by Kile Smith | Jan 5, 2013 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music, new music
The Word of God is a setting of an original hymn of mine on a text by the Rev. Michael Tavella. I composed the hymn for our church, and the anthem for the combined churches celebrating the 300th Anniversary of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, in 2011. It’s probably...
by Kile Smith | Dec 17, 2012 | Choral music, church music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music
Thank you to Jackie and the choir of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Abington, Pa., for singing my hymn, Powers of Heaven yesterday. The hymn is a setting of an Advent text by the Rev. Dr. Michael Tavella at Holy Trinity. It was Vespers for this Third Sunday of Advent,...
by Kile Smith | Dec 10, 2012 | Choral music, church music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music
Thanks to Musica Concordia for singing my hymn, Powers of Heaven, yesterday at St. Cecilia’s Church in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia. The hymn is a setting of an evocative Advent text by Michael Tavella; we’ve used it in church a few times already....
