by Kile Smith | May 24, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
It’s three views of mythology on Now Is the Time, Sunday, May 26th at 10 pm. Robert Lombardo brings the sound of the mandolin to the string orchestra with a fascinating result in Orpheus and the Maenads, and Richard Stoltzman brings his clarinet to the music of...
by Kile Smith | Mar 2, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
We’re telling stories on Now is the Time, Sunday, March 3rd at 10 pm. Stephen Vincent Benét’s The Ballad of William Sycamore (“My father, he was a mountaineer, His fist was a knotty hammer; He was quick on his feet as a running deer, And he spoke...
by Kile Smith | Feb 4, 2011 | new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
My contemporary American music program Now is the Time airs every Sunday night at 10 o’clock on WRTI-HD2. Listen on HD radio or online here. The complete schedule and more information are here. Coming up this Sunday night: Feb 6 2011. Allegro Penseroso Milton Babbitt,...
by Kile Smith | Nov 15, 2010 | Composition, Radio
A month ago I was honored to be the recipient of the Gallery of Success award from Temple University’s Boyer College of Music. It’s ”given annually to a graduate of each of the university’s schools and colleges, noting the success and distinction of Temple alumni.” I...
by Kile Smith | Aug 30, 2009 | CDs, Fleisher Collection, WRTI
On the first Saturday of the month Jack Moore and I host Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection on WRTI 90.1 FM in Philadelphia and on the all-classical webstream at wrti.org. We also broadcast encore presentations of the entire Discoveries series (now eight years...
