As a vigorous young composer living in the Far West during the 1930s and 1940s, McKay sought to develop a style that would be at once individual and thoroughly American by imbuing many of his compositions with folk-music and nature sounds. Harbor Narrative is scored for large orchestra, featuring many auxiliary instruments. At times bucolic, epic, romantic and mechanistic, the work is an almost onomatopoetic impression of the special character of the Pacific Northwest area. From a Moonlit Ceremony shows McKay’s style moving away from distant European influences and evolving into a transcendent American idiom and is the first of his works to feature themes derived from Native American songs and dances. With the composition of Evocation Symphony, McKay’s maturing style is in full flower, summing up the past and combining it with a statement of hope for a wondrous future.
 From a Moonlit Ceremony
1 I. Evocation 03:48
2 II.Demon Dance 02:59
3 III. Spirit Song 03:58
4 IV. Festival Dance 04:28
 Harbor Narrative
5 I. Sea Horizon 05:51
6 II. En route 02:32
7 III. Voice of the City 02:41
8 IV. Chanty 04:02
9 V. Men and Machines 02:15
10 VI. Gulls 02:19
11 VII. Waterfront March 02:24
12 VIII. Outward Bound 03:14
13 IX. Into the Distance 04:04
 Evocation Symphony, "Symphony for Seattle"
14 I. Andante - Allegro con moto 10:45
15 II. Andante teneramente e pastorale 08:02
16 III. Allegro vigoroso e ritmico 05:47
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