Khorikos | Kile Smith • composer

my son my son

by Kile Smith | Sep 6, 2018 | Choral music, new music

my son my son. Text by Robert Lax SATB, 5′. Commissioned by Khorikos. Premiered 3 Nov 2018, Shrine Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, New York City. Except for the last movement, “The Arc,” I stayed away from Robert Lax’s most recognizable, minimalist style in...

Where Flames a Word: ACDA, CT

by Kile Smith | Nov 1, 2015 | Choral music, New Compositions

Thanks, Jesse Peckham and Khorikos for presenting Where Flames a Word at the Connecticut American Choral Directors Association 2015 Fall Conference, held at The Hartt School Saturday last, October 24th. I’m looking forward to next week at the Modern Masters...

The Chambered Nautilus with Khorikos

by Kile Smith | Jun 28, 2015 | Choral music, new music

My great thanks to Khorikos for performing The Chambered Nautilus Saturday night on their 2nd Annual International New Music Competition! For the 2nd year we went up to St. Anthony of Padua in SoHo, since a piece of mine, Where Flames a Word, was also chosen last...

The Chambered Nautilus a winner in Khorikos competition

by Kile Smith | Apr 2, 2015 | Choral music, new music

Such a pleasant surprise to hear that my choral work The Chambered Nautilus is one of the nine winners in the 2015 Ortus International New Music Competition, held by the New York-based choir Khorikos, founded and directed by Jesse Peckham. The Chambered Nautilus is a...

Review: Khorikos at Carnegie Hall (and Where Flames a Word)

by Kile Smith | May 28, 2014 | Choral music, new music

Khorikos receives a rave for last week’s concert, and for Where Flames a Word, it’s nice company to be with! From the New York Concert Review (you can read the entire article here): Khorikos, led by founder Jesse Mark Peckham, took the stage to close the...

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News

7 Jan. “How Fair the Bright and Morning Star” (Wie schön leuchtet) from Vespers. St. Mary’s Episcopal, Richmond, VA, Ryan Tibbetts

27 Jan. Jubilate Deo, for string orchestra. Carroll County (MD) All-County Orchestra, Sheldon Bair

20 Jan. Red-tail and Hummingbird (Quintet version). Philadelphia Brass. Lansdale Community Concerts, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA. Weather cancellation

3 Mar. Come, Ye Sinners (2-pt, org). Martin Luther Chapel, Pennsauken, NJ, Jacqueline Smith

3 Mar. Franklinville-Schwarzwald Männerchor Sängergruß. Evening of Song, Cannstatter Volksfest-Verein, Philadelphia

10 Mar. God So Loved the World (2-pt, org). Martin Luther Chapel, Pennsauken, NJ, Jacqueline Smith

17 Mar. O Thou Who Camest From Above. Westminster Presbyterian, Lancaster, PA, Floyd Rawleigh

31 Mar. Alleluia. First and Central Presbyterian, Wilmington, DE, David Schelat

31 Mar. Behold, the Best, the Greatest Gift. Martin Luther Chapel, Pennsauken, NJ, Jacqueline Smith

31 Mar. Sing, Choirs of New Jerusalem. Grace First Presbyterian, Long Beach, CA, Stan DeWitt

31 Mar. Sing, Choirs of New Jerusalem. Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Daniel Spratlan

31 Mar. Sing, Choirs of New Jerusalem. St. Mary’s Episcopal, Richmond, VA, Ryan Tibbetts

31 Mar. Sing, Choirs of New Jerusalem. Wayne Presbyterian, Wayne, PA, John Grecia

11 Apr. PREMIERE. I Love You Truly from Wireless. Chor Leoni, Erick Lichte

21 Apr. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, premiere of 2-pt, org version. Martin Luther Chapel, Pennsauken, NJ, Jacqueline Smith

10 May. PREMIERE. Wireless. Chor Leoni, Erick Lichte

11 May. Wireless. Chor Leoni, Erick Lichte

12–14 May. Wireless. Recording. Chor Leoni, Erick Lichte

8 Jun. Monstra te essem matrem (SSA, harp) and Psalm 113 (SSAA, harp). iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Berkeley Festival, Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, San Jose, CA

10 Jun. Monstra te essem matrem (SSA, harp) and Psalm 113 (SSAA, harp). iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Berkeley Festival, First Church Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

27 Jun. Jerusalem, from The Arc in the Sky. The Crossing, Donald Nally, Month of Moderns 2, Awbury Arboretum, Germantown, Philadelphia

6 Jul. “Why Did They All Shout?” from The Arc in the Sky, Reading Bach Choir, Daniel Mahoney, Caversham, Reading, Great Britain

11 Jul. PREMIERE Arise, O Lord, Psalm 132 for SATB, org, 10′. Psalm Festival of the 2024 Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Institute for Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music, Seward, Nebraska, the Bellevue Singers and organist Jacob Weber, conducted by A.J. Reimer.

28 Feb. PREMIERE. New 15′ Work. Choir and organ, on the life of St. Peter. Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Michael Plagerman

22 Mar. PREMIERE. New 12′ Work. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant Six. Market Street Music, Wilmington, DE

12 Apr. PREMIERE. New 20′ Work. The Choristers with orchestra, Lansdale, PA, David Spitko

Recent CDs

The Bremen Town Musicians. English Symphony Orchestra, Gemma Whelan, narrator, Kenneth Woods, conductor. Fiddles, Forests, and Fowl Fables.

The Arc in the Sky. The Crossing. 2020 Grammy nomination, Best Choral Performance

Canticle and Alleluia. Vocal Arts Ensemble. 2020 Grammy, Classical Producer of the Year, Blanton Alspaugh

In This Blue Room, other songs. Lyric Fest

A Child’s Afternoon. Fantasmagoria. Anna K. Meyer, flute, & Erik Meyer, organ

The Nobility of Women. Mélomanie

The Stars Shine, from The Consolation of Apollo. The Same Stream

Vespers. Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and The Crossing

Where Flames a Word. The Crossing

Where Flames a Word. Voces Tallinn. 2020 Estonian Recording of the Year

Where Flames a Word. Khorikos

Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir

Selected publications

The Star-Spangled Banner. SATB, piano, opt. cello, 5’30”. Hal Leonard

Alleluia. SATB, 6′. Hal Leonard

The Consolation of Apollo. SATB, perc, 35′. MusicSpoke

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. SATB, bells, 3′. Hal Leonard

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. SATB, org, 3′. Concordia.