Unity / Interfaith

Performances and residencies have included:
Unity of Berkeley, Marin,
Milpitas, Richmond, Santa Clara,
Santa Rosa, Tri-Valley,
and Home of Truth in Alameda.

Testimonial

Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel (Unity of Berkeley)
"Michael has an amazing ability to make
a very basic piece of music fill out into the room
and bring people into the experience of Spirit through sound.
He has a wide range of musical abilities, as an arranger,
teacher, and leader of several great bands.
He was part of my pioneering church in Berkeley
and without his support and consistent,
professional quality music I know we
wouldn't have had the traction and growth
that we enjoyed in those early years.
He knows other musicians, especially percussionists,
who really expand the depth of sound in
a Sunday morning service. If you engage him,
I think you will be grateful to have
such a fine musician as a guest soloist or
as someone who can hold together
your entire Sunday musical program.
Michael has 'been there and done that.'"

Repertoire Highlights
(most pieces have been newly adapted and arranged)

by Rev. Michael Beckwith and Rickie Byars

"Blessed Always" (ballad)
"I Am The Rock" (pop ballad)
"I Release and I Let Go" (gospel rock)
"Spirit's Calling You" (fast rock)
"Use Me" (swung waltz)

by Karen Drucker

"The Face of God" (pop ballad) with Rev. Karyl Huntley
"God is My Source" (funk shuffle)
"Holy, Holy, Holy" (fast waltz) with Rev. Karyl Huntley
"Stand (Let There Be Peace)" (rock feel)
"Thank You For This Day" (rock feel)
by the Native American Church

by other songwriters

"Come Holy Spirit" (medium waltz)
by Dr. Harold Grandstaff Moses
"The Greatest Thing" (gospel ballad)
by Mark Pendergrass
"Here I Am, Lord" (folk ballad) by Dan Schutte
"How Could Anyone Ever Tell You" (pop ballad)
by Libby Rodrick
"I Am Free, I Am Unlimited" (swung gospel waltz)
by Janet Bower Manning
"I Give You My All to You" (pop ballad)
by Kaori Honda
"In The Silence" (pop ballad)
by Bill Provost
"Let There Be Peace On Earth" (waltz)
by Sy Miller and Jill Jackson
"A Love Round" (fast waltz)
by Sky Evergreen
"Morning Has Broken" (swung waltz/Gaelic melody)
"Somebody Prayed For Me" (trad, fast gospel shuffle)
"Surely The Presence" (waltz)
by Wolfe
"We Are One" (ballad)

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