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Fleisher Discoveries: The Idea of America in the Ives Holidays Symphony

by Kile Smith | Nov 2, 2020 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music

Charles Ives (1874–1954). Holidays Symphony (1887-1913) Washington’s Birthday Decoration Day The Fourth of July Thanksgiving and Forefathers’ Day (Autumn) Listen to the podcast on Soundcloud and Spotify! Hi, and welcome to Fleisher Discoveries! I’m Kile Smith....

Fleisher Discoveries: Jeremy Gill, Before the Wresting Tides

by Kile Smith | Jun 2, 2020 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music

Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Jeremy Gill (b. 1975). Before the Wresting Tides (2012) Hi, it’s Kile Smith, and welcome to the Fleisher Discoveries podcast, from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free Library of Philadelphia. Every month...

Fleisher Discoveries: Priscilla Alden Beach and Molly Kien

by Kile Smith | Mar 2, 2020 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, new music, Orchestral Music

Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Priscilla Alden Beach (1902–1970). City Trees (1928) Molly Kien (b. 1979). Pyramid (2013) Hi, it’s Kile Smith, and it’s the Fleisher Discoveries podcast, from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free Library...

Jubilate Deo, for string orchestra

by Kile Smith | Jan 18, 2020 | new music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra

Jubilate Deo, for string orchestra. 2020, 5’30”. Premiered 9 May 2020 by the strings of the Temple University Music Preparatory Division, Temple University Performing Arts Center, Aaron Picht conducting. This is a transcription for string orchestra of my...

Fleisher Discoveries: What Ulysses Kay and Paul Hindemith Have in Common

by Kile Smith | Nov 1, 2019 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music, Podcast

Now we’re on Spotify! Check out Fleisher Discoveries on Spotify and on SoundCloud! Ulysses Kay (1917–1995). Sinfonia in E (1950) Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass (1930) Hi and welcome to another Fleisher Discoveries, a...

Vespers for a Bach orchestra

by Kile Smith | Dec 16, 2017 | Baroque music, Choral music, new music, Orchestral Music, Vocal music

Vespers selections: (1) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, (7) Psalm 113, (10) Magnificat, (13) Deo gratias. Re-orchestrated for the instrumentation of the J. S. Bach Cantata No. 1, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern:  2 Oboes da caccia, 2 Horns, Organ, Strings....
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At a glance

May. Kile Smith and April Showers, paper by Anthony Zogaib, History of Western Music, Case Western Reserve University

12 May. I Want to Write a Book of Praise from The Arc in the Sky. Chor Leoni and The Leonids, Erick Lichte. Vancouver, BC, Canada

12 May. The Consolation of Apollo. Westminster Choir College, James Jordan

13 May. “I Want to Write a Book of Praise” from The Arc in the Sky. Chor Leoni and The Leonids, Erick Lichte. Vancouver, BC, Canada

14 May. You Are Most Welcome. Nexus Vocal Ensemble, Lennie Cottrell, Portland OR

22 May. New arrangements for treble voices and harp of Psalm 113 from Vespers, and Monstra te essem matrem from Ave Maris Stella. iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph San Jose CA, 4:00

22 May. New arrangements for treble voices and harp of Psalm 113 from Vespers, and Monstra te essem matrem from Ave Maris Stella. iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph San Jose CA, 6:30

28 May. Sometimes It Happens So. Presentation by Nell Flanders and Kile Smith, Bryn Mawr College

5 Jun. Grandmother’s Garden. Gleeksman-Kohn Children’s Choir, Settlement Music School, Rae Ann Anderson. First United Methodist, Germantown, Philadelphia

11 Jun. A Child’s Afternoon. Anna Meyer, flute, Erik Meyer, organ. The 10th Annual Kimmel Center Organ Day, American Guild of Organists—Philadelphia Chapter

29 Jun. Where Flames a Word. Classical Discoveries, Marvin Rosen, WPRB

1 Jul. Alleluia. Serenades Choral, David Hayes, Noto, Chiesa di Santa Chiara, Italy

2 Jul. Alleluia. Serenades Choral, David Hayes, Siracusa, Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo, Italy

3 Jul. The Dawn’s Early Light. Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline, WUSF, Tampa FL

3 Jul. Alleluia. Serenades Choral, David Hayes, Ragusa Ibla, Duomo San Giorgio, Italy

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.

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