by Kile Smith | Sep 3, 2021 | Chamber Music, Choral music, hymn, liturgical music, new music, Vocal music
Ave Maris Stella. Commissioned by Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, with funding from the NEA and the Presser Foundation. Premiered by Piffaro and Variant 6 on Oct. 8th, 2021, Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Oct. 9th, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,...
by Kile Smith | Aug 21, 2020 | Choral music, church music, hymn
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow. SATB, piano, 4′. Premiered December 2020 by the Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C., Scott Tucker, artistic director. Chorus America auctioned a composition from me at their 2019 annual conference, in Philadelphia that year....
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...
by Kile Smith | Apr 20, 2013 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, hymn, new music
A big thank-you to John French, Alan Morrison, and the combined Ursinus College Choir and Meistersingers for their work on my six anthems tonight at Ursinus College. What a beautiful concert! Even when some nice people entered Bomberger Hall late! Also on the program...
