Grandmother’s Garden
by Kile Smith | Feb 5, 2018
Grandmother’s Garden. Text: Grandmother’s Garden, the children’s book by John Archambault. 2-part Children’s Choir, Piano, opt. C Instrument, 9′. See the entire score and hear the premiere at MusicSpoke. Commissioned by Settlement Music...News
1 Jan. Fleisher Discoveries: The Ultramodern Protest of John J. Becker
8 Jan. Vespers, selections. Friday Choral Connection with Debra Lew Harder, 1:30
9 Jan. Blue Lobster. Premiere, Cincinnati SongSlam. Ben Flanders, Nell Flanders
15 Jan. The Arc in the Sky, selections. Friday Choral Connection with Debra Lew Harder, 1:30
19 Jan. Spirituals for Piano Trio. St. Paul’s Episcopal Concert Series, Kansas City, MO
20 Jan. The Dawn’s Early Light. Classical Connections, WPRB Princeton, Marvin Rosen
25 Jan. Strathmore Children’s Chorus video conference, Michael Wu
Feb–Mar. Kile Smith Photography Exhibit, The Broad Street Grind, Souderton, Pa.
1 Feb. Fleisher Discoveries: Alfredo Casella, Seeing the New in the Old
3 Feb. The Bremen Town Musicians. Caroline Eva Chin, Bowling Green State University, 8
6 Feb. Chorale Fantasias from Vespers. Premiere, Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra, Allan R. Scott
6 Feb. Host, Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra livestream
12 Feb. Livestream discussion with Variant 6, Piffaro about Ave Maris Stella
13 Feb. A Child’s Afternoon. Classical New Releases, Mark Pinto, WRTI-FM, Philadelphia
15 Feb. Completed April Showers
22 Feb. The Bremen Town Musicians. Juliette Kang, vn, Priscilla Lee, vc, Charlotte Blake Alston, narr. Philadelphia Orchestra Our City, Your Orchestra video premiere
23 Feb. A Child’s Afternoon. Anna Meyer, fl, Erik Meyer, org, Abington Presbyterian Church livestream, noon
24 Feb. A Child’s Afternoon. Anna Meyer, fl, Erik Meyer, org, WQLN Erie, PA
Recent CDs
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
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. Khorikos
Where Flames a Word. Voces Tallinn. 2020 Estonian Recording of the Year
Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir
Selected publications
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.