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11-May-2018
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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 AAA Board member Dr. William Schimmel is the featured accordionist in the Hit Broadway revival of “Carousel”. This Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel is a new orchestration by Jonathan Tunick which heavily features the accordion.Ironically, the accordion was not part of the original orchestration in the first 1945 production and subsequent productions. For 2018, the accordion adds a new dimension to the dark story with redemption at the end. “Carousel” has been nominated for 11 Tony Awards! It features a multi racial cast with Joshua Henry (Hamilton) as Billy Bigelow, Jessie Mueller (Beautiful) and Rene Flemming (international opera diva). The Chicago Tribune says: “God is in Carousel”. It has been nominated for 12 Drama Desk Awards, 6 Outer Critic Awards and 3 Drama League Awards. A Cast recording will appear soon. William Schimmel also can be heard on the new CD “Jarvis and Friends” which features Schimmel and percussionist Peter Jarvis performing their collaborative composition, “Devotional Suite” and Schimmel’s New York Classical. A second CD features Schimmel in “The Concerto for Accordion and Percussion” by Peter Jarvis performed by The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. Both CD’s are on The Composers’ Concordance label distributed by Naxos. |