music samples
catalog of works
please contact Bob Kechley at robertkechley@gmail.com for scores
Three Songs for Soprano, Piano and String Bass
Sonata for Flute and Piano
Sun and Shadow (Flute, Piano)
Danza Desegual (Flute, Piano)
Jazz Dance (Flute, Piano)
Spring Shift (Flute, Piano)
Nightingale (Flute, Piano)
Concerto for Trumpet, orchestra or piano reduction
Fanfare and Rondo for Orchestra
Picnic (Programatic scherzo for Orchestra)
Hunting Rags (orchestra)
Symphony #2, Ferdinand the Bull
Dreams to Keep (choir, piano, 4 celli)
A Husk of Many Colors (choir, piano)
Psalm 100 (choir, organ, orchestra)
choir, organ version also
Resilience (choir, piano)
Lieder arranged for chorus:
Du Bist Die Ruh - Schubert
Wohin? - Schubert
Der Wanderer - Schubert
Die Mainacht - Brahms
Mondnacht - Schumann
Christmas music:
A Bayreuth Christmas (orchestra): fantasy of Christmas carols combined with Wagner themes
Christmas Fugue (orchestra)
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (strings and choir)
Little Child (choir)
People Look East (choir, piano)
I Saw Three Ships (choir SSA, piano)
The Fourth Wiseman (oratorio with narration)
In the Lonely Midnight (choir with strings)
(also versions with piano or organ)
Lully, Lullay (choir and brass octet)
(also version using piano and brass quintet)
Anthems and arrangements created for Unitarian church services
We Rejoice in Nature (choir, piano, solo or children's choir, congregation)
Let Us Worship (choir, piano, solo or children's choir, congregation)
Transylvanian Blessing (choir, piano)
The Welcoming (choir, piano)
Spring Tears (choir, solos, piano or string orchestra)
Courage, Strength, Peace and Love (choir)
Works for Children's Chorus
These works were commissioned by Tilden School
and sung by all the first - fifth graders. It includes unison and part singing, some fugues and piano accompaniment.
Night and the Raven, chorus SA, piano and accordion
The Snowflake Man, chorus SA, piano
Spring Haiku, chorus SA, piano
Spiritual Arrangements
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (choir, piano)
Deep River (Mezzo, men's chorus, cello)
Go Tell in On the Mountain (choir, piano)
Mary's Little Boy-child (choir, piano)
Wade in the Water (choir, piano)
When I Lay My Burden Down (choir, piano, solos)
Other Choir Arrangements
Danny Boy (choir, piano, solo)
Journey Towards Grace (choir, piano)
Breath of God (choir, piano)