By Robert Kelley
| Title | Year | Type | Files | First line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departure C.M.D. | 2015 | Plain tune | Dear friends, farewell, I do you tell, | |
| Creation Anthem | 2014 | Anthem | God of all power, Ruler of the Universe, | |
| Ila L.M. | 2014 | Plain tune | Entreat me not to go from you, | |
| Fork Shoals S.M. | 2013 | Plain tune | Blest are the sons of peace, | |
| Goggans C.M. | 2013 | Camp meeting tune | Thou dear Redeemer dying Lamb, | |
| Pleasant Ridge C.M. | 2012 | Plain tune | When all Thy mercies, O my God, | |
| Mauldin S.M. | 2012 | Plain tune | With humbleness of mind, | |
| Laodicea 8s & 7s | 2012 | Plain tune | Every person, rich or common, | |
| Mountville C.M.D. | 2012 | Fuging tune | Man like a shadow vainly walks, | |
| Athens L.M. | 2011 | Fuging tune | Great God, whom heavenly hosts obey, | |
| Griffith C.M.D. | 2012 | Plain tune | Give us the wings of faith to rise | |
| Cokesbury C.M. | 2012 | Fuging tune | Lord, unto thee I make my moan, | |
| Fellowship C.M. | 2012 | Plain tune | O fellowship, my brethren dear, | |
| Ora C.M. | 2012 | Plain tune | If, Lord! in Thy fair book of life | |
| Fountain Inn S.M. | 2012 | Plain tune | In sorrow I lament, | |
| Lexington L.M.D. | 2012 | Fuging tune | Your lofty themes, ye mortals, bring, | |
| Columbia C.M. | 2012 | Plain tune | The day approacheth, O my soul! | |
| Potomac C.M. | 2011 | Fuging tune | Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, | |
| Newberry L.M. | 2011 | Plain tune | I am a poor and shattered boat, | |
| Cooper 11s | 2011 | Plain tune | Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand | |
| Old Bethel L.M. | 2011 | Plain tune | In silence ever shalt thou lie, | |
| Japan 7s | 2011 | Plain tune | Lord, I cannot let Thee go, | |
| Wallace C.M. | 2011 | Plain tune | Life is a span—a fleeting hour— | |
| Williamston 7s & 6s | 2010 | Plain tune | O God of earth and altar, | |
| Rising Sun C.M. | 2007 | Fuging tune | There is a house not made with hands, | |
| Barnwell C.M. | 2010 | Fuging tune | When Thou, O Lord, in flesh wert drest | |
| Gray Court C.M. | 2010 | Part song | And have I, Christ, no love for thee, | |
| Level Land C.M. | 2010 | Plain tune | There is no new thing 'neath the Sun, | |
| The Shining Light S.M.D. | 2009 | Fuging tune | My former hopes are fled, |
About
I began composing music in the style of the Sacred Harp in 2006, and through Sacred Harp “composium” singings organized by Jesse Pearlman Karlsburg and Aldo Ceresa, and through the advice of too many Sacred Harp composers to name here, I gradually learned about the style. My studies in Sacred Harp composition culminated in an article in 2009 on how to write music in the Sacred Harp idiom, Sacred Harp Harmony: A Part-Writing Primer for Shape-Note Hymnody.
I welcome any comments on my music. Email me at composer@mykeyboard.com.