by Kile Smith | Feb 25, 2013 | American music, Chamber Music, new music
As if Sunday’s successes of Red-tail and Hummingbird weren’t enough, a drive from Swarthmore’s concert to Abington took me to the loveliest of Lenten recitals given at Holy Trinity Lutheran, to American Spirituals, Book One played by violinist James...
by Kile Smith | Dec 17, 2012 | Choral music, church music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music
Thank you to Jackie and the choir of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Abington, Pa., for singing my hymn, Powers of Heaven yesterday. The hymn is a setting of an Advent text by the Rev. Dr. Michael Tavella at Holy Trinity. It was Vespers for this Third Sunday of Advent,...
by Kile Smith | Dec 10, 2012 | Choral music, church music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music
Thanks to Musica Concordia for singing my hymn, Powers of Heaven, yesterday at St. Cecilia’s Church in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia. The hymn is a setting of an evocative Advent text by Michael Tavella; we’ve used it in church a few times already....
by Kile Smith | Oct 25, 2011 | Choral music, church music, Fleisher Collection, hymn, Lutheran
An exhilarating Sunday night at Holy Trinity Lutheran, where we held our Hymn Festival, exploring Martin Luther’s Seven Marks of the Church, through Lutheran hymns—so many hymns, and A Mighty Fortress nowhere in sight. Jackie once again put together a fantastic...
by Kile Smith | Nov 15, 2010 | Composition, Radio
A month ago I was honored to be the recipient of the Gallery of Success award from Temple University’s Boyer College of Music. It’s ”given annually to a graduate of each of the university’s schools and colleges, noting the success and distinction of Temple alumni.” I...
