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...
by Kile Smith | Aug 31, 2014 | Chamber Music, new music
Mélomanie’s new CD Excursions is about to be released, with my dance-suite sextet for Baroque instruments, The Nobility of Women on it; the release party/concert is Saturday, September 13th, in Wilmington. All the edits have been finished for about two weeks,...
by Kile Smith | Jun 25, 2014 | Baroque music, Chamber Music, Dance Music, new music
The Nobility of Women 2011; Baroque fl, ob, vn, viola da gamba, Baroque vc, harpsichord; 20′ Commissioned and premiered by Mélomanie This 20-minute work takes its name from the 1600 dance instruction manual Nobiltà di Dame by Fabritio Caroso. The name of the book...
by Kile Smith | Mar 28, 2014 | Chamber Music, new music
Wish I could be there! My children’s piece for narrator, violin, and cello, The Bremen Town Musicians, is being played Saturday morning at 11, March 29th, at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg, Pa., as part of the big Book Festival there. The players...
by Kile Smith | Feb 1, 2014 | Chamber Music
I’m happy to report that Market Square Concerts in Harrisburg, Pa., has programmed my children’s work The Bremen Town Musicians for a performance on Saturday morning, 29 Mar 2014, at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 11 am. It’s part of a big book...
