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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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Recent & Upcoming Highlights

11 Oct. From The Consolation of Apollo, Thou Mayst Know, Yes, It’s Beautiful, The Stars Shine. Vox Venti, Kirsten Hedegaard, Chicago

PREMIERE 18 Oct. Let All the Strains of Joy (Tagore) plus Where the Mind is Without Fear (Tagore). The Crossing, Donald Nally, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia

PREMIERE 19 Oct. Let All the Strains of Joy (Tagore) plus Where the Mind is Without Fear (Tagore). The Crossing, Donald Nally, First Presbyterian Church Germantown, Philadelphia

23 Oct. You Are Most Welcome. In Media Chamber Choir, John Eisemann, All Classical Portland 89.9 public radio, live

24 Oct. Monstra te esse matrem. Variant 6, University Lutheran Church, Philadelphia

PREMIERE 25 Oct. A Rhythm to Walk In. NEWVoices, Phillip Swan, Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, WI

26 Oct. Where Flames a Word. Khorikos, Alec Galambos, Judson Memorial Church. NYC

1 Nov. You Are Most Welcome. In Media Chamber Choir, John Eisemann, Portland, OR

2 Nov. You Are Most Welcome. In Media Chamber Choir, John Eisemann, Portland, OR

2 Nov. “Conversation in the Mountains” from Where Flames a Word. Kevin Vondrak DMA recital, Yale Institute of Sacred Music

16 Nov. Sometimes It Happens So, Benjamin Flanders, Sonya Szabo-Reynolds, Dayton Music Club, Kettering, OH

25 Nov. Sometimes It Happens So, Benjamin Flanders, Sonya Szabo-Reynolds, Troy-Hayner Recital Series, Troy, OH

2 Dec. Jerusalem from The Arc in the Sky. Boston Conservatory Chamber Choir, Stephen Spinelli, St. Clement’s Shrine, Boston

12 Dec. Wie schön leuchtet from Vespers. Westminster Readings and Carols, Rider College, Donald Nally

13 Dec. Wie schön leuchtet from Vespers. Westminster Readings and Carols, Rider College, Donald Nally

15 Dec. Wie schön leuchtet from Vespers. Westminster Readings and Carols, Rider College, Donald Nally, WWFM broadcast

19 Dec. How Fair and Bright the Morning Star. Roots in the Sky, Andrew Major, Bozeman, MT

21 Dec. How Fair and Bright the Morning Star. Roots in the Sky, Andrew Major, Bozeman, M

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PREMIERE. 25 Apr. The Gift to Sing, Dolce Canto, David Edmonds, St. Ignatius Mission Church, St. Ignatius, MT

PREMIERE. 26 Apr. The Gift to Sing, Dolce Canto, David Edmonds, St. Francis Xavier Church, Missoula, MT

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.

From the blog

  • There’s a Land Beyond the River, SATB, piano
  • Jesus, Call Thou Me
  • The Gift To Sing
  • Let All the Strains of Joy
  • A Rhythm to Walk In
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