Chanukah Is Here!

Calvin Custer

Traditional arranged by Calvin Custer

Subtitle: A Celebration of Folk Music from the Hebrew People

General Info

Year: 1992
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion

• Accessory Percussion
• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Mallet Percussion
• Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A good medley of Chanukah tunes is rare in the concert band repertoire, especially at this grade level, and this one is good! It features, among others, Chanukah, Chanukah and I Had a Little Dreydl.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• Cypress (Calif.) High School Wind Symphony (James Quirion, conductor) - 15 December 2021
• Riverside High School (Painesville, Ohio) Wind Ensemble (David A. Schwartz, conductor) - 16 December 2019
• Maybrook (N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Kevin Scott, conductor) – 11 December 2015
• Stone Bridge High School (Ashburn, Va.) Combined Bands - 19 December 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Adagio from "Adagio for Strings" (as arranger)
• American Frontier, The
• Andante Cantabile (as arranger) (1934/1995)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Concert Celebration (as arranger, with Brymer) (1994)
• Appalachian Suite
• Ashokan Farewell (as arranger) (1983)
• Beauty and the Beast Medley
• Bluemound Overture
• Brandenburg Jubilee
• A Canadian Brass Christmas Suite (as arranger) (1992)
• Chanukah Is Here! (as arranger) (1992)
• Chronicle
• The Circus Bee (as arranger) (1994)
• Coventry Carol-Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (1996)
• Do You Hear What I Hear? (as arranger)
• Duke Ellington! (as arranger) (1994/2004)
• Fanfare, Canto and Fandango (as arranger) (1887/1996)
• Fantasia on a Triumphant Hymn
• Festival Fanfare (1994)
• Festive Jubilee
• Forrest Gump Suite (as arranger) (1995)
• A Fresh Aire Christmas (as arranger, with Davis) (1990)
• Gloria Estefan Greatest Hits (as arranger)
• Highlights from "Guys and Dolls" (as arranger)
• Highlights from "Bye Bye Birdie'' (as arranger)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (as arranger) (1996)
• Just a Closer Walk with Thee (as arranger)
• King and I, Selections
• La Virgin de la Macarena (as arranger) (1974/1972)
• Lion King: Soundtrack Highlights (as arranger)
• Little Fugue (as adapter) (c. 1705/1974/1991)
• March Elegant
• Music for Brass and Percussion (1982)
• Music of the Night
• O Holy Night (as arranger)
• Ontario Overture
• Pachelbel's Canon (as arranger, adapt. Mills) (1975/1991)
• Passacaglia
• Procession of the Sardar (as arranger) (1894/1995)
• Prologue and Fantasia (1993)
• Saints' Hallelujah, The (as arranger) (1991)
• Selections from "Carousel" (as arranger)
• Suite from "The Planets" (as arranger) (1916/1991)
• Summertime (as arranger)
• Theme from "Schindler's List" (as arranger) (1994)
• Tribute to Rogers and Hammerstein
• Tribute to Spike Jones, A (as arranger)
• Variations on "Scarborough Faire" (1989)
• Washington Heights March

Resources

None discovered thus far.