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Dr William Schimmel guests with Percussion Ensemble, New Jersey – USAby Rob Howard |
On Monday November 10th, 8pm, accordionist and composer Bill Schimmel will be the featured guest with The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble at the William Paterson College in New Jersey. He will premiere his own works: ‘Concerto for Accordion and mallet instruments’ and ‘New York Classical for Accordion and Vibes’ along with his ‘Accordiomass’. Dr William Schimmel is a virtuoso accordionist, author, philosopher and composer. He has performed with most of the symphony orchestras in the USA, and is also one of the principle architects in the tango revival in America, the resurgence of the accordion and the philosophy of Musical Reality (composition with pre-existing music). He received his diploma from the Neupauer Conservatory of Music and his BM, MS and DMA degrees from the Juilliard School. He has taught at the Juilliard School, Brooklyn College CUNY, Upsala College, New School University, Neupauer Conservatory, and has lectured on accordion-related subjects at Princeton, Columbia, Brandeis, University of Missouri, Duke University, Manhattan School of Music, the Graduate Center CUNY, Santa Clara University, The Janacek Conservatory in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and at Microsoft. For further information: billschimmel@billschimmel.com |