Embrace the Holiday Spirit With This Famous Masterwork
Feel the crisp night air. See the snowflakes falling gently to the ground. Hear the sound of people singing from an old church nearby. The holiday season is upon us, with all its wonder...
Music appreciation / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published December 25, 2014 · Last modified April 27, 2022
Feel the crisp night air. See the snowflakes falling gently to the ground. Hear the sound of people singing from an old church nearby. The holiday season is upon us, with all its wonder...
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published December 19, 2012 · Last modified October 18, 2021
Hearing the opening bars of Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride immediately evokes mental images of snow, Christmas, or just winter in general. Certainly not a summer heat wave! Yet Anderson composed this classic winter song during...