Composition Spotlight -Anthem for the Millennium (America, My Home)

 

COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig

 

(The Composition Showcase is a unique resource for conductors.   Choral composers are allowed to share only a few of their best works.  Each week we offer you the best of the best on a silver platter.   The Silver Platter Award winners are works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear)

 

Silver Platter Award Winner:

Anthem for the Millennium (America, My Home) by George Simon STAB and piano (Click here for PDF and here for AUDIO)

 

Level: High School or Higher

Uses: General Concert Use

Program Themes: US Patriotic Songs

This Piece Would Program Well With:  I Hear America Singing by James Johnson available on the Composition Showcase 

 

 

 As I was sitting in my Turkey blind yesterday hoping to bag Thanksgiving dinner for the freezer, I thought about the country I live in.  I’m a pretty patriotic guy and I was a little bored so I started thinking about patriotic songs.  America, The Star Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful came to mind.  Then God Bless America filtered through the stirring leaves in my mind and I thought about how much I dislike that piece.  I did what everyone does when thinking about Thanksgiving and thought about what I am thankful for.  I am thankful that George Simon wrote a patriotic song that could replace God Bless America as the go to song for most patriotic American soloists.  

 

The PDF given is for an SATB version but the recording is of a different solo with backing choir edition which is also available. 

 

Anthem for the Millennium (America, My Home) is available from the George Simon.