28 Jul
The 2010 Accordion Seminars
Dr. Schimmel and co-host Brian Dewan discuss the upcoming Seminars on July 30, 31 and August 1 at Tenri Cultural Institute – Don’t like Opera!.?
05 May
The Old In and Out- 7
Dr. Schimmel and Brian Dewan discuss the musette stop, dry tuning, playing for the small fry, The permanent collection of free reed instruments at the Metropolitan Museum, the Hohner 12 bass pre-war model,
The Excelsior concert grand and baby grand, The Ladies’ model and a performance of Daylight in the Swamp by Brian – followed by Grove Road and Charlie, Keep me up – by John Foti from his new CD,
Everybody’s coming to Town.
10 Mar
The Old In and Out- 6
Dr. Schimmel is joined by his co-host Brian Dewan in a lively discussion about contests, awards, oscars, emmys and trophies – as well as the non -competitiveness of The Seminars.
The featured music is: The Lighthouse by Brian Dewan – with Brian on Accordion, zither and vocals.
20 Jan
The Old In and Out- 5
Dr. Schimmel is joined by his co-host Brian Dewan in a discussion on Accordionists as Gravediggers, giving up the Accorgan for Lent, Frank Gaviani’s Double Keyboard, his double eyeglasses The Baruska Polka, La Cucaracha in 3/4 time, going to an organ lesson/playing a lot of Messian and How to liven up a party and how to bring it to a close.
Dr. Schimmel’s Tango Sonata is performed by Dr. Hugo Goldenzweig on piano – and Dr. Schimmel on shadowed accordion.
21 Dec
The Old In and Out- 4
Dr. Schimmel is joined by his co-host, Brian Dewan, in a free form discussion on Hamburgers, Accordions, Autoharps, Musical sculptures, Player accordions, Brands, Chord organs, Commie Shirts and that first lesson learning about the Accordion’s left hand – the various chord button rows and the diminished chord row – turning your life into an opera.
22 Nov
The Old In and Out- 3
Welcome to the third show of The Old in and Out. In this show we will play the final three selections from the CD Bad Renaissance: Forever Yours Giles Farnaby, The Piaf Concerto and Concerto in ABC
Each piece is under five minutes – The first, a set of timeless variations on a renaissance theme and the following two pieces may be the worlds shortest accordion concertos. Bad Renaissance may be purchased on line at www.billschimmel.com
16 Nov
The Old In and Out- 2
Welcome to the 2nd show of The Old In and Out. In this show we continue from last week with three pieces from the CD: Bad Renaissance. The first piece is The Dolls, a medieval cantata based on a 1960′s cult classic. The second piece is All Hail Luddites and the third piece is Holbein in New York – with text by George W.S. Trow. The performers are actress Kathleen Tipton-Eladlouni, Micki Goodman (also the director) and myself on accordion – as well as some vocals. I may have forgotten to mention, all the compositions are written by me. Bad Renaissance is available on www.billschimmel.com
09 Nov
The Old In and Out- 1
Welcome to WS ACCORDION RADIO – The Old In and Out – Dr.William Schimmel hosts the opening show with two works from his album Bad Renaissance: Torpid Patriotism and Ever Never. The show will air weekly with recorded and live music, guests, discussions, rants and philosophy
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