by Kile Smith | Jun 14, 2018
Behold the Best, the Greatest Gift (Anon.) SATB, org. (2010) $2.10 First page. Commissioned for the installation of the Kegg pipe organ at Phoenixville Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania. Original tune, text from Scottish Hymnal, early American refrain text. Excellent...
by Kile Smith | Jun 13, 2018
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (1980/2003), SATB, org, 4′. Text: Isaac Watts (1674–1748), based on Psalm 23. Tune: Resignation, from Southern Harmony, 1855. This recording, the choir of The Church of the Holy Trinity, John French, organist / choirmaster, 15 Mar...
by Kile Smith | May 22, 2018
Text by Robert Lax. SATB choir, unaccompanied. Duration, 65 minutes. Commissioned for The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor. Premiered June 30th, 2018, at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. All text used with the permission of the Robert Lax...
by Kile Smith | Mar 7, 2018
A tune came to me one morning as I walked down the hallway, about to turn the 180 degrees into the stairwell leading up to the third floor. That’s where I compose. I mention the tune coming to me because it hardly ever happens. It may happen to other composers, but...
by Kile Smith | Feb 24, 2018
For unison congregation, organ, and optional cantor and optional descant. The Association of Anglican Musicians commissioned me to write music for the Closing Eucharist of their National Conference in Philadelphia, June 17–22, 2012. The Mass for Philadelphia was first...