Unity / Interfaith

Performances and residencies have included:
Unity of Berkeley (founding musician),
Marin, Richmond, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa,
Tri-Valley, Walnut Creek,
Home of Truth and Center For Spiritual Living (Alameda),
Conscious Living Center of Mountain View,
and Oakland Center for Spiritual Living (O.C.S.L).
Performed regularly at Illuminata Center
For Spiritual Living (Milpitas) from 2007-present.

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.'"

Rev. Carolyn Jolly Douglas
(Senior Minister, Illuminata Center for Spiritual Living)
"This man is a genius..."

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

by Rev. Michael Beckwith and Rickie Byars

"Blessed Always" (ballad)
"The Breath Of God" (Latin pop)
"God Is All There Is" (pop ballad)
"I Am The Rock" (pop ballad)
"I Release And I Let Go" (gospel rock)
"I Trust In God" (gospel ballad)
"I Walk In The Love Of God" (jazz waltz)
"Spirit's Calling You" (fast rock)
"Use Me" (swung waltz)
"We Let It Be" (pop ballad)
"Wholly, Holy Way" (medium rock)

by Karen Drucker

"Blessing To The World" (waltz)
"I Am So Blessed" (ballad)
"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

Eddie Watkins, Jr.

"We Come Together" (funk shuffle)
"Who's Giving What To Whom?" (gospel ballad)
"You And Me" (up-tempo reggae)

by other songwriters

"Come Holy Spirit" (medium waltz)
by Dr. Harold Grandstaff Moses
"Find Your Yes Within" (gospel ballad)
by Debroah Rae Thomson
"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
"Imagine" (pop ballad)
by John Lennon
"I Give You My All to You" (pop ballad)
by Kaori Honda
"In The Silence" (pop ballad)
by Bill Provost
"Jubilee" (samba)
by Bobby McFerrin
"Lead Me To The Light" (pop ballad)
by Bethani
"Let There Be Peace On Earth" (waltz)
by Sy Miller and Jill Jackson
"A Love Round" (fast waltz)
by Sky Evergreen
"Mary Had A Baby" (gospel rock)
(traditional spiritual)
"Morning Has Broken" (swung waltz/Gaelic melody)
"My Song" (ballad)
by Keith Jarrett
"Somebody Prayed For Me" (trad, fast gospel shuffle)
"Surely The Presence" (waltz)
by Wolfe
"This Time" (fast waltz)
by Diederik Wissels/David Linx
"We Are One" (ballad)
"Witchi-Tai-To" (ballad)
(Navaho chant, arr. Jim Pepper)

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