Unwrap new Christmas choral titles published by Oxford University Press. With a range of accompanied and unaccompanied carols, plus highlights from renowned composer Bob Chilcott, there is plenty to inspire your programming for the holiday season.

Explore carols with piano and organ accompaniment – from Sarah Quartel’s arrangement of the Huron Carol, renamed Iesous ahatonnia’ to reflect its origins, to John Rutter’s expressive depiction of a journey to Bethlehem, and James Whitbourn’s accessible arrangement of the popular melody known to many as ‘Carol of the Bells.’

Be inspired by our selection of unaccompanied carols, featuring new versions of Marques L. A. Garrett’s popular The Savior’s Birth, Lucy Walker’s thoughtful setting of There is no rose from Carols for Choirs 6, and exciting new pieces from Cecilia McDowall, Mack Wilberg, Toby Young, and Becky McGlade.

Discover the latest Christmas titles from Bob Chilcott, including Mary, Mother, a sequence of six carols exploring the role of Mary in the Christmas story, and an atmospheric arrangement of the traditional German Song Maria durch ein’ Dornwald ging.

For each of our choral pieces, we provide information about ‘Difficulty’ levels to assist choral directors in understanding whether a piece is suitable for performance by their choir.

The descriptive levels are characterized in the following ways:

Very Easy

Straightforward harmonies and rhythms; mostly homophonic with no large vocal ranges; usually with supportive accompaniment.

Easy

Mostly rhythmically straightforward; possible straightforward key changes; limited amounts of divisi in places.

Moderately Difficult

More complex rhythms and counterpoint and/or harmonies; ranges may be broader; key and time changes and possible divisi throughout.

Difficult

Often includes multiple key and time changes; demanding vocal lines; divisi sections; complex rhythms.

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