by Kile Smith | Apr 20, 2011 | Classical music, String Quartet
I didn’t see it, and only read about it later from pundits, but I empathized with Sarah Palin when she apparently booted a question from Katie Couric a couple of years ago. She was asked to name a book she was reading, I believe, and hemmed and hawed in place...
by Kile Smith | Apr 11, 2011 | Baroque music, Classical music
Priscilla Smith, our oldest daughter, has already been a busy musician. She plays oboe, Baroque oboe, Classical oboe, oboe d’amore, oboe da caccia, English horn, let’s see, recorders, shawms, dulcians, and… just about every other historical wind...
by Kile Smith | Apr 9, 2011 | new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
My contemporary American music program Now is the Time airs every Sunday night at 10 o’clock on WRTI-HD2. Listen on HD radio or online here. The complete schedule and more information are here. Coming up this Sunday night: 10 Apr 2011 Cornelius Dufallo. transcendence...
by Kile Smith | Apr 3, 2011 | CDs, Choral music, new music
Navona just released on Monday the new CD by The Crossing, It Is Time. It’s available at NaxosDirect, ClassicsOnline, Amazon, and many other places, including The Crossing’s own site. Where Flames a Word appears here, the work this wonderful new-music...
by Kile Smith | Apr 3, 2011 | new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
My contemporary American music program Now is the Time airs every Sunday night at 10 o’clock on WRTI-HD2. Listen on HD radio or online here. The complete schedule and more information are here. Coming up this Sunday night: 3 Apr 2011 Klaus George Roy. Inaugural...
