Fanfare and Carol for Christmas
General Info
Year: 1995 / 2013
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Jesse Ayers
Cost: PDF score & parts $50.00
Includes an optional chorus or optional audience sing-along of "Joy to the World," with a coda of fanfare material to round off.
The title of the previous version, without the sing-along, was "Fanfare for Christmas Morning"
Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
Eb Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals
- Snare Drums I-III-III
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A stirring fanfare based on "Joy to the World."
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Dubuque (Iowa) Concert Band (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - 1 December 2023
- Hollis Town Band and Christmas Chorus (David Bailey conducting) - January 11, 2014
- SUNY Orange Symphonic Band (Dr. Kevin Scott, conducting) - December 12, 2009
- The Malone College Symphonic Band (Dr. Cynthia Bridges, conductor) - December 2007
- The Warren Symphony Orchestra (MI) (orchestral version) (David Daniels, conductor) - December 2007
- The Mount Union College Symphonic Band (Jonathan Willis, conductor) - December 2003
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Akedah
- And They Gathered on Mount Carmel (1995)
- Fanfare and Carol for Christmas
- Fanfare for Christmas Morning (1995)
- Fanfare for Christmas Morning (Brass) (1995)
- The Fire of the Living God (1995)
- Flashbax (2011)
- The Incantations of the Prophets of Baal (1995)
- Jericho (2005)
- The Magical Mystical Rain Forest (1991)
- The Passion of John Brown
- The Prayer of Elijah (1995)
- Private Eye Prowl
- Rachel Weeping for Her Children September 11 2001 (2002)
- Rahab
- Shinkansen (2019/2022)
- Susanna and the Elders (1978)
- Veni Emmanuel (1997)
- Where the Stormy Winds Blow (2022)