by Kile Smith | Apr 20, 2011 | Classical music, String Quartet
I didn’t see it, and only read about it later from pundits, but I empathized with Sarah Palin when she apparently booted a question from Katie Couric a couple of years ago. She was asked to name a book she was reading, I believe, and hemmed and hawed in place...
by Kile Smith | Jan 26, 2011 | new music, String Quartet, Vocal music
I will be the composer-in-residence in the lovely environs of Newburyport, Massachusetts August 13-20, 2011. David Yang, Artistic Director of the Festival, has assembled, as always, a stellar cast of musicians, and they’ll perform a new piece of mine for...
by Kile Smith | Mar 1, 2010 | CD Reviews, My CD Reviews, new music, String Quartet
My latest CD mini-review for the WRTI E-newsletter. You can read all my CD reviews here. Kronos Quartet: 25 Years various composers Nonesuch It’s been twelve years since this was released, but as we pull further away from the 20th century, we may consider just what...
by Kile Smith | Mar 24, 2009 | Classical music, Music Composition, New Compositions, String Quartet
The sufferings of the world and the desperation of a hopeless love conspire to drag Candide from naïve optimism to resigned skepticism, yet, even in the face of Voltaire’s ridicule he clings to the belief that this is, in fact, the best of all possible worlds. That...