Chamber Music | Kile Smith • composer

Philadelphia Brass takes Red-tail and Hummingbird on the road

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...

Elena Smith and Her Graduation Recital

by Kile Smith | Jun 10, 2013 | American music, Baroque music, Chamber Music, Classical music

Elena Smith, finishing 12th grade and entering Temple University in the fall as a student of Jeffrey Solow, gave a recital May 31st to celebrate her graduation. She is home-schooled, so this served in lieu of a cap-and-gown graduation ceremony. Holy Trinity Lutheran...

Red-tail and Hummingbird, all-brass version, in Delaware

by Kile Smith | Mar 27, 2013 | Brass Music, Chamber Music, New Compositions, new music

Thanks to the fine brass players of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra for including Red-tail and Hummingbird in their Chamber Series concert last night at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington. This was the premiere of one of the new versions for all-brass sextet: 2 trumpets,...

Chant, for trombone, bassoon, and piano

by Kile Smith | Mar 23, 2013 | Chamber Music, new music

Chant was commissioned by the Philadelphia trombonist Thomas Elliott to perform with his daughter, bassoonist Rachel Elliott, for her senior recital at Carnegie Mellon University. The music sets, after a fashion, 1 Corinthians 12:4–6, “Now there are diversities...

Red-tail and Hummingbird "The two most interesting portions of the program"

by Kile Smith | Mar 12, 2013 | Chamber Music, Early Music, new music

Michael Caruso reviews the Orchestra 2001/Piffaro concert in which Red-tail and Hummingbird was played twice, adding a beautiful word about Vespers. The two most interesting portions of the program came on either side of its intermission. Prior to the interval,...

The Three Graces

by Kile Smith | Feb 28, 2013 | Chamber Music, Concerto, Jazz, new music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra

The Three Graces Orchestral (original) version: oboe, horn, cello soloists, string orchestra. 11′. Full score Premiere of original version: https://kilesmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/threegraces.mp3 Chamber version: oboe, horn, cello soloists, piano,...

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News

5 Dec. The Star-Spangled Banner from The Dawn’s Early Light, arr. for SATB, harp, cello. Helena Symphony and Chorus, Allan R. Scott. COVID-19 canceled

6 Dec. Four French Carols, string quartet version premiere. Advent Vespers, Holy Trinity Lutheran, Abington, Pa.

13 Dec. Two Meditations on Freu dich sehr. Erik Meyer, Abington Presbyterian livestream, 4:30

29 Dec. Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit. New arrangement for TTBB, 2 horns, 2 trombones, piano

1 Jan. Fleisher Discoveries: The Ultramodern Protest of John J. Becker

8 Jan. Vespers, selections. Friday Choral Connection with Debra Lew Harder, 1:30

9 Jan. Blue Lobster. Premiere, Cincinnati SongSlam. Ben Flanders, Nell Flanders

15 Jan. The Arc in the Sky, selections. Friday Choral Connection with Debra Lew Harder, 1:30

25 Jan. Strathmore Children’s Chorus video conference, Michael Wu

6 Feb. Chorale Fantasias from Vespers. Premiere, Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra, Allan R. Scott

6 Feb. Host, Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra livestream

Recent CDs

The Arc in the Sky. The Crossing. 2020 Grammy nomination, Best Choral Performance

Canticle and Alleluia. Vocal Arts Ensemble. 2020 Grammy, Classical Producer of the Year, Blanton Alspaugh

In This Blue Room, other songs. Lyric Fest

The Nobility of Women. Mélomanie

The Stars Shine, from The Consolation of Apollo. The Same Stream

Vespers. Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and The Crossing

Where Flames a Word. The Crossing

Where Flames a Word. Khorikos

Where Flames a Word. Voces Tallinn. 2020 Estonian Recording of the Year

Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir

Selected publications

Alleluia. SATB, 6′. Hal Leonard

The Consolation of Apollo. SATB, perc, 35′. MusicSpoke

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. SATB, bells, 3′. Hal Leonard

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. SATB, org, 3′. Concordia.