by Kile Smith | Mar 7, 2018 | Broad Street Review, Chamber Music, Fleisher Collection, new music
Adieu, Adieu. An imaginary song. 2018, fl, cl, ehn, bn, va, db, vib, pno, 10′. Commissioned and premiered by Relâche in their 40th anniversary season, in memory of Romulus Franceschini. A tune came to me one morning as I walked down the hallway, about to turn...
by Kile Smith | Oct 23, 2017 | Brass Music, Chamber Music, Early Music, new music
Fanfare on Ein feste Burg. Two versions. 1’30” A. For 7 Renaissance instruments: 2 Soprano Shawms, Alto Shawm, 2 Sackbuts, Quartbass Dulcian, large Tabor B. Brass Quintet with optional large Drum Commissioned and Premiered 20 Oct 2017 by Piffaro, the...
by Kile Smith | Jan 29, 2015 | Chamber Music, Dance Music, new music, Radio
David Osenberg interviews my friends in the Baroque/new music chamber group Mélomanie tonight on WWFM’s Cadenza, Thursday at 10 pm Eastern, with a rebroadcast at 7 am Saturday January 31st. Two movements from my dance suite The Nobility of Women will air. This...
by Kile Smith | Jan 8, 2015 | Baroque music, CDs, Chamber Music, new music
The Baroque/New music group Mélomanie is featured in the current Chamber Music America magazine, coinciding with the release of their new CD Excursions. The CD includes my work for them, The Nobility of Women (with guest-artist Priscilla Herreid), and the article...
by Kile Smith | Nov 16, 2014 | CDs, Chamber Music, new music
The Brazilian composer Sergio Roberto de Oliveira, holding the poster for Mélomanie’s concert in Rio de Janeiro on November 22nd, during the international four-day festival Compositores de Hoje. I was honored to meet Sergio in Wilmington at our release party for...
by Kile Smith | Oct 28, 2014 | Chamber Music, new music
I was honored to be asked to celebrate Network for New Music’s 30th anniversary by composing, with 29 others, an exquisite corpse, along the lines of the literary parlor game of a whisper-down-the-lane story construction. Each of us had 48 hours last summer to...
