Paul William Keefe (b. 1994) is a composer, lyricist, arranger and performer living in Naples, Florida. His musical The Odyssey, premiered in Bolton Town Beach in 2021, and has been performed multiple times in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is now published with Creative Educational Systems (CES), and is available for use and purchase here. Paul collaborated on the show with director Peter Murphy and playwright Ronn Kistler. Ronn penned the original script with two other playwrights at CES.
His version of Shakespeare’s As You Like It premiered at Maynard High School in 2018, and has also been performed as part of “Shakespeare in the Park”. The show was also directed by Peter Murphy — Paul’s longtime friend and most frequent collaborator. The songs are available for use. To obtain the score and songs, please reach out to him on his Contact Page.
His latest song, “Jesus: Come and Adore Him” was recently performed by Ave Maria Parish as part of their Nativity Play. The song is a perfect fit for Christmas pageants. If you’d like to use it, please reach out to him on his Contact page.
His “Lamb of God”, a movement from his Mass of Holiness premiered in the heart of Rome in May 2017, and the other movements have been performed in numerous Masses in the United States over the years. The Mass is now self-published. To obtain the score and songs, please reach out to him on his Contact page.
He has several projects in the works, including a new family-friendly musical with Kistler, and an arrangement of a capella songs.
Paul is also a Pianist, and a Baritone. He has Perfect Pitch, and plays many songs by ear, most notably Jazz and Musical Theater. He studied Voice with Jameson James, Ryan Turner, Taylor Ferranti, and the late great Robert Honeysucker. He sung in many Choirs over the years, and currently sings as a Cantor at Ave Maria Parish.
Originally from Boston, Paul studied Composition at the Longy School of Music (Class of 2017), where he won the Margaret A. Rohde Award – for Excellence in Music Theory. He later received his Bachelor of Music from Emerson College in 2020. Paul’s music has been performed by Lantern Youth Theatre (UK), WordSong, Horzowski Trio, Ave Maria University Schola Choir, St. Mary’s Church, Imago School, Peter Murphy Players, Montrose School, and St. Benedict’s Classical Academy.
Paul studied Composition with Jeremy Van Buskirk, Paul Brust and Howard Frazin.
