by Kile Smith | Sep 17, 2014 | Choral music, New Compositions
The Consolation of Apollo, SATB, Crotales, Bass Drum, 35′ Commissioned by Eric Owens for The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor, The Consolation of Apollo premiered at Princeton University, Wolfensohn Hall, on October 10th and 11th, 2014, and at The Church of the...
by Kile Smith | Aug 26, 2014 | Choral music, New Compositions
The Consolation of Apollo, SATB and percussion, 35′. Finished it last night, and still liked it this morning, which doesn’t always happen, but whether that’s a good sign or not, I have a few days before the deadline to oil some of the bearings. The...
by Kile Smith | Aug 20, 2014 | Art songs, Children's Music, Choral music, New Compositions, Vocal music
I’ve attended their concerts for years, so I’m excited to be a part of Lyric Fest’s upcoming season as Composer in Residence! A Shakespeare trio, a choral work with audience participation, a large song cycle using new poems inspired by new paintings,...
by Kile Smith | Jan 13, 2014 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music
Just got to the end of my new piece for the Pennsylvania Girlchoir, a setting of a certain poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Although there’s still lots and lots of work to do now that I’ve hit that double bar, I love hitting double bars, I love hitting...
by Kile Smith | Nov 7, 2013 | Anthem, Art songs, New Compositions, Orchestral Music
Just sent out my second e-blast of the year, maybe third. The email marketing service I use thinks I should blast more often, and maybe they’re right—it’s their business to know these things, I suppose—but I’m thinking it’d just annoy people if...
by Kile Smith | Jul 7, 2013 | Brass Quintet, Chamber Music, New Compositions, new music
Delighted to report that the Philadelphia Brass has been playing the newest version of Red-tail and Hummingbird, just finishing up two festivals where they featured it. On June 29th they played it at the Sam Maitin Summer Chamber Music Festival in Cape May, N.J., and...
