This song was written for a group of very talented musical teenagers who had their own band but for whom "choir" was not cool! In performance electric guitars and kit were added. Feel free to do the same should you wish to use this song.It forms part of a collection of songs following the Christmas story.
I use this arrangement with my middle school orchestra. It is very flexible. The optional woodwind parts double the string parts and were played by 8th grade (USA) players in their third year of instrumental music. There is an optional 2nd violin part and an optional Violin III (sub for Viola) part. The keyboard part can be played on piano or harpsichord. It also will work with Violin I,II, Viola or Violin III and piano. Permission is gra...
