by Kile Smith | Jul 14, 2011 | CD Reviews, Choral music, new music
Quebec’s François Couture’s Listening Diary, in French and English, “IS NOT a collection of thought-out reviews. It’s a set of on-the-spot reactions.” He listens to tons, and likes The Crossing’s latest CD It is Time: The Crossing...
by Kile Smith | Jun 27, 2011 | CD Reviews, CDs, Choral music, new music
In Philadelphia, a choir among choirs… Bruce Hodges in Monotonous Forrest “…Meanwhile, the group has an impressive new recording out, It is Time (Navona Records NV5845), with works by David Shapiro, Kile Smith, Paul Fowler, Frank Havrøy, Erhard...
by Kile Smith | Apr 3, 2011 | CDs, Choral music, new music
Navona just released on Monday the new CD by The Crossing, It Is Time. It’s available at NaxosDirect, ClassicsOnline, Amazon, and many other places, including The Crossing’s own site. Where Flames a Word appears here, the work this wonderful new-music...
by Kile Smith | Dec 19, 2009 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music
It’s thrilling to be included in the year’s Top Ten list—two years running—of the Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns. His survey of things musical in the area lists events I wished at the time I could have gotten to, now even more so, as I read about them...
by Kile Smith | Oct 9, 2008 | Classical music, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
Donald Nally and The Crossing have wanted to work with the poetry of Paul Celan, and I’m delighted that they’ve commissioned me for one of the works for The Celan Project, their year-long series of concerts this 2008–2009 season. I’ve made the acquaintance of...