by Kile Smith | Oct 1, 2019 | Choral music, new music
Chicago Tribune Top 10 Classical Album, 2020 • WRTI Best of 2020 Album • Apple Music Featured New Album • Qobuz Grand Selection 2022 Grammy® nomination for Best Choral Performance – Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare, Austin Guitar Quartet, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet,...
by Kile Smith | Nov 5, 2016 | Fleisher Collection, WRTI
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, November 5th, 5-6 pm: The Star-Spangled Banner: Music (c.1773) by John Stafford Smith (1750-1836); words by Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) Percy Grainger (1882-1961): Spoon River (1919) Grainger: Mock Morris (1910)...
by Kile Smith | Oct 26, 2016 | Broad Street Review
[First published 24 October 2016 in the Broad Street Review. Edited and reprinted here by permission.] There’s controversy around the national anthem, but all I’m thinking about is my low E-flat. Our ad hoc men’s choir is about to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” for...
by Kile Smith | Nov 18, 2015 | Broad Street Review, Children's Music, Choral music, new music
[First published in Broad Street Review, 17 Nov 2015; printed here by permission.] On 9/11, on that Tuesday in 2001, the first thing I did was to put up the American flag. I went into the coat closet, fetched it, went out on the porch, put the staff into the holder,...