Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Ballad - Medium Easy

Publisher: Kendor Music

A fresh treatment of a well-known carol! This new take on It Came Upon the Midnight Clear will be fun to play and interesting to hear at your next winter concert.

I love the challenge of taking a well-known carol and giving it fresh treatment. Stray too far from the original melody and harmony and the tune will be unrecognizable. But, if there is not enough new material crafted into the music, there really isn’t any point in doing another arrangement. I hope that I struck a good balance between old and new in this version of It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. I think there is enough harmonic variety to add a twist to this classic carol…but don’t worry, I didn’t go off the deep end and make it totally crazy. Just enough to make it fun to play and interesting to hear!

Full Score
2 Alto Saxophones
2 Tenor Saxophones (Tenor 2 Optional)
Baritone Saxophone (Optional)
4 Trumpets (Trumpet 4 Optional)
4 Trombones (Trombone 4 Optional)
Guitar (Optional)
Piano
Bass
Drums
Flute (Optional)
Clarinet (Optional)
Horn in F (Optional
Tuba (Optional)