by Kile Smith | Nov 15, 2013 | Choral music
I’m thrilled to report that my choral work Where Flames a Word is one of the ten winners of the 2014 ORTUS International New Music Competition, for Khorikos, directed by Jesse Mark Peckham. Khorikos will perform this and all the winning pieces March 8th, 2014,...
by Kile Smith | Jan 19, 2012 | Choral music, new music, Radio, WRTI
Live performances of Vespers, The Waking Sun, and Where Flames a Word will be on the radio this weekend: Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:00 – 5:00 PM WRTI – 90.1FM, Philadelphia and online anywhere: www.wrti.org From The Crossing: “Vespers, the work that...
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 | Jul 10, 2010 | CDs, Choral music, new music
The Crossing’s premiere of Where Flames a Word last year received such great feedback that they’re singing it again this Saturday. My setting of Paul Celan texts will be on their Month of Moderns (MOM III) season finale, Saturday July 17th, 2010. It’s at the...