Music Gifts for Christmas 2025: The Best Gift Ideas for Musicians and Music Lovers

Festive lights are lighting up all over the world, and the countdown to Christmas has begun. If you’re looking for music gifts for Christmas in 2025, whether it's for a musician, music student, film fan, or someone who simply loves music, take a look at our selection to help you find the perfect present.

From diaries and notebooks to jewellery, sheet music, choral collections and official film scores, our guide features some of the best musical gift ideas for the music lover in your life this festive season.

Thoughtful Gifts for Musicians

Music Diaries for 2026

A perfect gift for music lovers that wants to note down their plans for the new year, the Boosey & Hawkes Diary for 2026 also includes a directory for a bunch of UK concert halls, opera houses, festivals, organisations, anniversaries, and other useful reference material. Ideal for performers, students, and classical music enthusiasts alike.

Available in a user-friendly portrait format and two colours:

Musical Notebooks For jotting down ideas, sketching musical phrases, or keeping track of practice notes, a dedicated music notebook makes a wonderfully thoughtful gift for a musician. Discover our highlighted notebooks with stylish, familiar designs including: Edition Schott Notebook → An A6 pocket notebooks with 32 pages lined with 8 staves, along with the iconic silver cover. Schott Student Edition Notebook → This rainbow-adorned A6 notebook contains 32 lined pages with 8 staves. Shop all notebooks

Jewellery for Music Lovers

If you’re looking for something extra special to slip under the tree, our musical jewellery collection is full of great keepsakes. Choose from necklaces, watches, and earrings featuring the instrument of your choice, perfect for musicians who love to wear their passion proudly.

• Electric Guitar Pendant
  → A stratocaster-shaped pendant, perfect for the guitarist in your life.
• Piano-Design Wristwatch
  → A stylish watch bearing a circular piano key design.
• Violin Stud Earrings
  → Two quality stud earrings in the shape of violins.

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Gifts for Aspiring Musicians

Sheet Music and Guides for Beginners

Do you know someone that wants to start learning an instrument, or maybe even wants to get back into playing again after some time? Give them that leg-up with our beginner-friendly music books. Sometimes, all a musician needs is a little encourage from the right book to get started!

Play it again: Piano Prep Book Melanie Spanswick Do you know someone that used to play the piano and wants to start again? Play it again: Piano Prep Book prepares returning pianists for Books 1–3 of Melanie Spanswick’s bestselling series, with real pieces taken from Baroque to Jazz. Learn essential piano technique, regain confidence, and enjoy 39 carefully graded pieces (UK pre-Grade 1 to Grade 1) with clear practice tips. The ideal piano refresher to rediscover your skills and make music part of your life again. Buy now

Discover more educational highlights:

• Ros Stephens: Violin Junior Book 1
  → The bestselling violin tuition series, ideal for young violinists that are just getting started.
• Best of Easy Piano Classics
  → A wonderful mix of easy original piano pieces from across the eras, arranged for very easy to easy piano.
• Tim Pells & Jens Franke: Passport to Play Guitar Vol. 1
  → A creative way to begin guitar, includes standard notation alongside TAB.

Festive Gifts for Choir Singers Even if festive concerts are already programmed and in the diary, it’s always a good time to explore new choral scores, especially classic carols and seasonal favourites. These editions make excellent gifts for choir directors, choral singers, or anyone who loves Christmas music. Bach Collegium Japan Christmas Carol Book → 11 beautiful arrangements for SATB/SSA, arranged by Masato Suzuki. Merry Christmas → Easy-to-intermediate a cappella Christmas arrangements for SAB choirs. Shop Christmas Choral Scores

Official Film Scores

For film-music fans, nothing beats reading the music straight from the source. OMNI Music Publishing specialises in releasing full, authoritative film scores, meticulously reproduced from original manuscripts. These make exceptional gifts for composers, collectors, or anyone who loves film scores!

• Michael Giacchino: Up
  → A stellar Disney | Pixar collaboration, Up has all the tearjerkers and nostalgic wonder to delight a fan.
• Alan Silvestri: Back to the Future
  → Blending bold brass fanfares, time-travel energy and 80's Hollywood magic.
• John Powell: How to Train Your Dragon
  → Soar back to Berk alongside Hiccup and Toothless with full score editions for the first, second, and third film.
• Bernard Herrmann: North by Northwest
  → Hermann's iconic score for Alfred Hitchcock’s Technicolor thriller.
• Jerry Goldsmith: Star Trek The Motion Picture
  → Jerry Goldsmith’s bold score features unforgettable themes, daring orchestration, and otherworldly blaster beam textures.

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Find the Perfect Music Gift This Christmas

Whether you’re shopping for a seasoned performer, a film-music enthusiast, or someone just beginning their musical journey, our gift selection has something for every musician.

FAQs

1. What are some good Christmas gift ideas for music lovers?

Any gift should do, really! If you're sure of their preferred instrument or favourite kind of musical genre, something that roughly matches that would work.

2. What gift should I buy for a guitarist, pianist or singer?

You can definitely consider instrument-themed gifts, like guitar pendants, piano sheet music from composers they might love, or vocal warm-up guides.

3. What music gifts are available for €20 or under?

Small but thoughtful gift options include music-themed notebooks, a wide variety of sheet music for beginners, and diaries. These affordable gifts make for lovely stocking fillers.