by Kile Smith | Nov 7, 2025 | Choral music, Christmas song, church music, hymn, new music
Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Christopher Jackson, 8 Dec 2024, First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, PA Score video Jesus, Call Thou Me. SATB (opt. descant) hymn, 2′, 2024. Commissioned by the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Christopher Jackson, Artistic Director and...
by Kile Smith | Sep 3, 2021 | Chamber Music, Choral music, hymn, liturgical music, new music, Vocal music
“Held the audience spellbound,” “leaping to their feet in a standing ovation,” “raucous,” “beautifully crafted, “especially moving and inventive,” “a worthy addition to that sacred canon” — Gail...
by Kile Smith | Aug 21, 2020 | Choral music, church music, hymn
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow. SATB, piano, 4′. Premiered Dec 2020 by the Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C., Scott Tucker, artistic director. Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow. SATB, orchestra (2222-1211-timp.1perc, str) 4′. Premiered 20 & 24 Dec...
by Kile Smith | Oct 23, 2018 | Anthem, Brass Music, church music, hymn, Organ music
Of the Father’s Love Begotten. (Published by G.I.A. under the Westminster Choral Series.) SATB, Organ, Congregation, opt. Brass, Percussion (3 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Suspended Cymbal). Text: Corde natus ex parentis, Aurelius Clemens...
by Kile Smith | Apr 20, 2016 | Broad Street Review, church music, hymn, Music Composition
[First published 19 April 2016 in the Broad Street Review, and reprinted here by permission.] My ten-year survey of traffic patterns on Broad Street — coinciding with Broad Street Review’s tenth anniversary — is now complete. Within a four-percent margin of error, I...
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...
