by Kile Smith | Feb 28, 2019 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, new music, Organ music
Jubilate Deo. 6′. 2019. SATB, organ. Psalm 100, Latin. Commissioned by Ursinus College and dedicated to Dr. John French, on the occasion of his 40th anniversary of service to Ursinus College. Premiered 28 April 2019, Ursinus College Choir and Meistersingers,...
by Kile Smith | Mar 30, 2014 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, Organ music
Alan Morrison plays my Two Meditations on Freu dich sehr at Ursinus College today at 4:00, on the Heefner Organ in his recital in Bomberger Auditorium. Along with being head of the organ departments at the Curtis Institute of Music and Westminster Choir College of...
by Kile Smith | Apr 20, 2013 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, hymn, new music
A big thank-you to John French, Alan Morrison, and the combined Ursinus College Choir and Meistersingers for their work on my six anthems tonight at Ursinus College. What a beautiful concert! Even when some nice people entered Bomberger Hall late! Also on the program...
by Kile Smith | Apr 18, 2013 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, hymn, new music
I’m looking forward to hearing a whole slew of my anthems sung by the combined Ursinus College Choir and Meistersingers this Saturday, April 20th, 7:30 pm at Ursinus College. John French conducts, and Alan Morrison is the organist. I attended rehearsal last week...
by Kile Smith | Oct 9, 2010 | Chamber Music, new music
Jeff, the bassoonist, sent me an email, saying that John Strassburger had died. It was three months earlier, almost to the day, that Jeffrey Centafont, accompanied by John French on the piano, helped to celebrate Strassburger’s retirement as President of Ursinus...