Klarinet Archive - Posting 000931.txt from 2002/11

From: Anna Benassi <acb@-----.is>
Subj: [kl] Christmas music for clarinet choir
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:08:32 -0500

Try Kendor Music - they're located on Long Island; Website:
www.kendormusic.com. I don't have a catalogue in front of me, but I've
used their arrangements for years, and they are varied, appealing, and
affordable. They're also graded, so you can make a stab at purchasing
a difficulty level appropriate to your group.

I believe there are a couple of standard Christmas carol collections,
and I remember also the Yuletide Jazz Suites - at least two of them, I
think - arranged by one Lennie Niehaus. It's easy to go overboard on
these, but in small doses they might please. Niehaus does a lot of
this XYZ-Jazz-Suite arranging, and all of his suites seem to contain
one fairly standard slow movement as well as the funkier stuff (if you
are afraid that the jazzing-up of Xmas music might offend some of your
audience). Excellent rhythmic training for the clarinettists, these.
There is also a lovely trio arrangement of Greensleeves if you're
interested in letting everyone double the parts ...

Lotsa luck,

Anna

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