The school year (probably) hasn't begun yet, but it may be time to start planning your Christmas concert. Hopefully, you've carved out a date so families and admin can plan to attend your program's Christmas choir concert so the next step is planning the repetoire! The goal of this list is to get your gears turning for your beginner middle school choir students, so most of this repertoire is two-part or SA.
(Even if the picture says another voicing! Many of these titles have more advanced voicing so you can also consider any of these pieces for your advanced middle school choir students too!)
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Here are 10 easy middle school choir songs to consider programming for your Christmas concert!
Christmas Cookies by Jill Galina
Super cute partner song that's accessible to your beginner middle school choir students. The octavo also includes some choreography and staging suggestions for this piece for extra fun!
Another partner-style song because we want our new middle school choir students to feel successful at what is likely their first concert. Fun, upbeat, Minka pairs familiar words with a Russian folksong melody.
Twenty-three Christmas tunes wrapped up into three minutes, this choir piece also comes in other voicings in case you want to use this with your advanced choir students too!
This two-part catchy choir piece was extremely fun to program with my middle school 6th grade choir. Ugly Christmas sweaters plus live, on-stage sweater swapping, if you choose, results in a fun concert experience for everyone.
Beautiful piece with the two parts echoing each other, this middle school choir song can begin to stretch your beginner choir students beyond singing partner songs (while still being attainable!)
Okay, I'm a Florida girl and a Christmas song mentioning palm trees was a no-brainer. Another plus is this piece was a good vehicle to introduce accidentals to my beginner choir students. Catchy, fun, and your choir kids will not stop singing "Mele kalikimaka" once they master it.
Explore some accesible two-part harmony with this middle school choir piece. Also a great way to talk to your students about different musical styles.
Yes, the song from Anastasia. Introduce 3/4 time to your beginner middle school choir kids through this pretty arrangement!
Super fun piece with salsa vibes for your middle school choir kids to dig into!
Rounding out our list is a solid choice for your Christmas concert, African Noel. The layered repetitions are super beginner friendly and your choir kids will continue to go around singing "Sing Noel, sing noel, noel no~e~e~el". You'd think they would be sick of it. But no. 🤣
Hopefully after reading this list of songs, you have a good start to programming your Christmas concert! Don't forget to also plan for what to do after your concert is done - check out my Choir Concert Reflection activities over on TPT.
