Piano music | Kile Smith • composer

Thirty Variations on a Theme of Bartók

by Kile Smith | Jan 14, 2022 | New Compositions, new music, Piano music, Solo

Beginning at 7:24, the premiere of Thirty Variations on a Theme of Bartók by Kile Smith, Milena Urban, piano, Community Music School of Collegeville, 23 Apr 2022. Thirty Variations on a Theme of Bartók. For piano. 35′. Commissioned by the Community Music...

Go Forth into the World in Peace

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...

Softly and Tenderly, Grace University Lutheran

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...

Variations on a Theme of Schubert

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...

Propinquity

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...

Softly and Tenderly

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...

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At a glance

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

18 Sep. There’s a Land Beyond the River. Premiere. Doris Hall-Gulati, clarinet, and string quartet. Music Transforms concert, Wayne (PA) Presbyterian

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

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

2 Oct. The Arc in the Sky. Riga Project Choir, Christopher Walsh Sinka. Dole Folk Center, Riga

8 Oct. The Arc in the Sky. Riga Project Choir, Christopher Walsh Sinka. National Library of Latvia, Riga

9 Oct. The Arc in the Sky. Riga Project Choir, Christopher Walsh Sinka. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Daugavpils

19 Oct. Finished Christmas and Magic, with Roy Powell, voice and piano

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

21 Oct. Finished Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord, brass quartet and organ

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

31 Oct. Mazurka. Tom Clippinger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA

1 Nov. “I Drove and Got Them” essay published in Broad Street Review

1 Nov. Mazurka. Tom Clippinger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA

13 Nov. Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord, brass quartet and organ. Installation of the Rev. Dr. Maurice Y. Lee, Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Abington, PA

17 Nov. The Consolation of Apollo. New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, Erica Washburn

2 Dec. Christmas and Magic. Evangelia Leontis, soprano, Megan Roth, mezzo-soprano, Julia Carey, piano, Calliope’s Call, Boston. Premiere, duet version.

3 Dec. The Consolation of Apollo. The LOTUS Project, Alicia Brozovich. NJ State Museum Planetarium, Trenton, NJ

17 Dec. Jubilate Deo, for string orchestra. Premiere. Temple University Prep Annual Concert, Aaron Picht, Temple Performing Arts Center

22 Feb. Monstra te essem matrem (SSA, harp) from Ave Maris Stella. iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp, ACDA National Conference, Cincinnati

13 Mar. Nirakar, excerpts from the opera. Erica Schuller, Bella Voce. Woman’s Athletic Club Ballroom, Chicago

18 Mar. Susquehanna. Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, Sheldon Bair, Bel Air, MD

5 May. In the Midst of Life. William Ferris Chorale, Chicago, Christopher Windle. Premiere. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Chicago, 7:30

7 May. In the Midst of Life. William Ferris Chorale, Chicago, Christopher Windle. Premiere. Wicker Park Lutheran, Chicago, 3:30

20 May. The Bremen Town Musicians. Salt Lake Symphony, Robert Baldwin

July. New Work. Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann. Premiere

8 Jul. The Arc in the Sky. Reading Bach Choir, Daniel Mahoney, Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton, England

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.