Recently Dr. William Schimmel and The Tango Project supplied the music of the solo section for the winner, Jeanine Mason, in the hit television show, “So You Think You Can Dance”. The piece was “Por Una Cabeza”, which was also used in the tango scene in “Scent of a Woman” starring Al Pacino as well as “True Lies”, “All the King’s Men”, “Sex in the City”, The Medium” and other TV spots.

Dr. Schimmel performed in an event for the Celebration of Life of Ellie Greenwich, a songwriter who passed away on August 26 at 68 and who collaborated with other greats such as Phil Spector, Darlene Love, Ike and Tina Turner, the Ronettes, the Crystals and many others in gold and platinum hits songs that date as far back to the early 1960’s. Some of the songs are: “Be My Baby”, “Da Doo Ron Ron”, “The Mountain High/the River Deep”, and “Then He Kissed Me”, “Leader of the Pack”, “Walking in the Sand”, “The Hanky Panky” and many others. Dr. Schimmel was asked to perform all of these works on the accordion. It turns out that Ellie Greenwich’s first instrument was the accordion. Her photo was on display at the event: Ms. Greenwich and her accordion.

On September 8, 9 and 11, Dr. Schimmel will perform with the New York Philharmonic in a concert that will feature the famous tenor, Andrea Bocelli. The concert will take place at Carnegie Hall.

On September 9, Dr. Schimmel will perform his own work, “Club Parusia”, at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. His work was initially commissioned by the Presbyterian Biennial and premiered in Tucson, Arizona. It was conceived in creative collaboration with Rev.Robert Brashear.

On September 12, Dr. Schimmel will perform with The Argento Ensemble conducted by Michel Galante in a world premiere of “Xenos”, by Austrian composer, Beat Furrer, who will also act as the narrator. The performance will take place at Le Poisson Rouge, a performance space devoted to innovative new music. It was formerly The Village Gate.

On September 14 and 5 consecutive Tuesdays following, Dr. Schimmel will perform with singer Gay Marshall in a series of songs made famous by the great Edith Piaf. The performances will take place at the Metropolitan Room, one of Manhattan’s most sophisticated nightclubs.

On September 20, Dr. Schimmel will premiere his new work, “Let’s Celebrate”, at New York’s Tavern on the Green, in a tribute to Faithe Deffner, who will be honored with A Lifetime Achievment Award from the American Accordionists’ Association.

Dr. Schimmel and Micki Goodman’s new video, “The Reality of La Cumparsita”, can be seen on Dr. Schimmel’s website as well as on Daily Motion. All of their other videos can be seen on Dr. Schimmel’s site as well as Youtube and/or Daily Motion.

For further information: billschimmel@billschimmel.com