Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1254410 Composed by Becky McGlade, DP, and Edith M Reed. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 21st Century,Christmas,Holiday,Religious,Sacred. Score and Parts. 38 pages. John Ivor Holland #847985. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1254410). Becky was born in 1974 and grew up in Cornwall. She studied music at Royal Holloway, University of London, and after graduating, returned to Cornwall where she now leads a busy musical life as a composer, cellist, and piano and cello teacher. Becky developed a love of singing at an early age and her interest in sacred choral music grew during her time as a member of the Royal Holloway Chapel Choir. She now composes mainly choral music and draws much of her inspiration from her Christian faith. In the composer's own words, 'it was an obvious choice of text for a carol composition. I attempted to write an uncomplicated melody highlighting the lowliness of the stable scene and thus the verses open with a gently lilting tune, with simple harmony, which intensifies chromatically as the piece progresses.' Arranged as a project to bring more work by women composers into the concert band repertoire, this would make a lovely new addition to your Christmas concert.
