Fleisher Collection | Kile Smith • composer

Fleisher Discoveries: I’m Signing off … with my Symphony

by Kile Smith | Jun 3, 2024 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music, Podcast

Kile Smith (b. 1956). Symphony: Lumen ad revelationem (2002) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify For my final Fleisher Discoveries podcast, my Symphony. I’ve gotten so busy with composing that, as much as I love the podcast, I had to clear the decks. The Symphony...

Fleisher Discoveries: It Isn’t Academic with Brahms

by Kile Smith | May 13, 2024 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897). Academic Festival Overture (1880) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify Brahms had already turned down one honorary doctorate, but when another one was proffered, a good friend talked him into accepting—but he had to write a concert piece...

Fleisher Discoveries: Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms

by Kile Smith | Apr 4, 2024 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971). Symphony of Psalms (1930) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify As success followed success, especially in the three ballets he wrote for the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, Stravinsky lived the life of a world-famous composer and pianist....

Fleisher Discoveries: The Pre-eminence of Marianne Martines

by Kile Smith | Mar 6, 2024 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast

Marianne Martines (1744–1812). Psalm 51 (1768) Martines. Symphony in C (1770) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify Metastasio, the leading playwright of the age, introduced her to everyone. She performed for the empress. She knew Mozart. And Haydn, who gave her...

Fleisher Discoveries: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue at 100

by Kile Smith | Feb 1, 2024 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries

George Gershwin (1898–1937). Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify George Gershwin is playing billiards and in walks brother Ira with a newspaper which says that George is writing a jazz concerto for a concert six weeks away. This was news to...

Fleisher Discoveries: Jackson Hill, Symphony No. 3

by Kile Smith | Nov 17, 2023 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, new music, Orchestral Music

Jackson Hill (b. 1941). Symphony No. 3 (1997) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify From Alabama and North Carolina, through Japanese court music, Buddhist chant, Oxford, and Renaissance polyphony, it is music from the center of Pennsylvania. Hi everybody, I’m Kile...

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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

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.