Multicultural & World Holiday Choral Music

With the option to sing either the English or the Polish text, this delicate and festive arrangement of the traditional Polish carol is useful in a variety of concert settings or services. It features both

Setting a traditional Latin text, this joyful work by Basque composer Sarasola celebrates the Christmas story. With piano and flute, it remains in just two accessible parts throughout, with a few divisi

The traditional English carol is given a fresh treatment with percussion in a Central American Latin feel. With new lyrics and melodic lines added to the original carol, mixed meter and infectious rhythms

This a cappella work from the Basque region uses two popular Basque melodies and draws text from Basque folklore. This is a wonderful selection for Christmas concerts but can be performed any time of the

This energetic original composition proclaims a message of justice and peace. Perfect for school, church, concert, or community, bring voices together and stand in 'Umoja (Unity)!' A piano part is included,

Experience the magic of this enchanting a cappella arrangement of the traditional French carol as featured in the Candlelight Processional at Epcot Center by the Voices of Liberty. The first verse is in

An ingenious medley of two Russian folk tunes, this concert setting unfolds as a musical journey beginning with a delicate solo before erupting into one of the most exhilarating segments of your concert.

This arrangement of a traditional Spanish carol uses a rhumba rhythm and features a soloist throughout while the choir lays the percussive accompaniment that establishes the style so well. Background

This traditional Filipino Christmas carol makes an intriguing multicultural choice for your holiday concerts. Gently set, with either piano or harp accompaniment and optional handbells, it is a beautiful

India's annual festival of lights is celebrated in this original song that details various traditions associated with the celebration, including the food, fireworks, and colorful rangoli patterns made of

Translated as "Let's sing with joy," this cheerful a cappella original can be performed with optional percussion (drum and shaker). The Swahili text comes complete with a phonetic pronunciation guide and

Perfect for holiday concerts or any time of year, this original a cappella piece is great fun and quick to learn. Written in Kiswahili, in the Maasai idiom in East Africa, it includes a phonetic

With newly composed text from Wendat poet Andree Levesque Sioui, this reimagined arrangement of the Huron Carol is retitled to honor its origins and invites us to learn from the past while working

Prompting a similar reaction to what one can often experience in settings of O magnum mysterium, this arrangement of the famous French Christmas carol celebrates the mystery of the birth of the

An excerpt from the Christmas cantata Canta Navidad, this piece anticipates the coming of the Christmas season, which is associated with the beginning of summertime in southern Latin America. A

The melody of this well-known villancico (Christmas carol) can be heard in the treble voices and is accompanied by a swaying piano accompaniment. The optional flute or recorder parts add

MUELLER and CRADLE SONG, two tunes commonly associated with this carol text, are blended beautifully with verses in both English and Spanish. The melodies and languages are woven together seamlessly,

A la Nanita Nana and Coventry Carol sing one after another in this gentle choral setting. The piano rocks sweetly below the lilting text, creating a unique pairing of the familiar carols.

Hailed by many as the most famous Italian carol, Tu scendi dalle stelle has a simplistic, beautiful melody coupled with a slow, lilting 6/8 meter. This lovely arrangement for two-part mixed voices

Arranged as a collaborative effort by a treble choir and their director, these carols are accessible to developing treble choirs and are a wonderful exploration of ensemble singing in Spanish.

The traditional French carol, translated long ago into English as Sing We Now of Christmas, is set a cappella with optional percussion. The limited French along with English text makes it a quick

Here is a Ukrainian Christmas picture of a fairground with a festively decorated pine tree around which young people have gathered. There are jokes, laughter, flirting - all captured in the dance-like

This Ukrainian Christmas folk song is inserted into a modern harmonic framework. The cyclic form, characteristic of Ukrainian carols, is divided by harmonic constructions that separate the couplets from

Based on a traditional Brazilian song for Dia dos Reis (Day of the Kings, i.e. Epiphany) that accompanies the folk celebration known as Queima da Lapinha in which people disassemble their Nativity scenes