by Kile Smith | Apr 21, 2015 | Choral music, new music
My choral work for SATB and 2-part children’s choir, May Day, premiered Saturday April 18th, 2015 by The Crossing and a choir of 4th- and 5th-graders from the John Story Jenks School in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. It’s a...
by Kile Smith | Apr 17, 2015 | Choral music, new music
Looking forward to Saturday’s performance with The Crossing and the Jenks School in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, my setting of May Day a poem by Ryan Eckes. The Crossing and a choir of 4th- and 5th-graders from Jenks will perform this...
by Kile Smith | Sep 28, 2014 | Choral music, new music
Today I delivered my new work for The Crossing on a wonderful poem by Ryan Eckes, a setting of May Day for The Crossing and a choir of 4th- and 5th-graders from the Jenks School in Philadelphia. For SATB and 2-part children’s choir, it runs about 10 minutes....
by Kile Smith | Jul 15, 2014 | Broad Street Review
[First published in the Broad Street Review, 15 July 2014. Reprinted by permission.] The teacher introduced me to his fourth- and fifth-graders, the Jenks Arts & Music (JAM) Class at the Jenks School in Chestnut Hill. I’m composing something for them to sing with...
by Kile Smith | May 21, 2014 | Children's Music, Choral music, new music, Pop Music
I was with the 4th- and 5th-grade Jenks Arts & Music (JAM) Class last Friday morning. I’ll be setting a poem by Ryan Eckes for The Crossing and the Jenks choir, which they’ll perform next year. But Friday was a get-to-know-the-composer day, after...
