Fifty-five Anthems – Second Edition
$15.00 – $40.00
After three years and sales of over 1,000 books, Peter and Mary Alice are release a 2nd edition of “Fifty-five Anthems for the Small Church Choir”. To make it a stronger collection the Amidons have swapped in fourteen new songs; the collection will now remain unchanged, with any future new arrangements finding their home in the Amidons’ Online Choral Store. Here, with more details about this upgraded edition, is the Introduction to the 2nd Edition.
NOTE: We are still selling the original Fifty-five Anthems Sampler CD. Or you can purchase recordings of ALL of the songs in the collection in bundled mp3 downloads.
Book $30, Quantity discounts: 10-19 copies: $25/each, 20 copies + up: $20/ each
CD $15, Book & CD $40.
Peter’s work is artistry at the highest level: not only a gift to singers in a wide variety of settings, but also a model worthy of study by songwriters and composers in any tradition.
–Mark Simos, Songwriter; Associate Professor, Songwriting, Berklee College of Music Author of Songwriting Strategies: A 360º Approach (Berklee Press, Hal Leonard, 2014).
*scroll down to hear the arrangements*
Peter and Mary Alice’s choral arrangements and compositions are being sung by community, church and hospice choirs throughout the U.S. and the UK. Now the Amidons have published two books and companion sampler CDs of collections of their most popular, musical and accessible arrangements.
This book “Fifty-Five Anthems for the Small Church Choir” is geared particularly to choirs in small, mainstream Protestant churches.
Many of these were originally arranged or composed for the Guilford (Vermont) Community Church Choir, UCC, which rehearses only for the 40-60 minutes before each Sunday service, so the anthems are accessible to the typical small church choir with a mix of music readers and non-readers.
A second book, “Twenty-Five Anthems for Interfaith & Community Choirs“, is geared particularly to UU church choirs. However, both collections are useful to any church, community, high school or hospice choir.
Here is a list of the choral arrangements/compositions in the “Fifty-Five Anthems” book. “Sweet is the Day” was composed/arranged by Mary Alice Amidon. All other arrangements by Peter Amidon. You can hear recordings of most of them by clicking on the titles. Songs with asteriks (“*”) are new to the Second Edition. View Alphabetical list of all songs.
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NOTE: There is NO new CD, but you can still do a bundle of the book and the 1st edition “sampler” CD. Then choose the additional tune bundles from the 2nd Edition Mp3 album options.
Book $30, Quantity discounts: 10-19 copies: $25/each, 20 copies + up: $20/ each
CD $15, Book & CD $40.
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| options | sampler cd only $15, book + sampler cd $40 (save $5 when you order both), book only $30 each – 1-9 copies, book only $25 each – 10-19 copies, book only $20 each – 20 copies or more |