I Saw Santa Dance The Samba On His Sleigh

Based on the holiday classic Jingle Bells, this clever arrangement by Robert W. Smith for the beginning band is based on the story of a young child hearing a bit of a commotion in the living room on Christmas Eve. Upon sneaking down the stairs, the child is surprised to see Santa having a great time dancing the samba as he delivers the gifts and then soars out of sight. Fun and entertaining, this new arrangement for beginning band will be a hit at your holiday concert!

I Saw Three Ships

Arranged by the legendary Luther Henderson and recorded on the recent Canadian Brass CD Christmas Time Is Here, this lighthearted version of the holiday favorite is adapted here for full concert band.

I Say A Little Prayer - Burt Bacharach

This bittersweet song from 1967 is a real classic, partly due to the rendition by two queens of soul, Dionne Warwick and later also Aretha Franklin. The theme was very topical at the time: A woman is concerned about her husband fighting in the Vietnam War, and thinks about him during her day-to-day worries. Top arranger Peter Kleine Schaars created a tasteful and carefully orchestrated version. His arrangement stays true to the original colour and feel of the song, and, as a grade 3 piece, is still perfectly playable for most bands.

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I See You - James Horner

I See You (Theme from Avatar) - James Horner

From the groundbreaking movie blockbuster Avatar, here is the main theme used in the end credits. Johnnie Vinson's sensitive arrangement features light woodwind scoring in the beginning, then builds into a powerful setting for theentire ensemble.

I Sing a Laid Fr Di - Andreas Gabalier

I Tak - Stephane Kregar

I Turn to You

I Vespri Siciliani - Giuseppe Verdi

In 1854, Verdi was in Paris to compose I vespri siciliani (1855), a commission from the Theatre of the Opera. The composer soon became intolerant to the requests of the French "Grand Opra" as he considered them too restrictive and cunning. "I'll be very happy when I have finished I vespri siciliani. An opera at the Opra is as tiring as killing a bull. Five hours of music?...Hauf!" Verdi declared. Following the first performance, the French composer Hector Berlioz wrote in the "Journal des Dbats" an article that read "We have to admit that in I vespri siciliani, the penetrating intensity of the melodic expression, the sumptuous variety of theinstrumentation, the fullness, the poetical sonority of the whole, the warm vivacity that shines everywhere and the passionate strength, although slow in disclosing (a characteristic feature of Verdi's talent), give the entire work a mark of greatness, a sort of majestic sovereignty more underlined than in Verdi's previous theatre productions."

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I Vow To Thee - Gustav Holst