by Kile Smith | Jun 4, 2021 | Children's Music, Orchestral Music
The English Symphony Orchestra releases Fiddles, Forests and Fowl Fables today, including my 14-minute work for narrator and chamber orchestra, The Bremen Town Musicians, narrated by Gemma Whelan, the British actress and comedian known for her work in Game of Thrones....
by Kile Smith | Sep 6, 2018 | Chamber Music, Children's Music, Organ music
A Child’s Afternoon. Two characteristic pieces for flute and organ, 9′. In two movements: (1) No one to play with, (2) Someone to play with. Commissioned by Anna Meyer. Premiered by Anna Meyer, flute, and Erik Meyer, organ, 4 Oct 2019, Christ Church,...
by Kile Smith | May 27, 2017 | Children's Music, Choral music, New Compositions, String Quartet
I Could See the Sky. For SATB, 2-part Treble Choir, Keyboard, optional String Quartet, 17 minutes (Treble Choir may be boys and/or girls or a few women) The editing process is usually severe. Many good things—music, text, both—are often left on the cutting room floor,...
by Kile Smith | Jun 10, 2016 | Children's Music, new music, Orchestral Music
Orchestrated for narrator and small orchestra, 2016, for the English Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods, conductor, and premiered 10 Jul 2016. 1111–1110-1perc-narrator-str. 14′. Available on the CD Fiddles, Forests, and Fowl Fables. Philadelphia Sinfonia, Gary...
by Kile Smith | Apr 6, 2016 | Children's Music, Choral music, New Compositions
Grandmother’s Garden. Text: Grandmother’s Garden, the children’s book by John Archambault. 2-part Children’s Choir, Piano, opt. C Instrument, 9′. See the entire score and hear the premiere at MusicSpoke. Commissioned by Settlement Music...
by Kile Smith | Dec 21, 2015 | Children's Music, Classical music, WRTI Arts Desk
[First published in WRTI’s Arts Desk, 21 December 2015.] A young mother wanted to sing to her children. She wrote poems based on a story by the Brothers Grimm and asked her brother to set them to music. He did, but then kept working with them, and in two years those...
