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William Schmidt

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Melbourne pianist, accompanist, repetiteur, teacher, composer
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I will be playing for @austcontempoperaco Australian Contemporary Opera Co. production of "Orpheus in the Underworld", Offenbach’s blisteringly funny satire of celebrity, marriage and the gods - sung in English, trimmed for maximum mischief - staged as a concert in the Fairfield Amphitheatre this coming Saturday 26/9 and Sunday 27/9, at 2pm on both days! More info and tickets at this link: https://events.humanitix.com/orpheus-in-the-amphitheatre #OperaForEveryone #FamilyFriendlyMelbourne #ThingsToDoMelbourne #MelbourneWeekend #LiveMusicMelbourne by @williamjamesschmidt

In rehearsal atm for operas and concerts galore.. this weekend with #choir as guest soloist with @victoriachoralemelbourne and @ballaratwindorchestra in Collingwood on Saturday and Ballarat on Sunday ! #sallyannerussell with a mic ! lol #music #live @williamjamesschmidt beautiful composition The Two trees Australian premiere! by @williamjamesschmidt

🎼✨SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON OUR CONCERT…..THE TWO TREES and composer WILLIAM SCHMIDT✨🎼

🎶One of the pieces featured in our “Coming Home” concert is a work commissioned by Victoria Chorale from our wonderful Accompanist, Pianist and Composer, William Schmidt. It is a composition for Mezzo Soprano solo, Mixed Choir and Piano.
This exquisite work is a beautiful setting of a poem, of the same name, by Irish poet WB Yeats. Written in 1893, it encourages us to look inwards to the “holy tree” growing in our hearts, using metaphors of nature and sacred growth to ponder the grace and joy that can be found in a contemplative life. Yeats contrasts this state of spiritual contentedness with descriptions of “the bitter glass” of cynicism, unkind thoughts and worldly negativity that can weary the soul when one’s inner light is lost; a message as poignant today as it was when it was first written.
Using a lilting, Celtic-inspired melody, William’s setting beautifully & powerfully explores these 2 contrasting musical and spiritual landscapes before returning to the original plea to “gaze in thine own heart”.🍀

WILLIAM SCHMIDT~ COMPOSER
In addition to his outstanding and award-winning skills as a concert pianist and accompanist, William has earned national recognition as a Composer, which has lead to prominent commissions and collaborations with premier Australian musicians and ensembles. William’s compositional output includes Chamber works, Choral works and Piano arrangements of traditional folk tunes, French Art songs, Schubert Lieder and Opera. William’s original music is regularly broadcast on major Australian classical radio stations.

This very special piece, with Sally-Anne Russell as Mezzo Soprano soloist, quickly became a European tour favourite amongst choristers and audiences alike.

PLEASE JOIN US for the Australian Premiere of THE TWO TREES as Victoria Chorale and Ballarat Wind Orchestra, together with maestro Mario Dobernig, Conductor, William Schmidt, Piano/Composer and Sally-Anne Russell, Mezzo Soprano, present “Coming Home”, on Saturday 29 August at 5pm.TICKETS AT LINK IN BIO Proudly supported by The City of Yarra by @williamjamesschmidt

Hear MUCS perform a beautiful recital of short choral works from across five centuries in preparation for the choir's European Tour in January 2027. Accompanied by pianist William Schmidt and conducted by Andrew Wailes. by @williamjamesschmidt

Come hear MUCS perform beautiful choral works from across 5 centuries at "A Choral Odyssey". 2 concerts in Melbourne and Kyneton. The first is in Melbourne at Holy Trinity East Melbourne on Saturday August 1st at 7pm. Bookings: www.mucs.org.au by @williamjamesschmidt

Milan by @williamjamesschmidt

Venice by @williamjamesschmidt

Lago di Garda etc. by @williamjamesschmidt

Turin #2: Basilica dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro, Castello di Montaldo by @williamjamesschmidt

Turin and Castello di Montaldo #1 by @williamjamesschmidt

Lyon, culminating in a performance at the Cathédrale Saint-Jean Baptiste by @williamjamesschmidt

Paris #3: Jardin du Luxembourg etc., boat cruise on the Seine by @williamjamesschmidt