String Orchestra | Kile Smith • composer

Jubilate Deo, for string orchestra

by Kile Smith | Jan 18, 2020 | new music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra

Jubilate Deo, for string orchestra. 2020, 5’30”. Premiered 9 May 2020 by the strings of the Temple University Music Preparatory Division, Temple University Performing Arts Center, Aaron Picht conducting. This is a transcription for string orchestra of my...

American Romantics 2: Bird, Chadwick, and Foote

by Kile Smith | Apr 30, 2018 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, String Orchestra, WRTI

We keep one composer and swap out two from last month’s American Romantics program on Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection. The two new composers are two Arthurs—Bird and Foote—and we’ll hear music they first wrote for other purposes. Arthur Foote’s Theme and...

The Strange Genius of the Adagio for Strings

by Kile Smith | Nov 2, 2015 | Classical music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra, String Quartet, WRTI Arts Desk

[First published in WRTI’s Arts Desk 2 Nov 2015] Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings didn’t start out the way we know it now. In this feature for WRTI, I look at the inescapable strangeness of this work that is now one of the most heard and most moving pieces in the...

The Red Book of Montserrat premieres at Kimmel

by Kile Smith | May 17, 2013 | Dance Music, Early Music, New Compositions, new music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra

I could hardly have been happier at the premiere of The Red Book of Montserrat last night at the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia. This newest string orchestra work is a 20-minute suite commissioned by the Philadelphia Sinfonia, Gary White, music...

Thrilling to hear Three Dances in its new version for strings

by Kile Smith | May 13, 2013 | new music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra

On Saturday, May 11th, Aaron Picht conducted the Temple University Music Preparatory Division Youth Chamber Orchestra in the premiere of the new version of my Three Dances. It was the closing concert of the Festival of Young Musicians, held at the Church of the Holy...

Premiere of new Three Dances

by Kile Smith | May 11, 2013 | new music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra

I’m looking forward to the premiere of the new version of my Three Dances tonight. Aaron Picht conducts the Temple University Music Preparatory Division Youth Chamber Orchestra at the Festival of Young Musicians, Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square,...

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Canticle, Vocal Arts Ensemble, Craig Hella Johnson, produced by 2020 GRAMMY Classical Producer of the Year, Blanton Alspaugh

A Birch in Winter CD with Where Flames a Word, Voces Tallinn, David Puderbaugh, 2020 Estonian Recording of the Year

1 May. Where Flames a Word on CD released by Chicago Chamber Choir, Christopher Windle, Live Art 2017–2020

6 Jun. Concert of all-Smith works, Riga Project Chorus, Chris Walsh Sinka, Daugavpils, Latvia. COVID-19 canceled

7 Jun. Concert of all-Smith works, Riga Project Chorus, Chris Walsh Sinka, Riga, Latvia. COVID-19 canceled

12 Jun. The Arc in the Sky. et al., Kevin Neel, Boston. COVID-19 canceled.

14 Jun. And Good in Every Thing. Alium Spiritum, virtual concerts 3 and 8pm Eastern

14 Jun. The Arc in the Sky. et al., Kevin Neel, Boston. COVID-19 canceled.

28 Jun. The Arc in the Sky. Vocal Arts Ensemble Cincinnati, Craig Hella Johnson, broadcast on WGUC Cincinnati, 8pm

11–18 Jul. The Consolation of Apollo. Portland State Chamber Choir, Ethan Sperry. 12th World Symposium on Choral Music, Auckland, New Zealand. COVID-19 canceled.

20 Dec. The Consolation of Apollo and The Waking Sun. The Crossing @ Christmas, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia