by Kile Smith | Oct 23, 2015 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music, Orchestral Music, Spirituality
Still floating from the exquisite first performance of Agnus Dei by Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and Symphony in C, conducted by MC’s new director, Paul Rardin. Turns out, on a day of many concerts in Philadelphia, many with new music, the Philadelphia...
by Kile Smith | Oct 15, 2015 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music, Orchestral Music
[click on page to view/download full score] Commissioned by the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Paul Rardin, Artistic Director. Completed 24 August 2015. Premiered 18 October 2015, The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia by the Mendelssohn...
by Kile Smith | Oct 13, 2015 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia interviews me about Agnus Dei, which they commissioned to complement the Mozart Great Mass in C Minor. The premiere, with Symphony in C, is Sunday, October 18th at 4 pm at the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square in...
by Kile Smith | Aug 24, 2015 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music, new music, Orchestral Music
Just sent in the Agnus Dei I’ve been composing for the last number of months. It is for Paul Rardin’s first concert as the new artistic director of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia. Official program notes to follow, but as if writing a piece for this...
by Kile Smith | Jul 10, 2015 | Brass Music, Choral music, liturgical music, new music
One of the great things about the project that became Vespers was the uniqueness of the ensemble—writing a piece for the world-renowned Renaissance band Piffaro was as fun and exciting as could be. But it also meant that basically nobody else could ever perform...
by Kile Smith | May 29, 2015 | Choral music, liturgical music, new music
“Vespers,” writes Sebastian Spreng in Miami Clasica, El Nuevo Herald (the Spanish edition of the Miami Herald), and Knight Arts, “astonishes the listener.” He praises Seraphic Fire and Piffaro, the Renaissance Band for “the tapestry masterfully woven by angelic...
