by Kile Smith | Oct 15, 2015 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music, Orchestral Music
[click on page to view/download full score] Commissioned by the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Paul Rardin, Artistic Director. Completed 24 August 2015. Premiered 18 October 2015, The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia by the Mendelssohn...
by Kile Smith | Oct 13, 2015 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia interviews me about Agnus Dei, which they commissioned to complement the Mozart Great Mass in C Minor. The premiere, with Symphony in C, is Sunday, October 18th at 4 pm at the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square in...
by Kile Smith | Aug 24, 2015 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music, new music, Orchestral Music
Just sent in the Agnus Dei I’ve been composing for the last number of months. It is for Paul Rardin’s first concert as the new artistic director of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia. Official program notes to follow, but as if writing a piece for this...
by Kile Smith | Feb 11, 2013 | Classical music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra
German kids who speak German must be smarter than I am, I always think, since I can’t speak German very well. Well, they actually may be smarter, but I know for a fact that the young people in the Philadelphia Sinfonia Players play better than I ever could. The...
by Kile Smith | Nov 23, 2012 | American music, CDs, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
It’s the composer/electric guitarist Steven Mackey on Now is the Time, Sunday, November 25th at 10 pm. Performed by eighth blackbird, Lonely Motel: Music from Slide considers isolation and self-delusion. A psychologist whose fiancée has abandoned him...