Personal Favorites

A FEW OF OUR PERSONAL FAVORITES

Underlined titles are links to minature scores supplied by the publisher.

• Chant to the Great Spirit—for chimes and Indian drum; our #1 personal favorite
• Festival Day—has rhythmic drive that makes it "dance"
• Festive Pastorale—nice for Christmas Eve or wedding; listen to it on CD from GIA-2004
                         —miniature score and recording supplied by GIA
  
• Fugue in F—used for 2002 Youth Ringer Festival in Colorado Springs
• Jubilation—a fun piece with a "trolley car" flavor
• On to Jerusalem—very effective for Lent or the Passion section of Palm Sunday
• Oriental Breeze—excellent for schools; has the flavor of an folk song from the Far East
• Quiet Christmas Eve—melody in lower 2 octaves; nice on chimes
• Seraphic Dances—has an ethereal quality; viable for 2 octaves; very nice on chimes
• Shalom Chaverim—Israeli round; listen to it on CD from Jeffers catalog-Summer/Fall-2003
• Sleigh Ride—mallets and thumb damps in accompaniment add momentum to the melody
• Song of Celebration—good for any festive occasion
• Through the Cloven Skies—very short; the angels come, sing, and leave
                                    —fits Lessons and Carols scripture Luke 2:13-14

Alphabetical list of other music by the Dares
Other music by the Dares listed by AGHER level
Suitable for chimes
Uses both bells and chimes
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