by Kile Smith | May 27, 2017 | Children's Music, Choral music, New Compositions, String Quartet
I Could See the Sky. For SATB, 2-part Treble Choir, Keyboard, optional String Quartet, 17 minutes (Treble Choir may be boys and/or girls or a few women) The editing process is usually severe. Many good things—music, text, both—are often left on the cutting room floor,...
by Kile Smith | Oct 8, 2016 | Art songs, New Compositions, new music, Vocal music
There Is No Great and No Small. Mezzo-soprano, piano, 3′. Text by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Premiered Philadelphia: 8 Oct 2016, the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 9 Oct 2016, the Academy of Vocal Arts. For Lyric Fest’s opening concert of the 2016/17...
by Kile Smith | Apr 6, 2016 | Children's Music, Choral music, New Compositions
Grandmother’s Garden. Text: Grandmother’s Garden, the children’s book by John Archambault. 2-part Children’s Choir, Piano, opt. C Instrument, 9′. See the entire score and hear the premiere at MusicSpoke. Commissioned by Settlement Music...
by Kile Smith | Mar 12, 2016 | Choral music, church music, New Compositions, Spirituality
Out of the Depths. Text: Psalm 130. SATB, 6-1/2′. Commissioned by Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, Pa., Jeffrey Brillhart, music director. Premiered 13 March 2016. There are qualities in Anton Bruckner’s music that inspired both this setting of Psalm...
by Kile Smith | Dec 17, 2015 | CDs, Choral music, New Compositions
I’m so happy to report that The Same Stream, the new choir formed by Westminster’s James Jordan, has chosen a work of mine to be on their inaugural recording. “The Stars Shine,” the last movement of The Consolation of Apollo, is included on The Same Stream. It’s an...
by Kile Smith | Nov 1, 2015 | Choral music, New Compositions
Thanks, Jesse Peckham and Khorikos for presenting Where Flames a Word at the Connecticut American Choral Directors Association 2015 Fall Conference, held at The Hartt School Saturday last, October 24th. I’m looking forward to next week at the Modern Masters...
