by Kile Smith | Jan 1, 2026 | new music, Uncategorized
“Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather,” Jesus said, and a big, slow wheel of them circled over my 2025. This time last year my health was draining away. Lyme disease, we thought, or hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s, so the...
by Kile Smith | Dec 15, 2025 | Choral music, new music
Donald Nally reminded me a few days ago that The Crossing and I have been collaborating for 17 years. Ever since Piffaro, The Renaissance Band put us together for Vespers, we’ve plowed this field o’music together. I’m astonished at, and gratified by...
by Kile Smith | Dec 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
December 12th and 13th, Donald Nally conducts Wie schön leuchtet (How fair and bright the morning star) at the annual Westminster Choir College Readings and Carols. These are always glorious events—the second time I’ve had the honor to have my music involved....
by Kile Smith | Dec 10, 2025 | Broad Street Review
The Christmas spirit doesn’t really begin to have its way with me until the tree is in the house. Yesterday, we got the tree. I should say, I sat in the car in the parking lot of our local produce store while the blessed Mrs. Smith returned with a...
by Kile Smith | Nov 10, 2025 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, new music, Spirituality
There’s a Land Beyond the River. SATB, piano, 3′, 2021. Traditional gospel text, new music. The long, involved, and (to me) interesting history behind this work is here. Here’s the text: There’s a land beyond the river That we call the sweet forever,...
by Kile Smith | Nov 7, 2025 | Choral music, Christmas song, church music, hymn, new music
Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Christopher Jackson, 8 Dec 2024, First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, PA Score video Jesus, Call Thou Me. SATB (opt. descant) hymn, 2′, 2024. Commissioned by the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Christopher Jackson, Artistic Director and...
by Kile Smith | Nov 5, 2025 | Choral music, new music
The Gift to Sing (James Weldon Johnson). SATB, piano, 4’30”. Commissioned by Dolce Canto, David Edmonds, Missoula, MT, for their 25th Anniversary. Premiered 25 Apr 2026, St. Ignatius Mission Church, and 26 Apr 2026, St. Francis Xavier Church, Missoula, MT. The...
