Carl Schimmel

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. Education and early career Schimmel was born in 1975 in Pensacola, Florida and raised in Wakefield, Rhode Island. 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). His mentors at these institutions included Martin Bresnick, Stephen Jaffe, 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 New York Youth Symphony, and first place in the Clefworks Composition Competition. His music has been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, the Louisiana Philharmonic, Alarm Will Sound, Da Capo Chamber Players, and many other ensembles. A