English carol God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen to reflect the way I have performed this with a jaz...

Saxophone Quartet (SATB) Written for the 'New York Saxophone Quartet' for a memorial concert post 9.11.2001. Simple melodic rendering of traditional hymn for saxophone quartet, featuring the alto saxo...

Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious a...

Saxophone Quintet (AATTB) I was inspired to arrange this old gospel song by an elderly fisherman from Tancook Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It's his favorite song. It's a simple 16 measure pentatonic t...

Dieses schwungvolle traditionelle Weihnachtslied wird auf eine musikalische Reise in verschiedenen Tempi, Tonarten und Stimmungen, einschließlich eines Latin-Abschnitts mit optionaler Schüttelrohr-Beg...

Das deutsche Weihnachtslied aus dem 19. Jahrhundert wurde hier jazzig arrangiert. Mehrere kurze Solo-Möglichkeiten für Klavier. Die Stimmen der Rhythmusgruppe sind nur mit Akkorden notiert.

We Three Kings of Orient Are is one of my favorite English carols that I sang in my childhood, updated to play with jazz quartets in concerts. This Saxophone Quintet version (soprano, alto, 2 tenors a...

Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious a...

Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious a...

Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious a...

The lyrics for this German Christmas carol 'Leise rieselt der Schnee,' or 'Softly Falls the Snow' was originally written by Eduard Ebel (1839--1905), a Protestant pastor, poet and composer. It has now...

An engaging composition based on a traditional Chanukah tune. Use of ethnic melodic inflections and rich harmonic textures featuring the soprano and tenor saxophone with interludes. Ideal for holiday...

Instrumentation: Bb Clarinet 1 Bb Bass Clarinet My arrangement of 'I Saw 3 Ships ...' is written in a quasi-baroque style in a quasi-rondo form. For years these 2 English carols have felt to me like 2...

Instrumentation: Violin 1 & 2, Viola, CelloInteresting coupling of these two favorite christmas carols. Ideal for holiday programming or as an encore piece. Intermediate to advanced. Approximately 6 t...

Instrumentation: Trumpet 1+2, Horn in F (alt. Flügelhorn), Trombone, Tuba After initially introducing the theme in a mere 'cloud of sound', the piece, then, starts off in a Cajun/New Orleans groove. A...

Instrumentation: Violin 1-2, Viola 1-2, Cello 1-2 A beautiful series of harmonic variations on this well-known Christmas favorite is developed with modulations through several different keys, featurin...

Instrumentation: Violin 1-2, Viola 1-2, Cello 1-2 A medley of What Child Is This? (Greensleeves), The First Noel, and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is developed through fresh and colorful harmonic varia...

In diesem Posaunen Duett wird das Thema im, für dieses Weihnachtslied, ungewöhnlich anmutenden 4/4 Takt vorgestellt. Der Latin-Groove soll über das ganze Stück eher 'laid back' gespielt werden.

Trumpet 1+2, Horn in F (alt. Flügelhorn), trombone, tuba. This arrangement has a soothing effect on everybody suffering from Xmas stress right away. Saint Nicolas wishes for such a relaxed and swingin...

Das fröhliche Arrangement ist praxiserprobt und wurde mehrfach vom Streicherensemble 'Saitenschwung' in Falkensee bei Berlin aufgeführt. Die Akzeptanz bei Musikern und Publikum ist hervorragend: Pure...

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Horn in F (alt. Clarinet), Bassoon (alt. Bass Clarinet). This arrangement has a soothing effect on everybody suffering from Xmas stress right away. Saint Nicolas wishes fo...

Eines der beliebtesten deutschen Weihnachtslieder wurde hier im Dreivierteltakt arrangiert. Das kurze Solo für die zweite Klarinette kann dank der angegebenen Akkorde auch improvisiert werden.

The traditional Christmas carol, 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,' or 'Silent Night' has been arranged by Frank Reinshagen for clarinet quartet with a beautiful gospel-style treatment.

Instrumentation: Bb Clarinet 1-3, Alto Clarinet (sub. Bb Clarinet 4), Bb Bass Clarinet 1-2 A medley of What Child Is This? (Greensleeves), The First Noel, and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is developed...

Dieses schwungvolle traditionelle Weihnachtslied wird auf eine musikalische Reise in verschiedenen Tempi, Tonarten und Stimmungen, einschließlich eines Latin-Abschnitts mit optionaler Schüttelrohr-Beg...