by Kile Smith | Aug 8, 2008 | Classical music, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
The Bremen Town Musicians, my piece written for children’s audiences, will have its first beyond-Pennsylvania performance at the Newburyport Chamber Music Festival. Newburyport Public Library in Newburyport, Massachusetts is the place, the time is 4 p.m., and the day...
by Kile Smith | Aug 2, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Jim Cotter of WRTI’s Creatively Speaking put last week’s radio segment together with this film (just over 5 minutes). Great shots with some raw takes of Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn, Wie schön leuchtet der...
by Kile Smith | Jul 31, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
Okay, we did not record in the original church, as the photo in my pre-recording post indicated. St. Peter’s built a new building three years ago, and this is where we recorded (click on any of these photos and go to The Crossing’s website to see all the...
by Kile Smith | Jul 27, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
What kept me up at night the most was knowing I had to produce, as in be Producer, the last two days. This week was the only time we could get everyone together, including Donald and others from Chicago and Atlanta, since so many are going from one summer festival to...
by Kile Smith | Jul 25, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
The last day: After the intense final session with the choir, Thursday is for Piffaro alone, to get the last two instrumental sections done O süßer Herre Jesu Christ is a child-like chorale, set for the whole band on seven recorders, all imitative and inverted and...
by Kile Smith | Jul 25, 2008 | Classical music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
The article by David Patrick Stearns came out Wednesday, 23 July, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, which you can find here. It also includes a link to audio they did for the Creatively Speaking radio show, airing Saturday at 11 am. The photos of (1) Donald conducting The...
