Dr. William Schimmel 30th Anniversary 2024 Accordion Seminars – USA

June 14th 2024
Salanieta Caudre

by AWW

Dr. William Schimmel 30th Anniversary 2024 Accordion Seminars

Dr. William Schimmel will hold 30th Anniversary 2024 Accordion Seminars, sponsored by the Accordion Global Association as follows:

July 26, 27, 28, 2024 – virtually
Master classes are from 3pm to 4pm
Concerts from 4pm to 5pm

Topics will include: The Art of Audience Participation/The Sing – a – Long; Embracing the Maximallst Dimension (The Art of Clutter); Faking/Improvising – are they the same?; Working In the Video Dimension; The Varieties of The Mexican Hat Dance and The Hokey Pokey; Classical or Classic; Cassettes are back – giving “Ye Olde Accordion Sound” a return; The Artificial Intelligence of the Accordion before Artificial Intelligence; the Pot of Gold at the end of The Rainbow; Practicing by Real Time Continuity; The Five Minute Ear Training Course; Klezmer from a Non – Jewish perspective and more.

The team will include Micki Goodman, Paul Stein, Will Holshouser, Dr. Denise Koncelik, Dr. Robert Young McMahan, Corn Mo, The Main Squeeze Orchestra, Bachtopus, Carl Riehl, Mary Spencer Knapp, Godfrey Nelson, Lorraine Nelson Wolf, Melissa Elledge, Doug Makofka, Rita Davidson Barnea, Erica Marie Mancini, Benjamin Ickes, Dan Cooper, Dr. Thomas Massucci, Gene Pritsker, Peter Flint, Mayumi Miyaoka, Robert Duncan, Jeanne Velonis, Bob Goldberg, David Stoler, David First, William Komaiko, Sari Kalin, Jack Di Bennidetto, John Foti, Dr. Hugo Goldenzweig,Brian Dewan, Lee Mc Clure, Peter Jarvis, Elliott Sharp, Hanzhi Wang, Milica Paranosic and others to follow.

Dr. William Schimmel’s upcoming performances:
• June 15th, 2024 at 7pm – Church of St Luke in the Field, New York. St. George Choral society, Rossini – “Petite Messe Solennelle” – originally for Vocal Quartet, Piano and Harmonium.
This version will be for full chorus, Piano and Dr. William Schimmel will play the Harmonium
part on the Accordion. The piece lasts two hours in duration.
• June 27th, 2024 t 6pm – Greenwich House, New York. Composers’ Concordance Imitations. Dr. Schimmel will perform his own work, “Putting the FU back in Fugue”

For further information email: accordionbill@gmail.com