Marimba Mojo Publications
Merry Marimba Christmas
Grades 3-6
Take one part Christmas spirit, one part barred percussion, a healthy scoop of compositional creativity, and what do you get? This collection of innovative arrangements takes traditional Christmas carols to exciting new heights as they travel through more surprising twists and turns than Santa and his team of reindeer. Use them to add a bit of sparkle to your holiday program or to inspire smiling faces in your general music classes. As always, Doug provides you with teaching tips and performance options to help bring the exciting world of the marimba to your students and audiences. With the purchase of this book, you can also download the free audio tracks.
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1. Angels We Have Heard On HighA modern rendition of the traditional Christmas Carol performed in 12/8 time.
- 2. March
From Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet.
- 3. La Noche Callada
A beautiful calypso rendition of the most well-known Christmas song of all time - Silent Night.
- 4. O Come All Ye Faithful
Theme and Variation are explored with this standard Christmas carol. Each variation can stand alone as a single piece or played in sequence as written.
- 5. O Holy Night
This arrangement captures the emotion and ferver of the original with exciting dynamics and a soloist opportunity for string, wind, or mallet player.
- 6. O Holy Night Accompaniment
Just in case you would like to use the arrangement as an accompaniment track to a soloist.
- 7. Get Down Ye Merry Gentlemen
No "resting" on this one, time to "get down" and make a little new music with this funky arrangement of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."
- 8. Over The River And Through The Wood
This track provides vocal opportunity for your mallet and choral ensembles.
- 9. Sing We Now Of Christmas
A lesser known carol but quite enjoyable to play and listen to.
- 10. The First Noel
Just when you thought this was going to be a traditional version of the carol we jump to a tropical location and render a nice calypso for you.
- 11. Away In A Manger
This arrangement features your marimbas with your metallophones and glockenspiels too.
- 12. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
A Jazzy, fast tempo version of this standard carol is a real crowd pleaser and joy for your young malleteers to play.