by Kile Smith | Oct 31, 2011 | Fleisher Collection
I was not yet the former Curator of
the Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music when the
Willow Grove Branch of Settlement Music School asked me to talk about the Collection on their Adult Chamber Players Lecture Series. So I told them that since I would have left...
by Kile Smith | Oct 25, 2011 | Choral music, church music, Fleisher Collection, hymn, Lutheran
An exhilarating Sunday night at Holy Trinity Lutheran, where we held our Hymn Festival, exploring Martin Luther’s Seven Marks of the Church, through Lutheran hymns—so many hymns, and A Mighty Fortress nowhere in sight. Jackie once again put together a fantastic...
by Kile Smith | Oct 12, 2011 | Choral music, church music, new music
My latest anthem was written for the 100th Anniversary of St. Eleanor Church in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and premieres this Sunday, October 16th, at 2:30 pm. Celebrating at Mass will be the new Philadelphia Archbishop, Charles J. Chaput. The original music, lively...
