

Vilonia High School Band, Vilonia, Arkansas.Harrison High School Band, Harrison, Arkansas.Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, Arkansas.Crystal Hill Elementary School, North Little Rock, Arkansas.Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Little Rock, Arkansas.Youth Symphony of the Southwest, Mesa, Arizona.Highland High School Orchestra, Gilbert, Arizona.Desert Ridge High School Orchestra, Mesa, Arizona.Canyon del Oro High School String Orchestra, Tucson, Arizona.Lathrop High School Symphonic Band, Fairbanks, Alaska.Anchorage Concert Chorus + Orchestra, Anchorage, Alaska.Etowah Youth Orchestra, Gadsden, Alabama.The following is a partial list of the orchestras, bands and other groups which have obtained permission to produce and stream/post to the internet a recording of music by Leroy Anderson in their holiday concerts from November and December 2020 through January 2021.ĪSCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, has ranked "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson (1948), lyrics by Mitchell Parish (1950) #4 on the top 25 most popular holiday songs of 2020. We look forward to sharing the links to your performances below on this page if the links are available to the public. Holiday Concerts 2020 - 2021 Thank you to the orchestras, bands, soloists, choruses and other ensembles all over the world who are preparing virtual performances of "Sleigh Ride", "A Christmas Festival", "Suites of Carols" for brass choir, string orchestra and woodwind ensemble, and other Leroy Anderson compositions in November and December 2020 and January 2021. "Sleigh Ride", "A Christmas Festival", "Suites of Carols" This arrangement and the orchestral accompaniment are both published by Alfred Music. The family of Leroy Anderson commissioned Nathan Zemp to arrange the original 1950 version of "A Christmas Festival" for SATB Choir & Orchestra. Many orchestras and some choruses perform this shorter version.

Anderson created a shorter version in 1952 which is approximately 6 minutes long. Leroy Anderson wrote "A Christmas Festival" in 1950. New Arrangement for SATB Choir & Orchestra. Thomas Hundemer's arrangement of "Summer Skies" for Woodwind Quintet will be available soon - also from Alfred. This arrangement is published by Alfred Music. New Arrangement by Thomas Hundemer for Brass Quintet of "Summer Skies" by Leroy Anderson. ĪSCAP named Sleigh Ride the most popular piece of Christmas music in the USA in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and in 2015. Catalogue No: 8.505259 Released 11/2021ĪSCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, named Sleigh Ride the most popular piece of Christmas music in the USA in 2021. Leonard Slatkin conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra in these recordings for Naxos in 2007 which were originally released as individual discs in 2008. Naxos Records has released a 5-CD boxed set of the Complete Works of Leroy Anderson. North German Radio Orchestra Celebrates 50 Years of Sesame Street with concerts featuring music of Leroy Anderson They are between 2 and 3 minutes long and may be seen without advertising on this website.
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The Leroy Anderson Foundation is producing a series of short biographical videos about Leroy Anderson.
