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Minneapolis Guitar Quartet: Thrum

by Kile Smith | Sep 29, 2013 | CD Reviews, My CD Reviews, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

My latest CD review for WRTI; you can hear the podcast with musical examples below. All my CD reviews are here.  https://kilesmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/201309thrumcd.mp3 Minneapolis Guitar Quartet: Thrum (Innova 858) Daniel Bernard Roumain: Ghetto Strings...

Francis Pott in the Heart of Things

by Kile Smith | Apr 15, 2013 | Anthem, CD Reviews, Choral music, church music, liturgical music, My CD Reviews, new music, Now is the Time, Radio

My latest CD review for WRTI, podcast with musical examples below. You can read all my CD reviews here. https://kilesmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/201304francispott1.mp3 In the Heart of Things: Choral Music of Francis Pott Commotio. Matthew Berry, conductor...

The Treasury of English Church Music

by Kile Smith | Nov 14, 2012 | CD Reviews, CDs, Choral music, church music, Classical music, Early Music, liturgical music, My CD Reviews, new music, Radio, WRTI

My latest CD mini-review for WRTI, podcast with musical examples below. You can read all my CD reviews here. https://kilesmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-englishchurchmusic.mp3 The subtitle of this five-CD set is “1100-1965,” and this is, in fact, a new...

Robert Moran, Trinity Requiem

by Kile Smith | Aug 27, 2012 | CD Reviews, CDs, Classical music, My CD Reviews, new music, Radio, WRTI

My latest CD review for WRTI… https://kilesmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/201209morantrinitypodcast.mp3 Robert Moran has written music for entire cities to perform—San Francisco, Graz, Bethlehem, Pa.—with cars, airplanes, multiple orchestras, choirs, and...

Carson Cooman, The Welcome News

by Kile Smith | Jul 2, 2012 | CD Reviews, CDs, Classical music, My CD Reviews, new music, Radio, WRTI

My latest CD mini-review for WRTI, including podcast with musical excerpts. You can read all my CD reviews here. Carson Cooman writes music as naturally as anyone I’ve heard. The number of his works is already approaching 1,000 for this just barely 30 composer, and...

Mad Men CD, David Carbonara

by Kile Smith | May 15, 2012 | CD Reviews, CDs, Classical music, Dance Music, My CD Reviews, new music, Radio, WRTI

My latest CD mini-review for WRTI, including podcast with musical excerpts. You can read all my CD reviews here. https://kilesmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/madmencdreviewfinal.mp3 Matthew Weiner, the creator of the hugely popular TV series Mad Men—now in its...
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At a glance

May. Kile Smith and April Showers, paper by Anthony Zogaib, History of Western Music, Case Western Reserve University

12 May. I Want to Write a Book of Praise from The Arc in the Sky. Chor Leoni and The Leonids, Erick Lichte. Vancouver, BC, Canada

12 May. The Consolation of Apollo. Westminster Choir College, James Jordan

13 May. “I Want to Write a Book of Praise” from The Arc in the Sky. Chor Leoni and The Leonids, Erick Lichte. Vancouver, BC, Canada

14 May. You Are Most Welcome. Nexus Vocal Ensemble, Lennie Cottrell, Portland OR

22 May. New arrangements for treble voices and harp of Psalm 113 from Vespers, and Monstra te essem matrem from Ave Maris Stella. iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph San Jose CA, 4:00

22 May. New arrangements for treble voices and harp of Psalm 113 from Vespers, and Monstra te essem matrem from Ave Maris Stella. iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph San Jose CA, 6:30

28 May. Sometimes It Happens So. Presentation by Nell Flanders and Kile Smith, Bryn Mawr College

5 Jun. Grandmother’s Garden. Gleeksman-Kohn Children’s Choir, Settlement Music School, Rae Ann Anderson. First United Methodist, Germantown, Philadelphia

11 Jun. A Child’s Afternoon. Anna Meyer, flute, Erik Meyer, organ. The 10th Annual Kimmel Center Organ Day, American Guild of Organists—Philadelphia Chapter

29 Jun. Where Flames a Word. Classical Discoveries, Marvin Rosen, WPRB

1 Jul. Alleluia. Serenades Choral, David Hayes, Noto, Chiesa di Santa Chiara, Italy

2 Jul. Alleluia. Serenades Choral, David Hayes, Siracusa, Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo, Italy

3 Jul. The Dawn’s Early Light. Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline, WUSF, Tampa FL

3 Jul. Alleluia. Serenades Choral, David Hayes, Ragusa Ibla, Duomo San Giorgio, Italy

Recent CDs

The Bremen Town Musicians. English Symphony Orchestra, Gemma Whelan, narrator, Kenneth Woods, conductor. Fiddles, Forests, and Fowl Fables.

The Arc in the Sky. The Crossing. 2020 Grammy nomination, Best Choral Performance

Canticle and Alleluia. Vocal Arts Ensemble. 2020 Grammy, Classical Producer of the Year, Blanton Alspaugh

In This Blue Room, other songs. Lyric Fest

A Child’s Afternoon. Fantasmagoria. Anna K. Meyer, flute, & Erik Meyer, organ

The Nobility of Women. Mélomanie

The Stars Shine, from The Consolation of Apollo. The Same Stream

Vespers. Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and The Crossing

Where Flames a Word. The Crossing

Where Flames a Word. Voces Tallinn. 2020 Estonian Recording of the Year

Where Flames a Word. Khorikos

Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir

Selected publications

The Star-Spangled Banner. SATB, piano, opt. cello, 5’30”. Hal Leonard

Alleluia. SATB, 6′. Hal Leonard

The Consolation of Apollo. SATB, perc, 35′. MusicSpoke

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. SATB, bells, 3′. Hal Leonard

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. SATB, org, 3′. Concordia.

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