Carl Schimmel is an American composer of

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. He has been awarded the Joseph H. Bearns Prize from

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, a

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, a commission from the

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, a fellowship from the

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, and other honors. An album of his compositions, ''Roadshow'', was released in 2017.

Education and early career

Schimmel was born in 1975 in

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and raised in

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. He received degrees from

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(B.A. Mathematics & Music, 1997),

Yale School of Music The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joi ...

(M.M. Music Composition, 1999), and

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(Ph.D. Music Composition, 2008). His mentors at these institutions included

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, and Sydney Hodkinson.

Career

Schimmel's music has received numerous awards including the Lee Ettelson Award, first prize in the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble competition, a First Music Award from the

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, and first place in the Clefworks Composition Competition. His music has been performed by the

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, the

Louisiana Philharmonic The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is an American orchestra based in New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only full-time, professional orchestra in the Gulf South. The orchestra performs at the Orpheum Theater (New O ...

Alarm Will Sound Alarm Will Sound is a 20-member chamber orchestra that focuses on recordings and performances of contemporary classical music. Its performances have been described as "equal parts exuberance, nonchalance, and virtuosity" by the ''Financial Times ...

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, and many other ensembles. A 2010 performance of his work ''Four Nocturnes from The Oblivion Ha-Ha'' by Lucy Shelton and

was positively reviewed in

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. In 2017, Schimmel received a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the

, awarded to "young composers of extraordinary gifts." In 2018 he received a

as well as a commission from the

to write a new work for the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. In 2020, Schimmel was awarded a general commission from the

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to write a new work for the Daedalus Quartet. Schimmel is Associate Professor Music Theory and Composition at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schimmel, Carl 1975 births American contemporary classical composers American male classical composers Duke University alumni Living people Yale School of Music alumni