by Kile Smith | Jul 3, 2014 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, liturgical music
“Kile Smith pivoted among an emotional trinity of strident, tense, and placid in O Rex Gentium (O King of Nations).”—Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 Dec 2015 What a glorious idea from Choral Arts Philadelphia and their artistic director Matthew...
by Kile Smith | Jun 18, 2014 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
And Good in Every Thing SATB, 5 minutes Commissioned by Organist/Choirmaster John French for the choir of The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, to honor The Reverend Alan Neale for ten years of service as Rector. Premiered 15 June 2014....
by Kile Smith | May 18, 2014 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, hymn
For the 150th anniversary of Emilie United Methodist Church in Levittown, Pa., I was commissioned for an anthem, sung this morning by their choir, led by Music Director Ryan Fleming. It’s SATB accompanied by either organ or piano. I’ve actually written out...
by Kile Smith | May 14, 2014 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
Recently received recordings of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern and Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn from Levi Hernandez, baritone extraordinaire and Founder and General Director of the Aestas Consort. These were from the January 31/Feb 1 Aestas performances in...
by Kile Smith | Mar 30, 2014 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, Organ music
Alan Morrison plays my Two Meditations on Freu dich sehr at Ursinus College today at 4:00, on the Heefner Organ in his recital in Bomberger Auditorium. Along with being head of the organ departments at the Curtis Institute of Music and Westminster Choir College of...
by Kile Smith | Feb 17, 2014 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
The Church of the Holy Trinity, on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, has added an anthem of mine, about once a month, to its services since appointing me Composer-in-Residence back in the fall. John French is the organist/choirmaster, and yesterday he programmed...
