Traditional Christmas, Book 1

What is tradition? Perhaps it’s just someTHING started someWHERE by someONE. Nobody objected, so it just rolled along through the years. In music, for example, people liked what they heard (or thought they did), and so the composers and arrangers usually accepted the easy way. That is, they stuck with the same old “traditional” way of arranging those same old “traditional” pieces of music. And, so it continued on ad infinitum, UNTIL a brave and adventurous soul came along with the courage to try something new; an extra harmony note, a change in rhythm, etc. We believe it’s a tribute to those who came before us to observe and enjoy the same good old Christmas songs. But, let’s try improving them a bit. Bring some of the old harmonies and rhythms up to date and still retain those strong and always enjoyable . . . GOOD OLD . . . TRADITIONAL melodies!!!  ~Chuck & Susie

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SUSAN PETERS

Susan Peters hails from San Francisco, California where she studied with San Francisco Symphony first harpist Anne Adams. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley (Psychology and Music) and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (MBA). Susan has played in many musical venues-symphonies, ballets, musicals, LasVegas celebrity shows, hotels and restaurants, and television and recording dates. She is an accomplished harpist – from classics to jazz.

CHUCK BIRD

Three time Emmy Award winner, Chuck Bird was a prolific composer and arranger, having written arrangements and conducted shows for notable celebrities such as Betty Clooney, Anita Bryant and Magician Harry Blackstone Jr. He also wrote arrangements, original music and recorded many TV specials, such as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and The Orange Bowl Parade and Half-Time shows for many years on NBC television. He also conducted the “President’s Own” Marine Band many times at the White House,. Chuck and harpist Susan Peters’ collaboration resulted in fine arrangements for both pedal and pedal free harp.