Mass for Philadelphia | Kile Smith • composer

Review of Mass for Philadelphia

by Kile Smith | Sep 26, 2013 | church music, liturgical music, Lutheran, Spirituality, Uncategorized

I’m very pleased, and touched, by the care shown to my Mass for Philadelphia in the review by the Rev. Paul J. Cain in the LHP Lutheran Book Review. LHP stands for Liturgy, Hymnody & Pulpit; their mission: Critical reviews (by Lutheran pastors and church...

Mass for Philadelphia on the Main Line

by Kile Smith | Nov 5, 2012 | church music, liturgical music

Happy to hear that, as of yesterday, the Mass for Philadelphia is being sung at another church. Christ Church Anglican is a new congregation, meeting in the part of Philadelphia’s western suburbs called the Main Line. They’re holding services at Wayne...

Reports coming in on the Mass for Philadelphia

by Kile Smith | Sep 23, 2012 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music, new music

Churches are starting to introduce the Mass for Philadelphia into their services, and I’m starting to hear back that all’s well. “Really fine” and “very well received today” were among the reports received—all positive, by the way!...

News

Complete Calendar here.

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.

15 Jul. Interviewed with Jacqueline Smith on KFUO Radio The Coffee Hour with hosts Andy Bates and Sarah Gulseth

18 Oct. PREMIERE. Dark Is the Night and Green Is the Grass (Tumša nakte, zale zale). Riga Project Choir, Latvia, Christopher Walsh Sinka

28 Oct. Sometimes It Happens So. Benjamin Flanders, baritone, Sonya Szabo-Reynolds, piano, University of Dayton

31 Oct. Leading composition seminar, Cairn University, Langhorne, PA, students of Scott Watson and Ryan Carson.

3 Nov. The Bremen Town Musicians. Premiere Performances, Musical Fairytales, Hong Kong, Andrea Fessler, two performances

16 Nov. The Consolation of Apollo. Houston Chamber Chorale, Robert Simpson, St. Philip Presbyterian, Houston

7 Dec. The Consolation of Apollo. New version, with string orchestra. Plus PREMIERE of new Christmas carol. Bethlehem Bach Choir, Christopher Jackson

8 Dec. The Consolation of Apollo. New version, with string orchestra. Plus PREMIERE of new Christmas carol. Bethlehem Bach Choir, Christopher Jackson

15 Dec. Chorale Fantasias from Vespers. Ravenswood Community Orchestra, Eli Chen, Chicago

2025

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

9 Mar. PREMIERE. Jubilate Deo for chorus and orchestra. Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, Sheldon Bair, Bel Air, MD

14 Mar. PREMIERE. Endless Morn of Light. 20′, Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant Six. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia

15 Mar. Endless Morn of Light. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant Six. First and Central Presbyterian, Wilmington, DE

16 Mar. Endless Morn of Light. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant Six. Levering Mill Tribute House, Bala Cynwyd, PA

26 Apr. PREMIERE. Even the Grass Must Sing. 19′, 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.