by Kile Smith | Nov 28, 2010 | Chamber Music, new music
The string trio Ensemble Epomeo recently finished up a tour through New England, Canada, Philadelphia, and Princeton, playing Bach, Beethoven, Hans Gál, Alfred Schnittke, Richard Strauss, and my Thrice Blest. I was able to catch them at the University of Pennsylvania...
by Kile Smith | Nov 18, 2010 | CD Reviews, Classical music, Music Criticism, My CD Reviews, WRTI
My latest CD mini-review for the WRTI E-newsletter. You can read all my CD reviews here. Bach, Mussorgsky, Wagner – the Stokowski Transcriptions José Serebrier, The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Naxos 8.505086 CD 1: Wagner: Symphonic Syntheses by Stokowski. 8.570293...
by Kile Smith | Nov 15, 2010 | Composition, Radio
A month ago I was honored to be the recipient of the Gallery of Success award from Temple University’s Boyer College of Music. It’s ”given annually to a graduate of each of the university’s schools and colleges, noting the success and distinction of Temple alumni.” I...
by Kile Smith | Nov 10, 2010 | CDs, Jazz, Radio, WRTI
Filling in at WRTI, midnight to 6, my first-ever on-air jazz shift. At 1:05 a.m., the phone rings. Two and a half minutes to end of CD. “WRTI, Kile Smith.” “Hey, who’s this?” Um… “This is Kile, hi.” …Silence…...
by Kile Smith | Nov 6, 2010 | Choral music, church music, new music
This anthem, commissioned by the First Presbyterian Church of Phoenixville, is part of the dedicatory recital for the newly installed Kegg Pipe Organ, Sunday, November 7, 2010, at 4:00 p.m. Music Director David Nicol will conduct the Senior Choir, accompanied by Mary...
