Christmas Music
I got my start as a composer with a book of arrangements called the
"Notebook for Saint Nicholas". I had the immense good fortune to
interest Alfred Publishing in the book, and it came out in 1998. Since
then, I have been writing arrangements in various styles, and using
them for Christmas cards for my friends and colleagues. Alberta Keys
published an intermediate level duet called "Deck Those Funky
Halls".
NEW! Blues for Saint Nicholas (2009) Deck the Halls and We Three Kings in a modal blues style inspired by Wayne Shorter's "Footprints". Listen!
Notebook for Saint Nicholas
I got the name of the collection from the "Notebook for Anna Magdalena
Bach". In it, you will find 11 well-known Christmas carols
arranged in styles ranging from a minuet, a polonaise, a Debussy
prelude, a swing arrangement. I think that there's something for
everyone in this book.
Level: RCM 3-7.
Publisher: Alfred.
Available from: Alfred , Rideau Music, your local music store.
aprox. $10.00
Folk Dance for Two Pianos
(1997) A challenging arrangement of Good King Wenceslas inspired by the
third movement of the Bartok Piano Sonata. Includes technical
challenges such as octaves. Meter is 7/8, and the rhythm also poses
delightful challenges for the adventurous duo-pianists. A much easier
version for solo piano appears in my "Notebook for Saint Nicholas",
available from Alfred.
Listen! (Performed by Tricia Edwards and Dorothy Weiss)
Level: RCM ARCT
15 pages
$15.
Deck Those Funky Halls for piano four-hands.
Level: RCM 4-5. Publisher: Alberta Keys. Available from Alberta Keys, Rideau Music, your local music store. Price: approx. $5.95.
Milonga for Saint Nicholas (2005) - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen in a latin style. Listen!
Level: RCM 7-8
$5
Nocturne for Saint Nicholas - the nocturne in D-flat by Chopin and Silent Night by Franz Gruber. Listen!
Level: RCM 8
$5
Canon for Saint Nicholas - Pachelbel's Canon and Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. Listen!
Level: RCM 4-6
$5
Gavotte for Saint Nicholas - D'ou viens tu, bergere? in the style of a gavotte by JS Bach
Level: RCM 5-6
$5
Jazz for Saint Nicholas - What Child is This in the style of Paul Desmond's "Take Five".
Level: RCM 6-7
$5
Toccata for Saint Nicholas - Joy to the World in the style of JS Bach's Prelude in D-minor, Well Tempered Clavier Bk. II
Level: RCM 8-9
$5
Vilancico para San Nicolas - Sing We Now of Christmas in the style of "Asturias" by Isaac Albeniz
Level: RCM 6-7
$5
Waltz for Saint Nicholas - Carol of the Bells done in the style of a Chopin waltz.
Level: RCM 7-8
$5