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Do your Xmas shopping early with Big Shiny Brass!

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Getting ready for Christmas!

Now that summer is well and truly passed, it's time to start thinking about (and practising for!) your Christmas concerts.

To help you out, we've put together a rather useful collection of all the essential Christmas carols... and solved the problem of playing outdoors in winter too!

Weather-proof Wassails!

Our weather-proof laminated carol sheet features the 20 most popular Christmas carols in four-part harmony.

It doesn't matter if they get rained or snowed on — they can withstand the worst of the winter weather (we've put them through rigorous testing in our bathroom...)

They also stay rigid on your music stand, so there's less chance of your music blowing off down the high street.

And with our usual bold and vibrant print, they're easy to read on dark winter evenings.

Find out more

Find out more at www.BigShinyBrass.com/laminated-carols


Now that summer is well and truly passed, it's time to start thinking about (and practising for!) your Christmas concertsBig Shiny Brass

Christmas Survival Kit:

If 20 carols just isn't enough for you, then try the Brass Quintet Christmas Survival Kit.

You'll find 40 pieces of Christmas music, including all the essential carols, plus some longer, more obscure Christmas pieces.

Find out more:

You can have a listen to the arrangements at arranger Matt Kingston's website: www.MattKingston.com


An Almost English Christmas... and more music for Brass Band

We've written some cracking full-scale Christmas arrangements too.

An Almost English Christmas is a medley of (mostly) English traditional carol melodies, such as the Sussex Carol, I saw three ships and Here we come a-wassailing, all arranged in a fun, colourful and lively manner.

We've also arranged a humourous, roller-coaster version of The Twelve Days of Christmas. Unlike a lot of the dull, repetitive arrangements already out there, ours is full of imagination and variation, treating the melody in new and unexpected ways.

Find out more

Find out more and have a listen to both arrangements at www.bigshinybrass.com/christmas

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