Christmas Medleys for Students includes favorite Christmas carols that have been skillfully combined into medleys that are perfect for recitals or other performances. Book 2 is arranged at the early-intermediate level with the pieces placed in approximate order of difficulty. Triplet and complex sixteenth-note rhythms have been avoided. Key signatures are limited to one sharp or flat. Technical challenges include playing with greater mobility around the keyboard, using the damper pedal frequently, balancing a left-hand melody against a right-hand accompaniment, and playing simple counterpoint. Titles: Canon/Ukrainian Bell Carol * Deck the Halls/The Holly and the Ivy * The First Noel/Joy to the World * Good King Wenceslas/God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * O Come, O Come Emmanuel/What Child Is This? * Rise Up Shepherds and Follow/Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Toyland/O Christmas Tree.

While carols provide the reason for the season, secular Christmas songs celebrate other holiday delights. Melody Bober shares some of her favorite popular Christmas songs in her signature style with lyrical melodies and lush harmonies. The pieces reflect memories of a fresh snowfall, glittering decorations, a visit from Santa, and other nostalgic moments. Titles: * Believe (from The Polar Express) * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Jingle Bell Rock * Jingle Bells * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * Suzy Snowflake * The Twelve Days of Christmas * Up on the Housetop * We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Christmas Medleys for Students includes favorite Christmas carols that have been skillfully combined into medleys that are perfect for recitals or other performances. Book 3 is arranged at the intermediate level with the pieces placed in approximate order of difficulty. Rhythmic challenges include playing in 6/8 and 9/8 meters, as well as playing changing meters. Key signatures are limited to two sharps or one flat. Technical challenges include playing a variety of articulations, playing with more hand and finger independence than at earlier levels, and playing blocked and broken triads and their inversions. Titles: *The Hallelujah Chorus/Hark! the Herald Angels Sing *Here We Come A-Caroling/We Wish You a Merry Christmas *I Saw Three Ships/Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella *Jolly Old Saint Nicholas/Jingle Bells *O Holy Night/Silent Night *Pat-a-Pan/Sing We Now of Christmas

What a fantastic idea---medleys and variations of familiar Christmas carols that are sure to shower your intermediate pupils with praise. The ebullient "Hallelujah Medley" is a guaranteed winner with audiences of all ages. The "Variations on 'O Christmas Tree'" are romantic and full. There are five great arrangements in all. Choose one or more to open or close your holiday recital.

Piano students will love these practical and highly musical volumes, which include carols presented in two sensational versions: first, as a simple song arrangement with words and a traditional chordal treatment, and second, as an elaborate solo version, complete with introductions, codas and fuller harmonizations!

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Adult Piano Adventures Christmas Book 2 offers sophisticated-sounding holiday music, pianistically arranged for the early intermediate player and organized into three sections: Traditional Christmas Carols, Popular Christmas Songs, and Seasonal Favorites. Contents include: Angels We Have Heard on High * Away in a Manger * Silent Night * The First Noel * What Child Is This * Pat-a-Pan * O Little Town of Bethlehem * O Come, All Ye Faithful * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * Joy to the World * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * Winter Wonderland * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * Sleigh Ride * and more. Online access to audio recordngs of the piano selections is included, as well as orchestrated accompaniments for play-along fun.

The Christmas Season brings wonderful traditions and thus creates happy memories. The sharing of traditional Christmas carols is one such tradition. In Christmas Memories, Book 2, Melody Bober shares some of her favorite carols arranged in her signature style with lyrical melodies and lush harmonies. Titles: * Angels We Have Heard on High * Away in a Manger * The First Noel * Good Christian Men, Rejoice * I Saw Three Ships * It Came Upon a Midnight Clear * O Come, All Ye Faithful * Silent Night