by Kile Smith | Nov 17, 2023 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, new music, Orchestral Music
Jackson Hill (b. 1941). Symphony No. 3 (1997) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify From Alabama and North Carolina, through Japanese court music, Buddhist chant, Oxford, and Renaissance polyphony, it is music from the center of Pennsylvania. Hi everybody, I’m Kile...
by Kile Smith | Nov 7, 2023 | Choral music, new music
Franklinville-Schwarzwald Männerchor Sängergruß (2023). TTBB, 1’30”. Premiered 5 Nov 2023 at the Fall Concert of the Damenchor Wald-Echo with the Franklinville-Schwarzwald Männerchor, Jacqueline Smith director, Vereinigung Erzgebirge, Warminster PA. A...
by Kile Smith | Aug 10, 2023 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music
Dark Is the Night and Green Is the Grass (Tumša nakte, zaļā zāle). 2023, Latvian folk song, SATB, 3’30”, in Latvian with English translation. Dedicated with gratitude, respect, and love to Christopher Walsh Sinka and the Riga Project Choir. In Latvia in...
by Kile Smith | Aug 8, 2023 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music, Radio
Wireless. 2023, A cantata for TTBB, soprano saxophone, harp (or piano), 32’. Commissioned by Chor Leoni, Vancouver, Canada, Erick Lichte Artistic Director, through the Chor Leoni Diane Loomer Commissioning Fund. Premiered 10, 11 May 2024, Chor Leoni, Julia Nolan,...
by Kile Smith | Mar 16, 2023 | Choral music, new music
Northland. SATB choir, piano, 14′. Text by Claude McKay (1890-1948). Commissioned and premiered by the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director, July 23rd, 2023. The Santa Fe Desert Chorale asked me for a work addressing immigration, and this...
by Kile Smith | Jan 11, 2023 | Choral music, liturgical music, new music, Spirituality
In the Midst of Life. 2023. SATB a cappella, 15′. Text from the Book of Common Prayer. Commissioned by the William Ferris Chorale, Christopher Windle, Artistic and Music Director. Premiered by them 5 May 2023, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Chicago, and 7 May...