by Kile Smith | Oct 7, 2026 | American music, Choral music, church music, Orchestral Music, Organ music
Sonne der Gerechtigkeit. Cantata for SATB choir, soprano and mezzo soprano soloists, and orchestra, or SATB, soloists, organ 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, timpani (3), positive organ, strings 13 minutes Commissioned by the American Kantorei, Maurice Boyer, Music...
by Kile Smith | Aug 30, 2026 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music
As Starlight Erupts. SATB a cappella, 20’. Text from Tesla’s Walk (2024) by Jimmy Sena. Commissioned and premiered by the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble, Deborah Jenkins Teske, Artistic Director & Conductor, Grace & St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Colorado...
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 | 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. Paul’s United Methodist, Helena, and 26 Apr 2026, St. Francis Xavier Church, Missoula,...
