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12 Things I've Learned from Church Music (Part 4 of 4)

by Kile Smith | Sep 25, 2014 | Choral music, church music, Composition, Music Composition

My last of 4 posts is up at New Music Box, the website of New Music USA, where I’m their September guest-blogger. I’ve had a great time writing these, and my thanks go to editors Frank Oteri and Molly Sheridan for their help. I work in just a little...

12 Things I've Learned from Church Music (Part 3 of 4)

by Kile Smith | Sep 18, 2014 | Choral music, church music, Composition, Music Composition

My 3rd of 4 posts is up at New Music Box, the website of New Music USA; I’m their September guest-blogger. From the 12 Things I’ve Learned about Composing from Writing Church Music, this 3rd batch—with an assist from a drummer—is: 7. Write Faster 8. Hear It,...

12 Things I've Learned from Church Music (Part 2 of 4)

by Kile Smith | Sep 12, 2014 | Choral music, church music, Composition, Music Composition

The second of my four posts is up at New Music Box, the website of New Music USA, as part of my September guest-blog. It’s 12 things I’ve learned about composing from writing church music, so there are three in each of the four post (they say composers are...

12 Things I've Learned from Church Music (Part 1 of 4)

by Kile Smith | Sep 4, 2014 | Choral music, church music, Composition, Music Composition

I’m honored to be guest-blogging on New Music Box, the website of New Music USA. They were interested in my experience writing music for church, and as it’s not something they’ve delved into much, we thought it’d be a good area to explore....

Englishmen in Germany on Fleisher Discoveries

by Kile Smith | Jul 3, 2013 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Music Composition, Radio, WRTI

Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection broadcasts Saturday, July 6th, 2013, 5-6 pm on WRTI and wrti.org. Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950). Overture to a Comedy (1906/11). Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox. Angel 49933, Tr 1. 7:46 Roger Quilter (1877-1953). A Children’s...

Haydn's Symphonies, First and Last

by Kile Smith | May 29, 2013 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Music Composition, Radio, WRTI

Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection broadcasts Saturday, June 1st, 2013, 5-6 pm on WRTI and wrti.org. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Symphony No. 107 (A) (c.1758). Kevin Mallon, Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Naxos 572130 Tr 5-7. 13:32. Haydn. Symphony No. 1 (c.1759)....
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At a glance

1 Jul. Alleluia. Serenades Choral, David Hayes, Noto, Chiesa di Santa Chiara, Italy

2 Jul. Alleluia. Serenades Choral, David Hayes, Siracusa, Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo, Italy

3 Jul. The Dawn’s Early Light. Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline, WUSF, Tampa FL

3 Jul. Alleluia. Serenades Choral, David Hayes, Ragusa Ibla, Duomo San Giorgio, Italy

21 Jul. Finished There’s a Land Beyond the River for string quartet

22 Jul. Finished. Preisend mit viel schönen Reden, arr. TTBB

27 Jul. There’s a Land Beyond the River. Premiere. Blue Line String Quartet. Holy Trinity Lutheran, Abington, PA

5 Aug. “Two Out of Three Ways to Compose,” lecture, Settlement Music School Adult Chamber Players, Willow Grove, PA

5 Sep. Preisend mit viel schönen Reden, arr. TTBB. Franklinville-Schwarzwald Männerchor, Jacqueline Smith. Cannstatter Volksfest-Verein 150th Anniversary Oktoberfest, Philadelphia

11 Sep. Go Forth into the World in Peace. Knox Church, Cincinnati, Earl Rivers

20 Oct. “Thou mayst know, if thou wilt notice” from The Consolation of Apollo. Western Illinois University Singers, Brian Winnie, Macomb, IL

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.

From the blog

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  • Fleisher Discoveries: The Independent Streak of Gene Gutchë
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