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Music and Killing

by Kile Smith | Feb 17, 2015 | Broad Street Review, Concerto, new music, Orchestral Music

[First published in the Broad Street Review, 10 Feb 2014] “I don’t play guitar anymore. Too much killing.” My rule for cab drivers and barbers is, if they don’t talk, I don’t, but if they do, I do. My cab driver was taking me to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, after a week...

And Seeing the Multitudes

by Kile Smith | Feb 3, 2015 | Concerto, New Compositions, Orchestral Music

And Seeing the Multitudes is a cello concerto commissioned by the Helena Symphony as part of my 2014-15 residency with them for their 60th anniversary. It was written for Ovidiu Marinescu. The music director, and the driving force behind this project and the entire...

Cello concerto parts are finished

by Kile Smith | Dec 18, 2014 | Concerto, Fleisher Collection, New Compositions, Orchestral Music

Almost as good as hitting the double bar on the full score of the new cello concerto, And Seeing the Multitudes, is to hit the double bar on the last part to be extracted. They’re all finished now and off to the orchestra librarian. As if composing isn’t...

The cello concerto is finished

by Kile Smith | Dec 12, 2014 | Concerto, New Compositions, Orchestral Music

…and a good thing, since they’re playing it on January 31st. They are cellist Ovidiu Marinescu and the Helena Symphony, conducted by Allan R. Scott. I am honored to have been commissioned to compose this in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Helena...

Variations on a Theme of Schubert

by Kile Smith | Mar 2, 2013 | Concerto, new music, Orchestral Music, Piano music

Variations on a Theme of Schubert Solo Piano, 17′ kilesmith · Variations on a Theme of Schubert, solo piano Solo Piano, Orchestra—2222—2100—timp, 1 perc—str. 17′. Full score kilesmith · Variations on a theme of Schubert, for piano and orchestra The theme...

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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Recent & Upcoming Highlights

1 Feb. Wie schön leuchtet from Vespers. American Kantorei, Maurice Boyer, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

2 Feb. Wie schön leuchtet from Vespers. American Kantorei, Maurice Boyer, St. Paul’s Lutheran, Des Peres, MO

PUBLISHED 7 Feb. America, the Beautiful. SSAA, piano, 4’30”, ECS Publishing

PREMIERE 28 Feb. Jesus Stood on the Shore. Choir and organ, 20′. Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Michael Plagerman, Seattle

28 Feb. Where Flames a Word. Madison Choral Project, Albert Pinsonneault, Luther Memorial Church, Madison, WI

2 Mar. Where Flames a Word. Madison Choral Project, Albert Pinsonneault, Luther Memorial Church, Madison, WI

PREMIERE 9 Mar. Jubilate Deo for chorus and orchestra. Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, Sheldon Bair, Bel Air, MD

PREMIERE 14 Mar. Endless Morn of Light. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant 6. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia

15 Mar. Endless Morn of Light. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant 6. First and Central Presbyterian, Wilmington, DE

16 Mar. Endless Morn of Light. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant 6. Levering Mill Tribute House, Bala Cynwyd, PA

29 Mar. In the Midst of Life. Richmond Concert Chorale, Ryan Tibbetts

PUBLISHED 9 Apr. America, the Beautiful. SSAA, piano, 4′, ECS Publishing, Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series

10 Apr. Sometimes It Happens So. Benjamin Flanders, baritone, Sonya Szabo-Reynolds, piano. Skald Festival, Northern Kentucky University

12 Apr. I Want to Write a Book of Praise, from The Arc in the Sky. Wheaton College Men’s Glee Club, John Swedberg

PREMIERE 26 Apr. Even the Grass Must Sing, plus “To One Coming North” from Northland. The Choristers with orchestra, Lansdale, PA, David Spitko

10 May. The Consolation of Apollo. Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Stephen Alltop

17 May. The Waking Sun. Back Bay Chorale, Stephen Spinelli. Sanders Theater, Harvard Memorial Hall

RELEASED 23 May. my son my son. On the album Across the Open Spaces, Khorikos, Alec Galambos

14 Jun. my son my son. Release party, Across the Open Spaces CD Khorikos, Alec Galambos, including performance of this and Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn from Vespers

24 Jul. Northland. Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann. Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM

27 Jul. Northland. Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann. Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM

1 Aug. Northland. Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann. Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM

PREMIERE 18, 19 Oct. Let All the Strains of Joy (Tagore) plus Where the Mind Is Without Fear (Tagore). The Crossing, Donald Nally. Philadelphia

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PREMIERE. 25, 26 Apr. New Work, Dolce Canto, David Edmonds, Missoula, MT

Recent CDs

The Bremen Town Musicians. English Symphony Orchestra, Gemma Whelan, narrator, Kenneth Woods, conductor. Fiddles, Forests, and Fowl Fables.

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

A Child’s Afternoon. Fantasmagoria. Anna K. Meyer, flute, & Erik Meyer, organ

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. Voces Tallinn. 2020 Estonian Recording of the Year

Where Flames a Word. Khorikos

Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir

Selected publications

The Star-Spangled Banner. SATB, piano, opt. cello, 5’30”. Hal Leonard

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.

From the blog

  • Jubilate Deo, for SATB and orchestra
  • Bob Perkins, R.I.P.
  • Endless Morn of Light
  • Jesus Stood on the Shore
  • Even the Grass Must Sing
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