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 | Jul 29, 2012 | Art songs, new music, Vocal music
Thank you, Kelly Ann Bixby! Today she sang my Poems of Stephen Berg in recital at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, with Joseph Smith, clarinet, and Laura Ward, piano. What gorgeous singing and playing! Kelly was superb. Laura and Joseph remembered that they...
by Kile Smith | Feb 14, 2011 | CD Reviews, Choral music, My CD Reviews, WRTI
WRTI asked us once again to come up with Valentine’s Day recordings, so here’s my latest offering. You can read all my CD reviews here. Vaughan Williams, Holst: Choral Folksong Arrangements Spring is not too far away, and as a harbinger of romance, always...
