by Kile Smith | Dec 30, 2019 | CDs, Choral music, Radio
The Arc in the Sky is receiving more and more airplay from around the country and even internationally! At the end of the year, these are the stations we know about so far. A big Thank-You from me, The Crossing, and Navona Records to the hosts, program directors, and...
by Kile Smith | Sep 7, 2019 | CD Reviews, CDs, Choral music
Laurence Vittes praises The Arc in the Sky, the CD The Crossing, directed by Donald Nally, released this summer on Navona, in a thoughtful October 2019 Gramophone magazine review. My description of the work as a “65-minute pilgrimage for unaccompanied...
by Kile Smith | Feb 19, 2015 | Choral music, new music
Tonight’s episode of the new program by Jim Cotter, Articulate, airs 10:30 pm on WHYY-TV in Philadelphia, with an extensive interview with Donald Nally, conductor and co-founder of The Crossing, the amazing new-music choir. There are also segments on cellist...
by Kile Smith | Jan 27, 2015 | Choral music, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music
Back from Chicago & Evanston, and gorgeously revealing performances of Vespers by Northwestern University’s Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble (BCE) and Piffaro, The Renaissance Band. Donald Nally led brilliantly, Piffaro played like gangbusters, and...
by Kile Smith | Jan 15, 2015 | Choral music, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music, Uncategorized
January 24, 2015, Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, Evanston (Institute for New Music) January 25, 2015, St. James Cathedral, Chicago (Presented in collaboration with the Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival) Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble and Piffaro,...
