Unto us a Child is Born! is a bright, rhythmical version of an old chant-like tune, Puer Nobis Nascitur, from a collection published in 1582 called Piae Cantiones (from which we find find carols like In Dulci Jubilo). I have played with the rhythms, the words and the harmonization. I think it turned out rather joyous . . . more »

Patapan (or Pat-a-Pan) is the French equivalent of "The Little Drummer Boy" excepting it came several hundred years earlier. I've loved this carol ever since I was a child (and the "Little Drummer Boy" as well), but I've never been won over by the traditional English translation of the French (originally Burgundian dialect) lyrics. So, I tweaked it poetically back in 2004 when I was working on my children's Christmas songbook, "O Sing a Song of Bethlehem." This arrangement uses those modified lyrics and is loosely based on the arrangement in that book, except it is way more exciting in SATB acappella . . . more »