Carl Schimmel's music is dense with literary and musical references, often humorous, and combines intensity of expression with structural rigor, drawing upon his mathematics background.
Composition History
The pieces 'Roadshow for Otto' and 'Roadshow for Thora' were inspired by toys featured on the PBS show Antiques Roadshow, with each movement imagining how the composer's children might play with them.
Composition History
Carl Schimmel's 'Four Nocturnes from 'The Oblivion Ha-Ha'' sets four poems by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Tate, from his 1970 collection.
Composition History
The title of 'The Pismirist's Congeries' refers to a 'pismirist,' a person who collects small or insignificant things, with each movement inspired by a unique item.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Schimmel infuses his music with extra-musical influences like poetry, art, and unusual words, aiming to construct 'nexuses of experience' reflecting both inner emotions and the outer physical world.
Composition History
Carl Schimmel's String Quartet #2 'Six Faces' is inspired by six Cubist paintings by artists such as Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, and Juan Gris.
Composer Biography
Carl Schimmel is an Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Illinois State University, where he also directs the RED NOTE New Music Festival.
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