by Kile Smith | May 27, 2017 | Choral music
Just ran across this today, but it’s been out there for awhile, apparently: a list of 50 titles on Spotify, Peaceful Choral Music by Living Composers. I don’t know if they’re listed in order of preference, but at #10 is, from my Vespers, the 16-part...
by Kile Smith | Jul 9, 2016 | Choral music, new music
Available from MusicSpoke, here’s the score and recording. One of 15 commissioned by The Crossing to honor the memory of their co-founder Jeffrey Dinsmore, I chose the text of my setting from his emails to me. Jeff passed away two years ago, much too soon....
by Kile Smith | Nov 22, 2015 | Choral music, Lutheran, new music
What a stupendous concert with Vespers and The Choristers! They are the first non-professional, non-university choir to perform the entire Vespers, and it came off brilliantly at Saturday night’s concert in the beautiful Trinity Lutheran Church in Lansdale, Pa....
by Kile Smith | Jan 27, 2015 | Choral music, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music
Back from Chicago & Evanston, and gorgeously revealing performances of Vespers by Northwestern University’s Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble (BCE) and Piffaro, The Renaissance Band. Donald Nally led brilliantly, Piffaro played like gangbusters, and...
by Kile Smith | Jan 15, 2015 | Choral music, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music, Uncategorized
January 24, 2015, Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, Evanston (Institute for New Music) January 25, 2015, St. James Cathedral, Chicago (Presented in collaboration with the Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival) Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble and Piffaro,...