Carl Schimmel

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Carl Schimmel
Born1975
Pensacola, FL [1]
NationalityAmerican
Occupationcomposer
Known for contemporary classical music
Website carlschimmel.com

Carl Schimmel is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He has been awarded the Joseph H. Bearns Prize from Columbia University, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a commission from the Fromm Music Foundation of Harvard University, a fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and other honors. An album of his compositions, Roadshow, was released in 2017. [2]

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Education and early career

Schimmel was born in 1975 in Pensacola, Florida and raised in Wakefield, Rhode Island. [1] He received degrees from Case Western Reserve University (B.A. Mathematics & Music, 1997), Yale School of Music (M.M. Music Composition, 1999), and Duke University (Ph.D. Music Composition, 2008). [1] His mentors at these institutions included Martin Bresnick, Stephen Jaffe, and Sydney Hodkinson. [3]

Career

Schimmel's music has received numerous awards including the Lee Ettelson Award, [4] first prize in the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble competition, [5] a First Music Award from the New York Youth Symphony, [6] and first place in the Clefworks Composition Competition. [7] His music has been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, [8] the Louisiana Philharmonic, [9] Alarm Will Sound, [10] Da Capo Chamber Players, and many other ensembles. A 2010 performance of his work Four Nocturnes from The Oblivion Ha-Ha by Lucy Shelton and Da Capo Chamber Players was positively reviewed in The New York Times. [11]

In 2017, Schimmel received a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, awarded to "young composers of extraordinary gifts." [12] In 2018 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship [13] as well as a commission from the Fromm Music Foundation of Harvard University to write a new work for the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. [14] In 2020, Schimmel was awarded a general commission from the Barlow Endowment to write a new work for the Daedalus Quartet. [15]

Schimmel is Associate Professor Music Theory and Composition at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 . Carl Schimmel personal website. Accessed May 2021.
  2. . "Roadshow," New Focus Recordings. Accessed May 2021.
  3. . "From actuary to Guggenheim Fellow: A Story of a composer." Redbird Scholar magazine, March 20, 2019.
  4. . Lee Ettelson Award list of winners. Accessed May 2021.
  5. . Left Coast Chamber Ensemble competition list of winners. Accessed May 2021.
  6. . New York Youth Symphony First Music awards, full list. Accessed May 2021.
  7. . Clefworks Composition Competition, Carl Schimmel page. Accessed May 2021.
  8. . Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute history. Accessed May 2021.
  9. . Music Alive in the New York Times. Accessed May 2021.
  10. . Alarm Will Sound repertoire. Accessed May 2021.
  11. . "A Musical Exploration of Insomnia and Oblivion." June 3, 2010. Accessed May 2021.
  12. . American Academy of Arts and Letters awards. Accessed May 2021.
  13. . Profile at Guggenheim Foundation website. Accessed May 2021.
  14. . Profile at Fromm Foundation website. Accessed May 2021.
  15. . Barlow Foundation website, commission recipients list 2020. Accessed May 2021.
  16. . Carl Schimmel faculty profile at Illinois State University. Accessed May 2021.