Now is the Time | Kile Smith • composer

A Dream of Waking on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Dec 9, 2016 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

Music of memories sleeping and waking inhabit Now Is the Time on WRTI this Saturday, December 10th at 9 pm. A sparkling duo for violin and piano is A Dream of Waking by Dan Becker, and Elizabeth Brown walks us through the mnemonic device of remembrance in The Memory...

An All-Philadelphia Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Nov 18, 2016 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

Now Is the Time jumps into the Giving Thanks for Philadelphia weekend on WRTI Saturday, November 19th at 9 pm. All the composers and many of the performers live in and around Philadelphia, or studied here. Retired Haverford College professor Harold Boatrite’s music is...

The 15th Anniversary of 9/11: Wings of the Morning

by Kile Smith | Sep 9, 2016 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

Now Is the Time, Saturday, September 10th, 9 to 10 pm. On this eve of the 15th anniversary of 9/11, we remember the lives lost to terror, and vow to live on. Aquilo is the Latin word for the wind that comes from the northeast; Arlene Sierra evokes that, air, and fire...

Blues on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Aug 19, 2016 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

It’s blue and it’s the blues on Now Is the Time, Saturday, August 20th at 9 pm, We pick a Blueberry Rag-A-Muffin to begin the program, one of Linda Robbins Coleman’s many delightful piano rags, and then turn to the second movement of David Amram’s Violin Concerto,...

Jupiter’s Moons on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Aug 12, 2016 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

We’re looking at the sky and beyond on Now Is the Time, Saturday, August 13th at 9 pm, Dark Clouds Bring Waters is William McClelland’s setting of John Bunyan: “Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.” Elena Ruehr follows that with lovely music for...

Pick Up the Pieces on Now Is the Time

by Kile Smith | Aug 5, 2016 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI

Pieces of this and that country make up Now Is the Time, Saturday, August 6th at 9 pm. Two works of Mason Bates seemingly float in space, as Chanticleer sings the Maori-inspired Observer in the Magellanic Cloud, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project performs...

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At a glance

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

21 Jul. Finished There’s a Land Beyond the River for string quartet

22 Jul. Finished. Preisend mit viel schönen Reden, arr. TTBB

27 Jul. There’s a Land Beyond the River. Premiere. Blue Line String Quartet. Holy Trinity Lutheran, Abington, PA

5 Aug. “Two Out of Three Ways to Compose,” lecture, Settlement Music School Adult Chamber Players, Willow Grove, PA

5 Sep. Preisend mit viel schönen Reden, arr. TTBB. Franklinville-Schwarzwald Männerchor, Jacqueline Smith. Cannstatter Volksfest-Verein 150th Anniversary Oktoberfest, Philadelphia

11 Sep. Go Forth into the World in Peace. Knox Church, Cincinnati, Earl Rivers

1 Oct. April Showers. Calliope’s Call, Marblehead, MA

2 Oct. April Showers. Calliope’s Call, Boston

20 Oct. “Thou mayst know, if thou wilt notice” from The Consolation of Apollo. Western Illinois University Singers, Brian Winnie, Macomb, IL

22 Oct. Jubilate Deo, for chamber orchestra. Premiere. Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, Sheldon Bair.

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.