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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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,...