by Kile Smith | Sep 17, 2015 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
As the seasons change we look for light on Now Is the Time, Saturday, September 19th at 9 pm. In deep woods in a disappearing afternoon, a stream falls onto a rock and inspires Michael Colquhoun’s percussion trio Talking Rocks. Honoring the visit of Pope Francis...
by Kile Smith | Oct 28, 2014 | Chamber Music, new music
I was honored to be asked to celebrate Network for New Music’s 30th anniversary by composing, with 29 others, an exquisite corpse, along the lines of the literary parlor game of a whisper-down-the-lane story construction. Each of us had 48 hours last summer to...
by Kile Smith | Nov 9, 2012 | American music, CDs, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
No matter how you feel about the presidential election, there’s music for you on Now is the Time, Sunday, November 11th at 10 pm. There’s Privilege, New Beginnings, Deploration, or perhaps Vernacular Dances. Maybe you Came to believe that a power greater...
by Kile Smith | Sep 20, 2010 | new music, Piano music
In addition to the Bernard Rands interview, Network for New Music has also released a podcast about their Diabelli Project, 25 variations on that theme made famous by Beethoven. The variations, ranging from 48″ to 2’44”, were written by Philadelphia...
