Kevin A. Memley

Using Ode by Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Kevin Memley has composed a piece that celebrates music in dramatic fashion. Beginning eloquently as a concert piece it evolves into epic proportions that could be a...

Only a truly great craftsman can offer a new setting of Shenandoah that can challenge the excellence already on the shelf. Following the success of the other voicings, Memley gives us a setting for mi...

Voiced for both SSAA and SATB, Kevin Memley displays, again, his command for expressing poetry in song. The musical lines take us into Christina Rossetti's poem, into her dream, and speaks for all of...

Voiced for both SSAA and SATB, Kevin Memley displays, again, his command for expressing poetry in song. The musical lines take us into Christina Rossetti's poem, into her dream, and speaks for all of...

Selected for the Jo-Michael Scheibe Sacred Choral Series, Kevin Memley brings new life to a classic Christmas text. The textures, the harmony, the word coloration, these are the elements that lift thi...

Taken from his very popular 'Magnificat,' is this first movement setting for TB voices. Performable with piano alone, it is best experienced with piano, brass and percussion. A great Christmas selecti...

Taken from his very popular 'Magnificat,' is this first movement setting for TB voices. Performable with piano alone, it is best experienced with piano, brass and percussion. A great Christmas selecti...

This 20-minute, 3-movement work for choir, brass, percussion and piano or organ is a joy to perform! The melodies are tuneful and fresh, the rhythms exhilarating and compelling. High school, college,...

This 20-minute, 3-movement work for choir, brass, percussion and piano or organ is a joy to perform! The melodies are tuneful and fresh, the rhythms exhilarating and compelling. High school, college,...

Memley has set this thoughtful 19th century Barnes' poem in a contemporary madrigal style. Pensive moments cadence on stunning chords, gentle dissonances provoke the listener's ears, woven together in...

The text is one of the most powerful poems ever written commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915, yet it speaks to the human soul about the depth of loss we feel when anyone leaves their earthly li...

Kevin Memley's music is known for its beautiful melodies, captivating harmonies and originality. This a cappella piece for men's voices is a prayer of gratitude and praise. The alleluias that soar bet...

The initial musical theme that begins this piece becomes almost a passacaglia, repeating throughout the piece. But with Kevin's artistic touches it becomes the eternal light that the text expresses, e...

Selected for the Jo-Michael Scheibe Sacred Choral Series, Kevin Memley brings new life to a classic Christmas text. The textures, the harmony, the word coloration, these are the elements that lift thi...

Here is a work for women's choirs that was premiered at the ACDA Western convention in 2012. A lovely melding of words and music is a highlight of the setting. Recommended for high school and up.

Brilliant! Exciting! Fresh! are words that describe Memley's GLORIA - a 10 minute work in 3 continuous sections for voices with brass quintet, piano, timpani and percussion. Excellent for concert by a...

Brilliant! Exciting! Fresh! are words that describe Memley's GLORIA - a 10 minute work in 3 continuous sections for voices with brass quintet, piano, timpani and percussion. Excellent for concert by a...

Brilliant! Exciting! Fresh! are words that describe Memley's GLORIA - a 10 minute work in 3 continuous sections for voices with brass quintet, piano, timpani and percussion. Excellent for concert by a...

Brilliant! Exciting! Fresh! are words that describe Memley's GLORIA - a 10 minute work in 3 continuous sections for voices with brass quintet, piano, timpani and percussion. Excellent for concert by a...

Il testo celebra l'essenza stessa della musica. Questo brano ha un suono che fa pensare che sia stato uno dei preferiti da generazioni. Memley è noto per la sua raffinata maestria e per le sue melodie...