John McAllister
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Christmas Season Music

From Wintry Darkness-Light! (medium/medium-easy)

"From Wintry Darkness-Light!" is a piece for concert band. It takes several of the minor key Christmas tunes (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, O Come O Come Emmanuel, Ukrainian Bell Carol) and mashes them all together. Most of the piece revolves around these minor keys, building intensity until it releases (the light part!) at the end. The piece would probably fall into the "medium" category, possibly medium-easy. Just take a look through the score to see if it's the right fit. I definitely wrote this to be a flashy and exciting piece. I love my film scores, so it definitely has a cinematic component.
BUy on SMP Press - $40
buy on JWpepper 40$

A Christmas Fantasy - Easy

A Christmas Fantasy is a fantasia on several Christmas tunes for young concert band. The piece features the famed Bell Carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, O Come O Come Emmanuel, and even quotes some others like Jingle Bells and What Child is This. This piece was premiered in 2012 as an exciting holiday concert closer for a combined 7th and 8th grade band in a gym that was boomy and really loud (but also epic).
Buy on SMP Press - $30
BUY On JWPEPPER - $40

Holiday Mash-Up - coming soon

Concert Band - Medium-Easy
Marching Band - Medium
Score and parts on Smp press

Epic Bell Carol

For now, all I have is this play-along video. I have an arrangement for full band similar to this, but it needs way more editing than I have time to do at the moment. If you're wanting it for a peformance this year, send me a note and I'll see what I can do. If not, I'll have a published arrangement out for 2021. Hopefully, this play along can offer some good entertain for musicians!
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  • Start Here
    • Blog
  • Music
    • Concert Band - VE
    • Concert Band - E
    • Concert Band - ME
    • Expandable Quintets - Classical
    • Expandable Quintets - Patriotic
    • Marching Band
    • Jazz
    • Chamber Music - Duets
    • Christmas/Holiday
  • Instruments
    • Flute
    • Oboe
    • Bassoon
    • Clarinet
    • Saxophone
    • Trumpet
    • Horn
    • Trombone
    • Euphonium
    • Tuba
    • Percussion
  • Free Resources
    • Let's Read Music
    • Ensemble Theory
    • Warm-ups
    • Warm-Ups Symphony
    • Scales and Technique
    • Arrangements
    • Sight-Reading
    • Breathing
    • Jazz Center
    • Band Games
    • Strings!
    • Recruitment Materials
    • Other Resources
    • Coronastress Relief
    • Posters
    • Clip Art
    • Free Christmas
  • Cinematic Series
    • Complete Warm-Ups Sets
    • Long Tones
    • Flexibility
    • Articulation
    • Scales
    • Page of Patterns
    • Counting
    • Play Alongs
    • Pop Rhythms
    • Classical Improv
    • LoFi Improv
    • Music Humor
  • Me