LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep20. Creating New Liturgical Music for the Divine Service: You Can Do It! – Kile Smith

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Join Grammy-nominated composer Kile Smith to look at introits, psalms, alleluias and canticles that he has composed for non-professionals to offer at weekly services. Designed to serve the musical resources of a cantor, a small to medium choir and the congregation, these settings provide flexible options for churches large and small. Attendees will have fun learning and singing through each setting and will discuss technical issues of text-setting, singability, practicality, and the more general issues of liturgical appropriateness, working with the pastor, meeting people where they are, and involving and uplifting them.

Bio:

The music of three-time Grammy-nominated composer Kile Smith is hailed internationally for its beauty and “profoundly direct emotional appeal.” He has composed anthems, hymns, sacred vocal and service music his entire career; many of his anthems are published. Four of Kile’s hymns were accepted into the new Anglican hymnal, Sing Unto the Lord. Professional, university, church and community choirs commission him; major works of his are heard throughout the U.S. and in Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand and Latvia. He and his wife — the singer, organist and conductor Jacqueline Smith — live outside Philadelphia.