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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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Recent & Upcoming Highlights

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

12 Jul. O Thou Who Camest from Above. Csehy Summer School of Music Chamber Choir, Floyd Rawleigh, Langhorne, PA

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

  • America the Beautiful
  • Jubilate Deo, for SATB and orchestra
  • Bob Perkins, R.I.P.
  • Endless Morn of Light
  • Jesus Stood on the Shore
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