by Kile Smith | Apr 6, 2013 | church music, liturgical music, Lutheran
Mass for Philadelphia was commissioned for the 2012 National Conference of the Association of Anglican Musicians. That conference was held in Philadelphia, but since its first hearing at the conference’s Closing Eucharist, a number of Episcopal churches have...
by Kile Smith | Dec 6, 2012 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music, new music
In addition to The Chambered Nautilus, which I wrote for their anniversary events, Boston’s Cathedral Church of St. Paul has used other liturgical pieces of mine throughout the year as part of my residency. I recently wrote some Simplified Anglican Chant...
by Kile Smith | Jul 2, 2012 | CD Reviews, CDs, Classical music, My CD Reviews, new music, Radio, WRTI
My latest CD mini-review for WRTI, including podcast with musical excerpts. You can read all my CD reviews here. Carson Cooman writes music as naturally as anyone I’ve heard. The number of his works is already approaching 1,000 for this just barely 30 composer, and...
by Kile Smith | Jan 5, 2012 | Chamber Music, Choral music, Composition, Dance Music, Jazz, Music Composition, new music
Some scattered thoughts on the interview with David Patrick Stearns in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer. Generous remarks by him, and by Donald Nally. Very generous. Am I notoriously self-effacing? Notoriously? I mentioned the Hi-Lo’s in a Broad Street Review...
