Dr. William Schimmel will be the guest artist on the New Music Series at the Shea Center of William Paterson University of New Jersey on November 10, 2014 at 7:30 PM.
Dr. Schimmel will perform with the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble with Peter Jarvis as Director.
The program includes:
1.”The Paha Sapa Give-Back (1993)” by Jerome Kitzke. It is composed for percussion quartet, piano and vocals. Drum Set and Vocals: Patrick Lapinski, Steven Nowakowski, Zach Doyle, David Endean Piano and Vocals: Travis Salim
Conductor and Vocals: Peter Jarvis
2.”Concerto for Accordion and Mallets (2014)” by William Schimmel
1. Burlesque
2. And the Day Passed – And the Twilight Came – John Whittier
3. Call/Response: A Closer Walk performed by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble John Ferrari, Peter Jarvis Payton MacDonald, Gary Van Dyke.
3.”Traffic Signals (2014) ” by Gene Pritsker, composed for accordion and vibraphone.
William Schimmel is a virtuoso accordionist, author, philosopher and composer. He is 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 (dean) 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.
He has performed with virtually every major symphony orchestra in America (and the Kirov ) including a longstanding relationship with the Minnesota Orchestra, as well as virtually every chamber music group in New York including Ensemble Sospeso and the Odeon Jazz Ensemble. Pop star colleagues range from Sting to Tom Waits, who has made the legendary statement: Bill Schimmel doesn’t play the accordion, he is the accordion. He is founder of the Tango Project. He is on the board of the AAA.
For further information: billschimmel@billschimmel.com
