by Kile Smith | Nov 18, 2015 | Broad Street Review, Children's Music, Choral music, new music
[First published in Broad Street Review, 17 Nov 2015; printed here by permission.] On 9/11, on that Tuesday in 2001, the first thing I did was to put up the American flag. I went into the coat closet, fetched it, went out on the porch, put the staff into the holder,...
by Kile Smith | Oct 2, 2014 | Children's Music, Choral music, new music, Spirituality
From The Crossing’s newsletter: 2 New Works of Kile Smith; The Crossing on WRTI – The first concert of the 2014/15 season, with a new work by Kile Smith – MoM III: 2014 on WRTI this Sunday – Another new work from Kile Smith – Two archival...
by Kile Smith | Aug 20, 2014 | Art songs, Children's Music, Choral music, New Compositions, Vocal music
I’ve attended their concerts for years, so I’m excited to be a part of Lyric Fest’s upcoming season as Composer in Residence! A Shakespeare trio, a choral work with audience participation, a large song cycle using new poems inspired by new paintings,...
by Kile Smith | May 24, 2014 | Children's Music, Choral music, Vocal music
I wish I could be in California to hear the iSing Girlchoir’s performances of my Two Laudate Psalms! Jennah Delp-Somers and Shane Troll are the artistic directors of this Silicon Valley choir for girls in grades 2-12. The first concert was last night, Friday May...
by Kile Smith | May 21, 2014 | Children's Music, Choral music, new music, Pop Music
I was with the 4th- and 5th-grade Jenks Arts & Music (JAM) Class last Friday morning. I’ll be setting a poem by Ryan Eckes for The Crossing and the Jenks choir, which they’ll perform next year. But Friday was a get-to-know-the-composer day, after...
by Kile Smith | May 12, 2014 | Children's Music, Choral music, new music
Made my first visit to the Jenks School in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, on Friday, preparing to set the poetry of Ryan Eckes for The Crossing and the Jenks 4th- and 5th-Grade choirs. I didn’t have to do a thing—not this time, anyway! I met Ryan there, Steven...
