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Nobility & Melomanie on WWFM

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...

The Nobility of Women

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...

The Red Book of Montserrat premieres at Kimmel

by Kile Smith | May 17, 2013 | Dance Music, Early Music, New Compositions, new music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra

I could hardly have been happier at the premiere of The Red Book of Montserrat last night at the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia. This newest string orchestra work is a 20-minute suite commissioned by the Philadelphia Sinfonia, Gary White, music...

The Red Book of Montserrat

by Kile Smith | May 5, 2013 | Dance Music, Early Music, New Compositions, new music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra

The Red Book of Montserrat is a suite for string orchestra commissioned by the Philadelphia Sinfonia, the excellent youth orchestra Gary White directs. It sets five of the ten songs from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, the 14th-century book of music and texts from...

Thank you, Mélomanie, for Nobility of Women encore

by Kile Smith | Sep 30, 2012 | Baroque music, Chamber Music, Dance Music, Early Music, new music

Had a blast at Mélomanie’s season opener last night: Telemann, Boismoitier, a Chris Braddock world premiere, and selections from recent commissions, including The Nobility of Women, which they had premiered in January. I always enjoy hearing the music of Ingrid...

The Nobility of Women, Mélomanie season opener

by Kile Smith | Sep 28, 2012 | Baroque music, Chamber Music, Dance Music, Early Music, new music

Mélomanie’s 2012-13 season begins tomorrow night at Immanuel Church, Highlands in Wilmington with a potpourri of excerpted recent commissions. The Nobility of Women will be on the program, along with music by Ingrid Arauco, Mark Hagerty, Chuck Holdeman, and the...

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1 Feb. Interview on Brad Lacey’s The Great Message, WPHT 1210 AM Philadelphia, 5 AM

3 Feb. Fleisher Discoveries podcast. William Grant Still, Darker America, Danzas de Panama

23 Feb. A Child’s Afternoon. Anna Meyer, flute, Erik Meyer, organ, Deerfield Presbyterian, Deerfield, NJ, 4:00

3 Mar. In This Blue Room. Lauren McAllister, mezzo, Ben Flanders, baritone. Cincinnati

16 Mar. “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” from Vespers. “Listen Adventurously,” Alan Muirhead, WORT-FM, Madison, WI

4 Apr. “She Sees She Dresses Her Subjects” and “Reading Others” from In This Blue Room. Molly Biddle, mezzo-soprano. Haverford College, 7:00

25 Apr. The Consolation of Apollo. Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan. Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia

24 May. The Consolation of Apollo. Portland State Chamber Choir, Ethan Sperry

12 Jun. The Arc in the Sky. et al., Kevin Neel, Boston

14 Jun. The Arc in the Sky. et al., Kevin Neel, Boston

11–18 Jul. The Consolation of Apollo. Portland State Chamber Choir, Ethan Sperry. 12th World Symposium on Choral Music, Auckland, New Zealand

Feb 2021. Vespers. Virginia Chorale, Piffaro.