UNC Jazz Press

(Level IV) The contemporary pop setting for this Christmas traditional will guarantee an original sound for any program. A dominant, yet subtle groove is constant throughout the piece and the voicings get progressively larger culminating in a huge sound during the last chorus. This all-male arrangement is on the more difficult side, but the payoff is a crowd pleaser and will leave your audience humming to themselves long after the performance. TTBB A Cappella

PATRICK ROSE has carved a name in the a cappella vocal community as the primary writer/arranger for the vocal band Eclipse. He received a bachelor's degree in composition from Utah State University before continung post-graduate studies at Berklee College of Music. His compositions and arrangements have garnered mutiple awards and honors includng features in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics.