by Kile Smith | Nov 16, 2011 | Chamber Music, Dance Music, new music
This Broad Land, my work for soprano saxophone and piano, will be featured in three performances Thursday to Saturday, Nov 17-19, by The Ursinus College Dance Company. This will explain its relation to Lincoln, Clapton, and Puccini, I think. New works from Ursinus...
by Kile Smith | Jul 4, 2010 | Classical music, New Compositions, new music
This started as another piece with another title. Ursinus College asked me to compose a short work honoring President John Strassburger on his retirement, and the key to the piece came from his own writings. In his essay on Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, he...