Children’s Music

Swan-Cross is pleased to make available this collection of music for the young musician that is:

Challenging yet achievable for young people
Musically of good quality
Appealing to children and adults alike

Note that, to view the sample pages, you must have a PDF viewer, such as Acrobat Reader, which is freely distributed by Adobe, Inc.

To listen to the recordings, you also need a program or device capable of downloading and playing MP3 files.

Pieces are grouped alphabetically by type.

Choral
Instrumental

And coming soon: Two new children's musicals!

Friends with Me — Life with God, explored in word and song. Join the “Guide” as he (or she) leads young singers on a short journey through the Gospels, to help them understand what living the Christian life is really all about.
The Most Wonderful Christmas Tree — What happens when you have found the perfect Christmas tree, but nothing you do can make it light up? Bring in the Light of Love, of course.

Choral

Title	Description	Samples	Recording	Order
Hosanna! Children's choir, with or without SATB, piano accompaniment, and optional recorder descant Approx. perf. time: 3:40 Prices: PDF – $10.00 Printed copies – $1.25 each	Suitable for Palm Sunday, especially. The Jewish flavor makes it ideal for a Palm Sunday processional, complete with waving palm leaves. The demo recording presented here is done with electro-acoustic instruments.	34 Kb	3.5 Mb

Title

Description

Samples

Recording

Order

Hosanna!

Children's choir, with or without SATB, piano accompaniment, and optional recorder descant

Approx. perf. time: 3:40

Prices:
PDF – $10.00
Printed copies – $1.25 each

Suitable for Palm Sunday, especially. The Jewish flavor makes it ideal for a Palm Sunday processional, complete with waving palm leaves.

The demo recording presented here is done with electro-acoustic instruments.

34 Kb

3.5 Mb

Instrumental

Title	Description	Samples	Recording
Fanfare for the Kommon Kid Showpiece for intermediate band or orchestra Approx. performance time: 2:15	Commissioned by the Vogelweh and Kaiserslautern Elementary Instrumental programs in Kaiserslautern, Germany, for the 1990 MENC World's Largest Concert. Premiered by the combined band and orchestra from those two schools in March, 1990. Available in two forms: • Intermediate concert band • Intermediate orchestra Demos presented here are done with virtual instruments (the Garritan Personal Orchestra and Finale)	Band version 287 Kb	Band version 2.2 Mb
Orchestra version 237 Kb	Orchestra version 2.3 Mb
Jolly Ol’ Nick Theme & variations with a twist for beginner/intermediate concert band Approx. performance time: 5:00	Ideal for that first (or second) Christmas concert for the beginner band. Based on the traditional “Jolly Old St. Nicholas ” Features each section of the band in its own special variation Great learning piece, helping to teach the kids (and the audience!) the differences between the sections, a little rhythmic variety, and a classic compositional form Commissioned and premiered by the elementary band at Vogelweh (DoDDS) Elementary School in Kaiserslautern, Germany, for their Christmas concert in 1989 Demo recordings here done with virtual instruments	293 Kb	Intro & Theme 861 Kb Var. 1 667 Kb Var. 2 1.0 Mb Var. 3 1.2 Mb

Title

Description

Samples

Recording

Order

Fanfare for the Kommon Kid

Showpiece for intermediate band or orchestra

Approx. performance time: 2:15

Commissioned by the Vogelweh and Kaiserslautern Elementary Instrumental programs in Kaiserslautern, Germany, for the 1990 MENC World's Largest Concert.

Premiered by the combined band and orchestra from those two schools in March, 1990.

Available in two forms:

• Intermediate concert band

• Intermediate orchestra

Demos presented here are done with virtual instruments (the Garritan Personal Orchestra and Finale)

287 Kb

2.2 Mb

237 Kb

2.3 Mb

Jolly Ol’ Nick

Theme & variations with a twist for beginner/intermediate concert band

Approx. performance time: 5:00

Ideal for that first (or second) Christmas concert for the beginner band.

Based on the traditional “Jolly Old St. Nicholas ”

Features each section of the band in its own special variation

Great learning piece, helping to teach the kids (and the audience!) the differences between the sections, a little rhythmic variety, and a classic compositional form

Commissioned and premiered by the elementary band at Vogelweh (DoDDS) Elementary School in Kaiserslautern, Germany, for their Christmas concert in 1989

Demo recordings here done with virtual instruments

293 Kb

861 Kb

667 Kb

1.0 Mb

1.2 Mb