by Kile Smith | Jan 14, 2022 | New Compositions, new music, Piano music, Solo
35′. Commissioned by the Community Music School of Collegeville, in honor of its Thirtieth Anniversary. Premiered there by Milena Urban, 23 April 2022. The theme is “Children at Play,” No. 1 from Vol. 1 of For Children (1908-09) by Béla Bartók. In our...
by Kile Smith | Jul 18, 2020 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, new music, Piano music
Go Forth into the World in Peace. 2020. SATB, piano, 4’30”. Commissioned by the Gieseke Family, dedicated to honor the faithful leadership of the Knox Youth Group, Knox Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. Premiered October 18th, 2020, Knox Presbyterian...
by Kile Smith | Nov 22, 2013 | new music, Piano music
Stephen Self plays Softly and Tenderly at Grace University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis this Sunday at the 10:30 service. I wrote this short work for solo piano quite a while back, and revised it in 2012. You can read a description of the setting of this old...
by Kile Smith | Mar 2, 2013 | Concerto, new music, Orchestral Music, Piano music
Variations on a Theme of Schubert Solo Piano, 17′ kilesmith · Variations on a Theme of Schubert, solo piano Solo Piano, Orchestra—2222—2100—timp, 1 perc—str. 17′. Full score kilesmith · Variations on a theme of Schubert, for piano and orchestra The theme...
by Kile Smith | Nov 20, 2012 | Broad Street Review, Classical music, Composition, hymn, Piano music
[Reprinted with permission from the Broad Street Review under “Advice for aspiring composers: Stop all that strolling, and just stand still”] It looked like a black sparrow, except that it was slightly larger than a sparrow, and also there’s no such thing...
by Kile Smith | Nov 17, 2012 | American music, Broad Street Review, New Compositions, new music, Piano music
My talented colleague Tim Shaw is an excellent pianist as well as a successful composer of sacred music represented by major church music publishers. He’s about to record a CD of hymns for piano and asked if he could include a piece of mine. He remembered that...
