Composer/Accordionist Dr. William Schimmel has a very busy performance schedule in 2014:
JAN 8 – RELEASE OF “OVERTURE” (AFTER BEETHOVEN’S EGMONT OP.84) BY DR. SCHIMMEL FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ON CD BABY
JAN 9 – RELEASE OF CD, “ENTANGOED” – ELIANE LUST, PIANO – CONTAINS DR. SCHIMMEL’S FROMAGE DANGEREUX TANGO – PINNA RECORDS
JAN 24 – COMPOSERS CONCORDANCE – FOUNDERS CONCERT – PERFORMANCE OF OF JOSEPH PEHRSON’S FUSE, PATRICK HARDISH’S ACCORDIOCLUSTERVILLE AND DR. SCHIMMEL’S HARDISH MIX – TURTLE BAY MUSIC SCHOOL 7 PM
JAN 29 – THE COLONIALS – CLASSICAL CABARET – GERSHWIN HOTEL- PERFORMANCE OF DR. SCHIMMEL’S GRAN TORINO AND WORLD PREMIERE OF SEANTIC: JOSEPHINE , A CHAMBER OPERA BY DR. SCHIMMEL FOR SOPRANO (SHARON HARMS) AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE 8 PM
FEB 10 – TALEA ENSEMBLE – COLUMBIA COMPOSERS CONCERT
8 PM – NEW WORK BY ROBERTO TOSCANO – CASA ITALIANO – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
FEB 25 – RECORDING SESSION WITH VIOLINIST MARK O’ CONNOR
FEB 28 – “WOZZECK” – VIENNA STATE OPERA – CARNEGIE HALL
MARCH 6, 10, 13, 17 AT 7 PM – 22 AT 1:00 PM – “WOZZECK” – METROPOLITAN OPERA – LINCOLN CENTER
MARCH 11 – PERFORMING IN BIG JIM, AN OPERA BY ERIC SALZMAN
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY OPERA
MARCH 13 – 8PM – HUGO GOLDENZWEIG, PIANO – MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC – DR. SCHIMMEL GUEST ARTIST IN A SCHUBERT/LISZT LOVETALE FOR ACCORDION AND PIANO – AN ASSEMBLAGE BY DR. SCHIMMEL – ALSO DR. SCHIMMEL’S TANGOS THROUGH THE CENTURIES (WORLD PREMIERE)
MARCH 22 – MENTORING HOUSE GALA – WITH LAUREN FLANIGAN, SOPRANO
MARCH 29 – 8 PM – COMPOSERS CONCORDANCE – PREMIERING DR. SCHIMMEL’S MALECUONA FOR ACCORDION – 92ND STREET Y
APRIL 3 – 9 PM – NEUE GALLERIE – WITH SOPRANO LAUREN FLANIGAN – PERFORMING SCHUBERT
APRIL 12 – EITHER/ENSEMBLE – DI MENNA CENTER – 8 PM
PREMIERING THREE NEW WORKS BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS
APRIL 18 – TALEA ENSEMBLE – MATA FESTIVAL – THE KITCHEN – PREMIERING A NEW WORK BY CLARA IANOTTA
MAY 7, 8 AT 7:30 PM, 9 AT 8 PM, 10 AT 8 PM, 11 AT 7 PM – ENCORE SERIES AT CITY CENTER – IRMA LA DOUCE
MAY 17TH – QUEENS NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL – COMPCORD ENSEMBLE –
PERFORMING DR. SCHIMMEL’S ACCORDIOMASS
JUNE 14 – ST GEORGE CHORAL SOCIETY SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL – ROSSINI: PETITE MISSA SOLLENNELE – CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION – 7 PM – HARMONIUM REALIZATION BY DR. SCHIMMEL
AUGUST 1, 2, 3 – THE SEMINARS – THE EVERYDAY ACCORDION: ORDINARY X PROPER = RADIANT – TENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE – DR. SCHIMMEL, MODERATOR/CURATOR – 14 NEW WORKS OF DR. SCHIMMEL WILL BE PERFORMED
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