by Kile Smith | Apr 21, 2015 | Choral music, new music
My choral work for SATB and 2-part children’s choir, May Day, premiered Saturday April 18th, 2015 by The Crossing and a choir of 4th- and 5th-graders from the John Story Jenks School in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. It’s a...
by Kile Smith | Apr 17, 2015 | Choral music, new music
Looking forward to Saturday’s performance with The Crossing and the Jenks School in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, my setting of May Day a poem by Ryan Eckes. The Crossing and a choir of 4th- and 5th-graders from Jenks will perform this...
by Kile Smith | Mar 7, 2015 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
I couldn’t be there, but my music could, thanks to The Crossing and MusicSpoke. The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Conference just concluded in Salt Lake City, and was a huge success by all the reports I’m getting. And these reports...
by Kile Smith | Jan 8, 2015 | Choral music, new music
In the Chestnut Hill Local, Michael Caruso calls The Consolation of Apollo “lyrical, even at its most dramatic and dissonant, ” saying that it is “theatrical” with “an ethereal quality that give the voices the sound of truly coming to...
by Kile Smith | Nov 22, 2014 | Choral music, new music, Radio
WRTI broadcasts The Crossing’s recent premiere of The Consolation of Apollo on Sunday, November 23rd at 3 pm, with David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion. Conducted by Donald Nally, this was recorded October 12th at the Church of the Holy Trinity,...
