Hot Santa
Words and music by James Stephenson (arr. Russel C. Mikkelson)
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 4:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Voice and orchestra
Publisher: Stephenson Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00; (digital) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Solo Voice
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass
- Piano
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Drum Set
- *Glockenspiel
- *Sleigh Bells
- *Tambourine
- *Triangle
- *Vibraphone
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This Christmas tale, with original words and music by James M. Stephenson, tells the story from Mrs. Santa’s point of view, where she just wishes her husband would stay home from “work” one of these Christmas Eves, like all the other men/women of the world!!
- Program Note adapted from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Video: Reference recording and perusal score
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Triangle Wind Ensemble (Cary, N.C.) (Evan Feldman, conductor) - 14 December 2025
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
- Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
- May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
- 2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
- Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)
All Wind Works
- American Embers (2017)
- American Fanfare (2009)
- as the fireflies watched (2020)
- August in York (2008)
- Barcelona Clarinet Concerto (2025)
- BasSOON It will be Christmas (2007/2013)
- Blue Night (2016/2025)
- Celebration Overture (1999/2018)
- Chorale in Blue (2018)
- A Charleston Christmas (as arranger) (2012)
- Code of Conduct (2023)
- Concerto Braziliano (2010)
- Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble. See: A Dialogue of Self and Soul
- Concerto for Cell Phone and Concert Band (2006)
- Concerto for Hope (2016/2017)
- Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet (2016)
- Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2023)
- Concerto Grosso (2016)
- Concerto No 1 for Trumpet (2007)
- Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet (2010)
- Concerto No. 3 for Trumpet. See: Concerto for Hope
- Concerto Rhapsody "The Arch" (2009/2014)
- Declaration (2024)
- Deep Dish (2016)
- The Devil's Tale (2013)
- Dialogue of Self and Soul (2013)
- Dodecafecta (2010)
- Duels and Dances (2011)
- Duo Fantastique (2007)
- Exhale! (2021)
- Eyes on the Bison (2021)
- Fanfare and March (2001)
- Fanfare for an Angel (2010/2018)
- Fanfare for an Angel (Adaptable Band) (2010/2018/2021)
- Fanfare for Democracy (2021)
- Fanfare for Democracy (Concert Band) (2021)
- Fanfare for the Arts
- Fiesta! (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- ...Forward (2021)
- Fractured Rondo (2012)
- Genesis (2024)
- Glissin' Up! (2016)
- Hanging by a Thread (2014)
- Heritage of Freedom Fanfare (2011)
- Holiday Carol Medley (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Holiday Fanfare Medley (2010)
- Homage and Farewell (2010)
- Home Stretch (2021)
- Hot Santa! (arr. Mikkelson) (2012)
- Hymn for US (2023)
- In Motion (2024/2026)
- In the Moment (2018)
- In the Moment Too (2018)
- Intrepid Promise (2012)
- It's About Time (2014)
- Jubilant Light and Fanfare Prelude
- Just B. See: Symphony for Brass
- Kentucky Run (2019)
- Kleiner Walzer (as transcriber) (1896/2022)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1996/2015)
- Legions and Legacy
- L'esprit de la trompette (2012/2014)
- Liquid Melancholy
- Life Has Loveliness to Sell
- A Little R&R (2013)
- Lonesome Valley Folk Suite (2022)
- Loop-D-Loop (Adaptable Band) (2017/2020)
- Luther: In Canon (2017)
- Martha Uncaged (2014)
- May the Road Rise to Meet You (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Möbius Trip (2017)
- Morning by the Lake (2020)
- Must Get Down (2018)
- No Thing Can Die as Others Do (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- Old Modern Musick (2018)
- Octet (2021)
- Overture to a Winter Celebration (2010)
- Perpetual Notion (2020)
- Raise Your Glass (2022)
- Reflections (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
- Requiem Dances (2018)
- Riverfield (2023/2025)
- Rhythms of the Spirit (2006)
- Road Home (2018)
- Saints Fantasy (2017)
- Scram! (2018)
- Second Thoughts (2014)
- Smitty's Aweigh Overture (2011)
- Sonata No. 1
- Sonata Rhapsody "The Arch" (2010)
- Song of Myself (2015)
- Sounds Awakened (2013)
- Spinning Wheel (2015/2024)
- Stars and Stripes Fanfare (2007/2018)
- The Storyteller (2013/2017)
- Sunburst Fanfare (2023)
- Symphony for Brass (2014)
- Just B (2020)
- Symphony No 1 for Concert Band (2008)
- Symphony No 2 (2016)
- Symphony No 4 (2023)
- Symphony No 5 (2025)
- Symphony No 6 (20257
- Taps (as arranger, with Butterfield) (1835/1862/2021)
- there are no words (2015)
- There You Have It (2021)
- this is most certainly true (2017)
- Three Bones Concerto (2013)
- Timeless Treasures (arr. Mikkelson) (2011)
- To the Sky (2011)
- Trench Coat (2018)
- 2/2 Tango (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
- Twisted Shout (2021)
- Ubi Caritas (Adaptable Band) (2019/2021)
- Unfettered (2020)
- Variations on Chinese Folk Songs (2006)
- Vast and Curious (2014/2017)
- Voyages (2020)
- The Waiting Game (2020)
- Walk Slowly (arr. M. Stephenson) (1997/2009/2020)
- Wildcat Run (2019)
- Wooden Dimes (2021/2022)
- Working Together (2022)
- You've Reached the City Limits (tr. Stephenson) (2024/2026)
- Zodiac II (2022)
Resources
- Stephenson Music website. Accessed 3 January 2026