Carl Schimmel, composer

Winner of the 1999 Bearns Prize , Carl Schimmel has received numerous honors and awards for his compositions, and his works have been performed throughout the United States, from Alaska to Rhode Island, as well as in Canada, Japan, Korea, and the Netherlands. He has received performances and commissions from the California EAR Unit , saxophonist Taimur Sullivan , bass clarinetist Henri Bok , North/South Consonance , and many others. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University (B.A., Mathematics and Music) and the Yale School of Music (M.M. Music Composition), he has received fellowships and residencies from the Aspen Music Festival , the MacDowell Colony , and the Atlantic Center for the Arts , and is currently in his sixth year in the Music Composition doctoral program at Duke University . His teachers have included George Tsontakis, Ezra Laderman, Martin Bresnick , Evan Ziporyn , Ned Rorem , Anthony Kelley, Scott Lindroth , Sydney Hodkinson, and Stephen Jaffe . His most recent works have explored humor and absurdity, set theoretical approaches, diatonicism, and short forms. For more info and sound clips, check out www.carlschimmel.com .