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11/24/09

Karl Schindler recorded John Cage's Fonatana Mix at Paradise Valley CC with fellow performers Brett Reed, Matt Gould, Beth Schneider, and Eric Shultz.

10/15/09

Karl Schindler will perform with the new music ensemble, Crossing 32nd Street, on Nov. 7 (ASU Downtown PURL) in a John Cage concert.

9/1/09

Karl Schindler will perform a vocal duet with Dr. Kenny Miller and a piano duo piece with Mrs. Ellen Brown on the Phoenix College Music Faculty Showcase on October 1.

3/1/09

The Heart of America Men's Chorus will perform two choral arrangements by Karl Schindler on their March 28 & 29 concert.

11/1/08

Karl Schindler will perform on the Phoenix College Music Faculty Showcase concert on Thursday, November 13.

9/30/08

The Heart of America Men's Chorus has commisioned two choral arrangements for a concert in 2009.

8/15/08

Baritone Jeff Jones has commisioned a song cycle using texts from Spoon River Anthology.

4/11/08

After many months dedicated to curiculum development and music director duties at Phoenix College, Mirrors is nearing completion. Pre-planning for the yet-to-be-named multimedia/cabaret piece continues.

2/15/08

Trombonist Milas Yoes has commisioned a single-movement piece for trombone and piano.

1/15/08

Tenor Kenny Miller is scheduled to perform "The Flag" from Ghost Voices in an upcoming concert.

9/1/07

Karl Schindler will perform with the new music ensemble, Crossing 32nd Street, on Sept. 22 (Paradise Valley Community College) and Sept. 24 (The Icehouse; Phoenix, AZ) in a James Tenney Retrospective concert.

7/30/07

Upcoming projects include completion of Mirrors and initial work on a yet-to-be-named multimedia piece.

4/30/07

Karl Schindler successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Arizona State Univeristy.

12/1/06

Karl Schindler now has an entry on the Internet Movie Database for music written for two short films.

8/30/06

Karl Schindler will perform with Crossing 32nd Street at the SCI Conference at Arizona State University on Saturday, October 14, 8:00 pm (Evelyn Smith Music Theatre).

5/29/06

Pictures from the dress rehearsal of the latest performance of Ghost Voices: Songs from a Cemetery at Paradise Valley Community College can be found on the Photos page.

5/10/06

The performance of Ghost Voices: Songs from a Cemetery at Paradise Valley Community College was a success. Pictures, audio, and video to follow soon.

5/2/06

Only one week to go before the performance of Ghost Voices: Songe from a Cemetery at Paradise Valley Community College.

4/21/06

Karl Schindler was recently named Program Director for the Phoenix College Music Department.

4/5/06

Due to a recent injury, soprano Cindy Hoff's recital (including the premiere of Six Short Songs) has been rescheduled for early fall 2006 at Arizona State University.

3/16/06

Michael Markowski, a student of Karl Schindler, has won first place in the international Frank Ticheli Composition Contest for Young Band, Category 2. Congratulations Mike!

3/5/06

Soprano Cindy Hoff will perform Six Short Songs on a voice recital in April at Arizona State University.

1/5/06

Karl Schindler will perform Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians with Crossing 32nd Street (a new music ensemble based in Phoenix, AZ) in two concerts in early March.

12/20/05

Soprano Cynthia Hoff has commisioned Karl Schindler to write songs for an April recital. More details to follow soon.

12/15/05

A performance of Ghost Voices: Songs from a Cemetery is scheduled for May 9 at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix, AZ. Also on the concert is the premiere of a new work, Wie die Blätter des Herbstes Herabfallen [As the Autumn Leaves Fall]: The Heiligenstadt Testament, by Kendra D'Ercole.

10/10/05

New improved Ghost Voices video clips—now with text to follow along! Find them on the Works page

8/22/05

Karl is now a full-time faculty member at Phoenix College, teaching Music Theory, Composition, and Electronic Music.

8/15/05

Video from Ghost Voices: Songs from a Cemetery can now be accessed from the Works page.

7/12/05

Audio from Ghost Voices: Songs from a Cemetery can now be found on the Works page. Pictures from the premiere of Ghost Voices: Songs from a Cemetery and the Small Blue Dot performance of MUSICIANS UNITE! A Night of Hanns Eisler Songs can now be found on the Photos page.

4/30/05

Ghost Voices: Songs from a Cemetery, a multimedia cantata, was performed at the Lyceum Theatre on the Arizona State University main campus. The premiere was a success! Audio and video clips will be added to this site soon.

3/28/05

Based on the recommendation of the Arizona State University Herberger College of Fine Arts Distinguished Teacher Awards Committee, Karl was awarded a Teaching Award for 2004-2005, the highest award the college gives for outstanding teaching.

3/01/05

Ghost Voices: Songs from a Cemetery, a new multimedia cantata by Karl Schindler, is scheduled for performance on April 30, 8:00 p.m. in the Lyceum Theatre on the Arizona State Univesity Main Campus in Tempe. The concert will also feature new works by composers Andrew Lehman and Nahla Mattar.

2/14/05

Three Spoon River Songs (a three-song cycle) was performed by Jeff Jones, Laura Inman, and Christi Leman at Arizona State University. These three songs are part of the intermedia cantata, Ghost Voices: Songs from a Cemetery, set to be performed in April.

1/10/05

The new site is up at last. More content—including more audio clips and photos—will be added soon.

11/8/04

"Two Fathers," the first song from a three-song cycle titled Three Spoon River Songs, was performed by Jeff Jones and Christi Leman at Arizona State University.