The melody for this popular carol is an old English folk song, and the lyrics date to at least the early 18th century. But the sacred symbolism of holly and ivy extends even further back into medieval ...

Charles (Chuck) Daellenbach was a founding member of the Canadian Brass. For 40 years he's been happily honking on his tuba in the quintet - playing everywhere from the Great Wall of China to Sesame ...

The five brass players entered through a side entrance, unnoticed at first by the audience. They had already begun to play; heads searched frantically, entranced by the smooth sounds coming from their ...

OVER the coming days, many of us will probably have some form of holly (llex aquifolium) in our houses, whether a real branch from a tree or a picture on a card. We have been ‘decking our halls’ with ...

Peter Glaves does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. One of the best-loved of Christmas carols, “The Holly and the Ivy” has a gentle tune to flatter girlish soprano ...

The Air Force Academy Band pays a visit to Fort Morgan, with sponsorship by the Fort Morgan Times, for a Christmas-themed “Holly and Ivy” concert Sunday. The highlights included numbers featuring the ...