Christmas Jazz, Rags & Blues - Martha Mier

Students will be inspired and motivated by the syncopated rhythms and the colorful, rich harmonies of jazz. Detailed articulation, dynamics, and pedal markings create a thoughtful and thorough performance.

Book 1 Titles: Away in a Manger * Deck the Halls * Fum, Fum, Fum * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * Good King Wenceslas * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas * Joy to the World * Toyland * Up on the Housetop * We Three Kings of Orient Are.

Book 2 Titles: Christmas Medley * The First Noel *Go Tell it on the Mountain * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old St. Nicholas * We Three Kings of Orient Are * We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Book 3 Titles: Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella * Good Christian Men, Rejoice * He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child * The Holly and the Ivy * I Wonder as I Wander * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * O Come, All Ye Faithful * O Come, O Come, Emmanuel * O Little Town of Bethlehem.

Book 4 Titles: * Angels We Have Heard on High* I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day* I Saw Three Ships* Joy to the World* O Christmas Tree* Rise Up, Shepherds, and Follow* Sing We Now of Christmas* What Child Is This?