Contest

December 14, 2018 marked the end of the Holiday Song Arranging Contest selling period, and we're excited to announce the winners to you!

These arrangements brought in the highest sales, and to celebrate their achievements, SMP Press is awarding each arranger a cash prize ($300 to each winner, $100 to each runner-up) and featuring each title in the SMP Press Contest Winners Series.

Special congratulations to Kate Agioritis, whose jazz clarinet arrangement of "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" was the highest-selling entry in the contest! To celebrate this achievement, Kate will also receive a $100 bonus.
ArrangeMe Arrangement
Instrumental

Winner:  Kate Agioritis – Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Jazz Arrangement for Clarinet Quartet
Runner-Up:  Charlie Peterson – We Need A Little Christmas

Piano

Winner:  Dana DeKeyser – White Christmas
Runner-Up:  Sandra Zylstra – Once Upon A December

Choral

Winner:  Stephen DeCesare – If Every Day Was Like Christmas (for SAB)
Runner-Up:  Julie Gaulke – I'll Be Home For Christmas for SSAA a cappella voices
Public Domain Arrangement
Instrumental

Winner:  Michael Thomas Andrews – Christmas Ukulele - 25 Favourite Carols and Songs for Ukulele with TAB
Runner-Up:  James M Stevens – O Holy Night - Flute & Piano

Piano

Winner:  Marina Pogosyan – Carol of the Bells Easy Piano
Runner-Up:  Jenifer Cook – Manger Medley

Choral

Winner:  Dianne Goldrick – Silent Night, Women's Barbershop plus solo
Runner-Up:  Rachel Hardy – O Come O Come Emmanuel
Congratulations to the winners!
And thank you to all who participated!