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Musicians all around the world enjoy playing duets; for performance, for developing

sight-reading skills, and often just for fun. However, when it comes to Christmas duets, amajority of those published by major music publishers are arranged for elementary level

players. My wife is a flute teacher and I first arranged these duets for her to play with herintermediate and advanced students. They proved to be a delight for them; challenging attimes, without being overwhelming; at times, joyful; at times, uplifting; at times, serene.Now, I've adapted these duets so that they may be enjoyed by the saxophone community.

.Most are also quite suitable for informal performances and church services.I hope you will find these Christmas Duets to be a delight for you, too.

"behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord!"

Proclaim the Good News! K.B

Contents

Away in a Manger . . . . 2

Deck the Halls . . . . 3

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing . . . . 6

Joy to the World . . . . 8

O Come, All Ye Faithful . . . . 10

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel . . . . 11

O Holy Night . . . . 12

O Little Town of Bethlehem . . . . 14

Silent Night . . . . 16

The Wassail Song . . . . 18We Wish You a Merry Christmas . . . . 20

What Child is This? . . . . 22

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Kenneth Baird has taught instrumental music on virtually every level, from elementary schoolthrough univeristy. A graduate of the University of Tulsa and Southern Oregon State University,

he served as a public school band and orchestra director for 28 years and was the Wind Ensemble andOrchestra Director at Oral Roberts University for 5 and 3 years respectively. He recently returned to

Tulsa Public Schools to serve as an elementary instrumental music specialist. Kenneth Baird is a

composer of numerous original works for string orchestra, solo instruments, and chamber ensembles.Many of this compositions may be obtained through www.kennethbairdmusic.net .

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