by Kile Smith | Oct 31, 2012 | Classical music, Composition, Music Composition
A correspondent takes my article on Beethoven, Napoleon, et al. and runs with it, deftly, in the Letters section of the Broad Street Review.
by Kile Smith | Jan 7, 2012 | Choral music, Lutheran, Music Composition, new music
A few hours before the first of three concerts, here are my notes to Vespers from four years ago… I have loved the Lutheran liturgy from childhood, even before I was aware of the concept of classical music. So I was thrilled when, during discussions with...
by Kile Smith | Jan 5, 2012 | Chamber Music, Choral music, Composition, Dance Music, Jazz, Music Composition, new music
Some scattered thoughts on the interview with David Patrick Stearns in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer. Generous remarks by him, and by Donald Nally. Very generous. Am I notoriously self-effacing? Notoriously? I mentioned the Hi-Lo’s in a Broad Street Review...
by Kile Smith | May 16, 2011 | Broad Street Review, Classical music, Composition, Music Composition
First published in the Broad Street Review, 8 Feb 2011. Slightly edited since. All my BSR articles are here. I had no idea what was happening. The saxophone caterwauled ridiculously, and the piano seemed to chatter away at some other piece. I could discern no melody...
