by Kile Smith | Oct 29, 2020
Blue Lobster. Baritone, piano, 4′. Text by Jane Flanders (1940–2001). Commissioned by Benjamin Flanders. Ben Flanders sings in the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati, so we’ve known each other since Craig Hella Johnson commissioned Canticle for them in...
by Kile Smith | Feb 27, 2018
A Song of Sonia Sanchez is in two versions: 1998; medium voice, violin, piano, 3 latin percussion, double or electric bass; 7′ 2000; medium voice, violin, piano, 3 latin perc, double bass-2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1- timp.2perc-str. 7′. Review Latin Fiesta, a...
by Kile Smith | Feb 26, 2018
Solo with band and orchestra: 2003, medium voice, violin, piano, 3 Latin perc, double bass-2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-str. 6′ Choral: 2017, arr. for 2-pt choir, pno, opt. Latin perc, bass, instr solos. Premiered Central High School Choirs 25 May 2017, Jacqueline...
by Kile Smith | Feb 26, 2018
Stationen auf dem Wege zur Freiheit (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) 1998; soprano, tenor saxophone, piano; 15′ 1. Zucht (Discipline) score example 2. Tat (Deed) score example 3. Leiden (Suffering) score example 4. Tod (Death) score example Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) wrote...
by Kile Smith | Feb 24, 2018
Trio for soprano, tenor, baritone, with piano, 4 min. Text: William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 5, 1. Mark the Music was written as the closing piece for concerts entitled “Much Ado about Shakespeare.” Though I did lecture on Viennese lieder on...
