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Fleisher Discoveries: Ned Rorem’s 100th

by Kile Smith | Oct 2, 2023 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast

Ned Rorem (1923–2022). Third Symphony (1958) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify His accomplishment in art song has had the unfortunate effect of overshadowing his orchestral music, especially so his symphonies. Hi everybody, I’m Kile Smith, and welcome to Fleisher...

Fleisher Discoveries: Ulysses Kay, As He Sees Them

by Kile Smith | Sep 1, 2023 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast

Ulysses Kay (1917–1995). Concerto for Orchestra (1948) Kay. Six Dances for String Orchestra (1954) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify When Kay’s mother asked her uncle, famed jazz cornetist Joe “King” Oliver, if young Ulysses should take trumpet...

Fleisher Discoveries: Leo Sowerby and the Sense of the Joy

by Kile Smith | Aug 3, 2023 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast

Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify Leo Sowerby very well may be the most-famous-while-alive and least-famous-now composer we’ve looked at. Leo Sowerby (1895–1968). From the Northland (1924) Sowerby. All on a Summer’s Day (1954) Hi everybody, I’m Kile Smith, and...

Fleisher Discoveries: Frank Bridge, Summer and The Sea

by Kile Smith | Jul 4, 2023 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast

Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify It’s easy to tag Frank Bridge with the “British pastoral” label and leave it at that, but if we think about it, the language here is au courant, and not a little revolutionary. To pigeonhole Frank Bridge as some Edwardian...

Fleisher Discoveries: Shostakovich’s War

by Kile Smith | Jun 5, 2023 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast

Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify He had been honored, but he had also been targeted. His life hung by a thread, suspended by the frivolous and vengeful will of Stalin. At times he fully expected to be killed. To him, Nazis and Communists were all cut from the...

Fleisher Discoveries: Amy Beach, American Phenom

by Kile Smith | May 2, 2023 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast

Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify Take all of them, the symphonists, opera composers, heads of conservatories, touring pianists. George Whitefield Chadwick, Edward MacDowell, John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Arthur Foote: who was the most-performed American...
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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

2026

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.

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