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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

6 Jan. Why did they all shout from The Arc in the Sky. Choral literature presentation, Joshua Kainz, Luther College, Decorah, IA

12 Jan. Finished In the Midst of Life

14 Jan. The Bremen Town Musicians. Ambler Symphony, Jack Moore, KS narrator

15 Jan. Finished Holy Wisdom, Soaring Power for Singing City Songbook

16 Feb. The Dawn’s Early Light. Charlotte Master Chorale, Kenney Potter, First UMC Charlotte NC

19 Feb. There’s a Land Beyond the River. Grace Presbyterian Long Beach CA, Stan DeWitt

22 Feb. Monstra te essem matrem (SSA, harp) from Ave Maris Stella. iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp, ACDA National Conference, Cincinnati

5 Mar. Canticle. Choral Arts Initiative, Brandon Elliott. West Coast premiere.

13 Mar. Nirakar, excerpts from the opera. Erica Schuller, Bella Voce. Woman’s Athletic Club Ballroom, Chicago

18 Mar. Susquehanna. Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, Sheldon Bair, Bel Air, MD

25 Mar. The Bremen Town Musicians. New Saint Andrews College, David Erb

23 Apr. The Bremen Town Musicians. Benedictine College, Brian Casey, Rachel Dannar, Narrator, Atchison, KS

23 Apr. Narrator, Casey at the Bat (Randol Alan Bass), Delaware Valley Wind Symphony, Colleen Sweetsir, Holland, PA

5 May. In the Midst of Life. William Ferris Chorale, Chicago, Christopher Windle. Premiere. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Chicago, 7:30

7 May. In the Midst of Life. William Ferris Chorale, Chicago, Christopher Windle. Premiere. Wicker Park Lutheran, Chicago, 3:30

20 May. The Bremen Town Musicians. Salt Lake Symphony, Robert Baldwin

8 Jul. The Arc in the Sky. Reading Bach Choir, Daniel Mahoney, Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton, England

23 Jul. Northland. Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann. Premiere

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

  • Northland
  • Agincourt Hymn
  • Fleisher Discoveries: Spring with Roy Harris, Mary Howe, Joachim Raff
  • Fleisher Discoveries: Sibelius the Revolutionary
  • In the Midst of Life
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