by Kile Smith | Jan 20, 2011 | CDs, Chamber Music, new music
My American Spirituals, Book One and American Spirituals, Book Two are joining Schubert and Bach on a concert Friday night at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. It’s Friday, January 21, 2011, 7:30 pm. Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster David Kim will...
by Kile Smith | Jan 21, 2010 | CDs, church music, New Compositions
The sheet music for American Spirituals, Book Two, for cello and piano, is now available through Paul Jones Music. I wrote this for Anne Martindale Williams, principal cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Paul Jones, who accompanies her on her latest solo...
by Kile Smith | Mar 1, 2009 | CDs, Composition, new music, Radio, WRTI
Walked into WRTI on Saturday to tape a few more Now is the Time shows, and Mark Pinto was there holding down the fort, cataloging CDs during the Rigoletto broadcast and preparing for his post-opera airtime. “Hey, I’ve programmed your cello spirituals on New Releases,”...
by Kile Smith | Jan 29, 2009 | CDs, Music Composition, New Compositions
Last month Anne Martindale Williams, Paul Jones, and I got together to rehearse the American Spirituals, Book Two for the upcoming CD. They rehearsed, that is. I hovered and said those things composers say at those times when musicians rehearse and composers hover....
by Kile Smith | Sep 14, 2008 | CDs, Chamber Music, Classical music, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
American Spirituals, Book Two. 2008; cello, piano; 11′. Written for and recorded by Anne Martindale Williams, CD and score published by Paul Jones Music in the collection Sacred Music for Cello. 1. Jesus, Master, O discover 2. When the stars begin to fall 3. Little...
