Letter From A Clown

A tribute to Federico Fellini, composed & played by Will Holshouser.
Premiered at Dr. William Schimmel's accordion master class and concert series, July 26, 2024. Many thanks to Dr. Schimmel!
"The clown is the incarnation of a fantastic creature who expresses the irrational aspect of man; he stands for the instinct, for whatever is rebellious in each one of us and whatever stands up to the established order of things. He is a caricature of man's childish and animal aspects, the mocker and the mocked . . . . Wasn't St. Francis known as God's clown? And didn't Lao Tse say: 'As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it'?" -- Fellini