Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel

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Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel

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Stephanie J. Block

Scott Burkell (book and lyrics) and Paul Loesel’s (music) songs have been performed at Carnegie Hall (“Michael Feinstein: Now and Then” Series), Lincoln Center (“American Songbook Series”), Joe’s Pub, Birdland, Symphony Space, and the Chicago Humanities Festival. Their songs have been premiered by Kristin Chenoweth (Carnegie Hall), Rebecca Luker (the Kennedy Center), Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Susan Egan, and Liz Callaway.

Recordings of their work have appeared on Lisa Richard’s album "Virgin Tracks," Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley’s "Opposite You" and Stephanie J. Block's solo CD "This Place I Know." Their musical, Six of One, received a Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Grant, an ASCAP workshop, a CAP21 workshop, and a production in the 2007 Philly Fringe Festival. Love Songs and Other Crap, their musical revue, received a MAC Award nomination, and their new musical, Ella Minnow Pea, premiered at the University of Michigan in fall, 2008.

On February 4, 2009, Burkell and Loesel were featured at the Kennedy Center as part of its "Broadway Tomorrow" series of rising composers. All of the videos on this page are excerpts from that concert.

To learn more about the writing team of Burkell and Loesel, visit their public Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/scottandpaul. Sheet music and other information is available at http://www.scottandpaul.com/.

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Parsley - Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel - Kennedy Center

About This Video

Scott sings "Parsley," written by Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel, at the Kennedy Center on February 4th, 2009 as part of its "Broadway: the Third Generation" series. Allison Seidner is on cello; Paul Loesel on piano and backup vocals.

Notice the "shaker" at the very start of the video and again at 0:56.  The original plan was for Scott to "shake" it throughout most of the performance - but he discovered he couldn't remember the lyrics and "shake" simultaneously.

Scott says that "Parsley" was inspired by that horrible moment when one realizes that one likes their date much more than their date likes them. It comes, like many a Burkell/Loesel tune, from the file marked "low self esteem".

This video is posted in cooperation with and permission from the songwriters. To learn more about the writing team of Burkell and Loesel, visit their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Scott-Burkell-and-Paul-Loesel/126120027615?ref=ts

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