Santa Meets the Big Bands

James D Ployhar

Subtitle: Featuring Jingle Bells and Up on the House-Top

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Carols
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Drum Set (optional)
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Santa goes head to head with the sound of the big bands, and familiar Christmas melodies take on an entirely new sound. Santa never swung any better in this traditional big-band-style arrangement of Jingle Bells and Up on the Housetop that's playable and swings from start to finish.

- Program Note adapted from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Beaumont Middle School Symphonic Band (Teresa J. Elliott, conductor) - 2005

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Clearfield (Utah) Community Band (Richard Siegel, conductor) – December 2017
Beaumont Middle School (Lexington, Ky.) Symphonic Band (Teresa J. Elliott, conductor) – 14 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

American Patrol (as arranger) (1891/2005)
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (as arranger) (1963)
Blue Tango (arr Ployhar) (as arranger)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (as arranger) (1941/1975)
Burtonwood Overture
Caravan (as arranger) (1937/1975)
Castlebay Overture
Castle, Loch, and Heath (as arranger) (1983)
Chiapanecas (as arranger)
Christmas Sing-a-Long (as arranger)
Christmas "Pop" Sing-a-Long (as arranger)
The Civil War (as arranger) (1991)
Clarinets on the Run (1986)
Concerto for Faculty and Band (1972)
Cool Blues for Trumpets
Crazy Clock
Crusader's Hymn (as arranger) (1997)
Deep River (as arranger) (1959)
Devonshire Overture
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (as arranger) (1987)
Fantasy on Joy to the World
Fantasy on "The Marine's Hymn" (as arranger) (1994)
Flight of the Flutes (2007)
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (as arranger) (1973)
A Holly Jolly Christmas (as arranger) (1997)
The Hundred Pipers (as arranger) (c. 1852/1973/1988)
Impressions of a Scottish Air (1957)
Jingle Bells in Dixie (as arranger) (1857/1989)
Korean Folk Song Melody
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (as arranger) (1945/1998)
March of the Irish Guard (as arranger) (1989)
Morning Has Broken (1931/1977)
A Nation's Prayer (as arranger) (2006)
Nobody Knows the Troubles I've Seen (as arranger) (1956)
An Old English Christmas (1958)
Patriotic Sing-a-Long (as arranger) (1976)
Poor Wayfaring Stranger (as arranger) (1957/1960)
Salute to the Patriots (1999)
Santa Meets the Big Bands (2005)
Simple Gifts (arr Ployhar) (as arranger) (1968)
Sing for America (as arranger) (1998)
Sleigh Ride (as arranger) (1948/1980)
Songs of a New Nation
Still, Still, Still (as arranger) (1988)
Sunderland Overture
Swingin' into Christmas (2002)
Swingin' Old Saint Nick (as arranger) (1867/1998)
Theme from "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (as arranger)
Travelin' Trumpets (2006)
Tunbridge Overture
Vaudeville Favorites (as arranger) (1969)
Vikingland (as arranger) (1986)

Resources

Perusal score
Ployhar, J.; Pierpont, J.; Hanby, B. (2005). Santa Meets the Big Bands [score]. Belwin Mills: Miami, Fla.