by Kile Smith | Feb 20, 2026 | new music, Uncategorized
Blue Skies. 2026, arr. of the Irving Berlin tune for Violin, English horn, Viola, Cello, 4′. To be premiered by Mitchell Newman, violin, Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, English horn, Marvin Moon, viola, Gloria dePasquale, cello, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society 12...
by Kile Smith | Dec 11, 2015 | Jazz, Pop Music, WRTI Arts Desk
[First published in WRTI’s Arts Desk 4 Dec 2015.] Frank Sinatra was born 100 years ago on December 12th, and there have been any number of stars in the entertainment world during that century. But WRTI’s Kile Smith looks at what truly sets him apart from all the...
by Kile Smith | May 28, 2013 | Choral music
[First published in the Broad Street Review, 27 May 2013, under the title The bearable weight of a German chorus.] Would I be their Ansager at the spring concert? he asked. He sings in the Männerchor, the German men’s choir that performs, along with the Damenchor, at...
by Kile Smith | Oct 28, 2010 | Classical music, Music Criticism, Pop Music
The Author Events director at the Free Library of Philadelphia asked me if I would introduce Alex Ross, who was coming here on Tuesday night, October 26th, to talk about his newest book, Listen to This. I was happy to accept, since I enjoyed introducing Ross and John...
