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Stowaway on Santa's Sleigh, A
Medley arranged by Chris Sharp
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company, Inc
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Claves
- Cymbals (crash)
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-Tam)
- Hi-Hat
- Maracas
- Slap Stick
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Tom-Toms (2)
- Triangle
- Vibraslap
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Take a whirlwind world tour on Christmas Eve with this medley that combines a wealth of holiday tunes with various world styles. After you sneak onto Santa's sleigh, you hear the music of each country you pass over, all celebrating the holidays in their unique styles. Locations include Asia, Italy, Arabia, Israel, Russia, England, Latin America, and more (yes, even the good ol' U.S.A.)! Your audience will enjoy trying to "guess where we are now!"
- Program Note from Publisher website
Let’s pretend that we are a stowaway on Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve. As the
sleigh makes its way around the world east to west, we just might encounter these
favorite carols with an international sound: Up on the Housetop starts us off, Jolly
Old St. Nicholas gets an Asian treatment, O Little Town of Bethlehem meets the
Arabian desert, We Three Kings becomes the new Israeli Klezmer hit, Russian
Dance from The Nutcracker takes us over the steppes to Decemberfest in Germany
with the oompah tones of O Tannenbaum; the Italian tune Napoli is invaded by
Jingle Bells, Rule, Britannia has a brief snippet of Deck the Halls imbedded in it;
the Jingle Bells chorus returns with a snappy salsa beat for Latin America, and we
return to the United States with We Wish You a Merry Christmas as only John Philip
Sousa would have written it.
- Program Note from Cypress Symphonic Band concert program, 10 December 2016
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Cypress Symphonic Band (Houston, Tex.) (Clarence Weeks, conductor) – 10 December 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The All-American
- An American Spectacular (as arranger) (2011)
- Buccaneer Hornpipe (2007)
- A Christmas Spectacular (as arranger) (2012)
- Cotton-Eyed Joe (as arranger) (2017)
- Danse Antiqua (2003)
- Feliz Navidad (as arranger) (2011)
- Flying Colors (2000)
- Funtango (2006)
- Hanukkah Highlights (2006)
- Hark! The Herald Angels Swing (2013)
- Hymn to the Heartland (2018)
- Intermezzo (as arranger) (1875/2002)
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (as arranger)
- Jing, Jing, Jingle (as arranger) (2015)
- Juju Dance
- Lament (2002/2021)
- Lullaby (2001)
- Mount Rockmore (2009)
- Our Song Shall Rise
- Rigaudon (as arranger) (1712/2018)
- Selections from "Carmen" (as arranger) (1875/2018)
- Spacious Firmament on High (2008)
- A Showstoppin' Christmas (2006)
- A Stowaway on Santa's Sleigh (as arranger) (2008)
- Trumpets Rock!
- Vikings Victorious (2006)
- Vision Quest
- Visions of Sugar Plums (2004)
- Walden (2002)
- Windermere Overture
Resources
- Chris Sharp website Accessed 3 September 2021