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Large Scores:11-20pp.
"Alleluia"
SATB w/piano; Alto Solo; 13pp.;3'20": Med. difficulty; text and music by KelvinMcNeal. Copyright
©2006 KelvinMcNeal.
"Alleluia" is a non-denominational anthem of praise.
Starting with a simple soprano unison, "Alleluia" develops in rhythmic layers,and culminates in a chant-like
coda.
Alleluia Variations
SATB, piano; 11 pp; 3'25"; Medium difficulty. Text
and music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright© 2010 Kelvin McNeal
"Alleluia Variations" is a playful and
exciting praise anthem deconstructing the text "Alleluia".
"A Place Within"
SATB w/piano; 11pp; 3'40"; Moderate difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal
Copyright © 2008 Kelvin McNeal
I wrote this song for Fathers' Day with my choir.
It's a touching, thoughtful musing on how we grow with our fathers.
"Beatitudes"
SATB w/ a substantial piano part; 16pp; 6'; Medium+ difficulty; Text from Matthew
5:3-12; Add'l text and all music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2011 Kelvin McNeal
A melding of Jesus' Beatitudes with complementary "new" Beatitudes.
"Dona Nobis Pacem"
SATB w/piano; 11pp; 3'40"; Moderate difficulty, some simple Latin. Text
and music by Kelvin McNeal with Latin phrases; Copyright © 2007 Kelvin McNeal.
I
wrote this song about piece for a Christmas Eve performance for my choir, but it's relevant in any season.
"Down By The Riverside"
Arr. and with additional lyrics by Kelvin McNeal; SATB w/piano and some divisi;
12pp; 3'50"; medium + difficulty. Text trad. w/added lyrics by Kelvin McNeal; Copyright © 2010 Kelvin McNeal
A rousing rendition of the popular standard.
"Endless River"
SATB w/piano; 11pp; 3'25"; Moderate+ difficulty; Text and music by Kelvin
McNeal Copyright © 2010 Kelvin McNeal
River as metaphor for love and connection
"Every Breath"
SATB w/piano; 14pp; 3'35"; Medium difficulty; Text and music by Kelvin McNeal
Copyright © 2008 Kelvin McNeal
"Every Breath" is a rollicking, joyful
affirmation of the power of intention.
"Love"
SATB w/piano; 12pp; 3'45"; Medium difficulty;
Text and music by Kelvin
McNeal Copyright© 2006 Kelvin McNeal
"Everybody in the world will be in
love with everybody else!" (From "Love).
"Manifestation"
SATB w/piano, Tenor solo; 12pp; 4'00; Medium difficulty, tenor solo advanced;
Text
is "Ave Maria", additional text and all music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright© 2006 Kelvin McNeal.
Suitable for Christmas, concert, or worship, "Manifestation" uses chant-like choral parts
with a soaring tenor solo.
"Manifestation IV"
SATB w/piano; 13pp; 4'05"; Moderate difficulty; Text and music by Kelvin McNeal
Copyright © 2009 Kelvin McNeal
An affirmative prayer in the tradition and
style of Spiritual Living.
"Memorial Day"
SATB w/piano and opt. low drum; 11pp; 5'00"; Medium difficulty; Text and music
by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2011 Kelvin McNeal
A somber but uplifting
piece exploring what can happen the instant a war is over.
"No Fear"
SATB w/piano; 13pp; 3'30"; Moderate difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal
Copyright © 2008 Kelvin McNeal.
Rock & Gospel flavored, high-energy song
about courage in the face of fear.
"Spirit Comes Whisperin' In"
SATB w/piano; 17pp;
4'40"; Medium Difficulty; Text and music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright© 2006 Kelvin McNeal.
"Spirit..." is driven by a walking bass ostinato. The text is a non-denominational paean to the joy of
becoming one with whichever higher power you choose.
"Thank You For The..."
SATB w/piano; 13 pp; 3'30"; Medium + difficulty; Text and music by Kelvin
McNeal Copyright © 2007 Kelvin McNeal
A song of gratitude for things spoken
and unspoken.
"The River"
SATB w/piano; 10pp; 3'25"; Moderate difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal
Copyright © 2006 Kelvin McNeal
River as metaphor.
"What A Day"
SATB w.piano; 12pp; 3'05"; Medium+ difficulty; Text and music by Kelvin McNeal
Copyright © 2009 Kelvin McNeal
A celebration of pure joy (some of the most fun
I've ever had writing lyrics).
"All One"
SATB w/piano; 10 pp; 4'10"; Medium plus difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin
McNeal © Copyright 2011 Kelvin McNeal
River metaphors in this rousing anthem
mix with themes of the connection of all that exists.
"Darkness/Light"
SATB w/piano; 9pp; 3'40"; Medium difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal
Copyright © 2007 Kelvin McNeal
"Darkness/Light" is a short requiem
ending in the acceptance to the light.
"Deep Peace"
SATB w/synth, flute obbligato; 5pp; 4'30"; Medium difficulty. Text by Ernest
Holmes, music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2010 Kelvin McNeal
"Deep Peace"
is slow and meditative, with a synth strings pad and live flute. Rhythm and breathing can be tricky for choirs without much
experience.
"Eternal/Expanding"
SATB w/piano; 9pp; 3'; Moderate difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright
© 2009 Kelvin McNeal
About the joys of spiritual bliss.
"First Christmas"
SATB w/piano; Tenor solo; 8pp; 2'45"; Moderate difficulty for choir, higher difficulty for tenor
solo. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2009 Kelvin McNeal
Jazz waltz
style, Christmas as a personal journey of emergence.
"Freedom"
SATB w/piano; 10pp; 3'20"; Medium difficulty. Text by Kelvin McNeal, incorporating
a quote from Krishnamurti; Music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2008 Kelvin McNeal
Krishnamurti
said "Freedom is a state of mind". "Freedom" expands on that idea.
"I Belong"
SATB w/piano;10pp; 3'30"; Medium difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2007
Kelvin McNeal
Affirming the infinite connectivity of all people.
I Breathed A Song Into The Air
SATB w/piano; 8pp; 3'45; Medium difficulty; Text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2011 Kelvin McNeal
A tradional arrangement
of one of Longfellow's best-known poems.
"Manifestation II"
SATB w/piano; 10pp; 3'25"; Moderate difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright ©
2007 Kelvin McNeal
"Manifestation II" is a chant-like musing on New
Thought themes.
"Manifestation III"
SATB w/piano; 10pp; 3'40"; Medium difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal
Copyright © 2008 Kelvin McNeal
Third in a series of "Manifestations"
exploring the beliefs of New Thought.
"Many Roads"
SATB w/piano; 10pp; 2'45"; Medium difficulty, some contrapuntal a cappella.
Text and music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2008 Kelvin McNeal.
"Many Roads"
is about how we all find our own paths to our own best good.
Six Haiku
SATB w/piano; 6pp; 2'30"; Medium difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2006 Kelvin McNeal
The text is a sequence of nature images tracing the progression from winter solstice to summer
solstice, with a lush piano part.
"Stand In Wonder"
SATB w/piano; 9pp; 2'45"; Medium difficulty, several a cappella sections.
Text by Ernest Holmes, music by Kelvin McNeal Copyright © 2009 Kelvin McNeal
Gospel-flavored
uptempo anthem of praise, text by Ernest Holmes, founder of Religious Science philosophy (now named United Centers For Spiritual
Living). Premiered 2009 by the Santa Fe CSL Choir.
"Thanks I Give"
SATB w/piano; 9pp; 4'05"; Moderate difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin McNeal
Copyright © 2010 Kelvin McNeal
A warm, joyful, chant-like anthem of gratitude.
"The Stone Rolls Away"
SATB w/piano; 10pp; 3'32"; Medium difficulty. Text and music by Kelvin
McNeal Copyright © 2007 Kelvin McNeal
Originally written for Easter Sunday,
"The Stone Rolls Away" is a gospel-flavored anthem about transformation or resurrection
"With Love
SATB w/piano; 10pp; 2'39"; Moderate difficulty, 5/4 meter; Text adapted from 1 Corinthians 13: Music by Kelvin
McNeal Copyright © 2007 Kelvin McNeal.
The music of this setting mirrors the
dichotomy of the text (Without/With love.