A reminder for Christmas

I know that there is still some time to go until Christmas is upon us but if one is still working out which Christmas carols to perform at any festive concerts please have a look at my ‘free for everyone’ piece titled The Age Old Reason for Joy.  I’m excited that here in the UK Songs of Praise, which is one of our national broadcaster’s the BBC TV shows, have added the score to their music data library and that they love the ‘new words’ in the message.  I wrote it to teach the young and remind the older just what Christmas is really all about which is something that seems to get rather lost with all the commercialisation that takes place.  Everything for learning and performance is available as free downloads – the SATB score, a 2 part score for schools and young choristers, the words and accompaniment along with various other tools and audio.  There is also a link to YouTube where one can see a performance done last year at my local church with the choir helped out by children from the local primary school.  It was great fun to do.

 

Here’s the link to the dedicated page     http://www.refuse-to-lose.co.uk/pages/ageoldreasonforjoy.htm

 

Best wishes and joyous singing

Robin Mayhew