by Kile Smith | Oct 9, 2014 | Choral music, new music
Ross Amico previews at nj.com the Friday and Saturday concerts of The Crossing, with David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion and the world premiere of The Consolation of Apollo. (I would normally just have written “premiere,” but for the photo to...
by Kile Smith | Sep 28, 2014 | Choral music, new music
Today I delivered my new work for The Crossing on a wonderful poem by Ryan Eckes, a setting of May Day for The Crossing and a choir of 4th- and 5th-graders from the Jenks School in Philadelphia. For SATB and 2-part children’s choir, it runs about 10 minutes....
by Kile Smith | Apr 16, 2014 | Choral music, Uncategorized
Many of us have now heard of the passing of our friend and colleague, Jeff Dinsmore. Tenor and co-founder of The Crossing, he was its board president for most of its existence, and always its guiding light. He was with director Donald Nally and singers from The...
by Kile Smith | Apr 11, 2014 | Choral music, new music
I’m thrilled to be working with The Crossing again, and on such an imaginitive and momentous project. The commitment of so many to Donald Nally and this outstanding group of musicians has always been inspiring, but now, to see Eric Owens joining The Crossing...
by Kile Smith | Nov 15, 2013 | Choral music
I’m thrilled to report that my choral work Where Flames a Word is one of the ten winners of the 2014 ORTUS International New Music Competition, for Khorikos, directed by Jesse Mark Peckham. Khorikos will perform this and all the winning pieces March 8th, 2014,...
