Andrew Earle Simpson
- Music Department
- Composer
Andrew Earle Simpson, composer, pianist, and organist, is professor of
music and head of the division of Theory and Composition at the
Benjamin T. Rome School of Music of The Catholic University of America
in Washington, DC. Composer of opera, silent film, orchestral, chamber,
choral, dance, and vocal music, he explores music's interaction with
film, video, and other extra-musical elements, particularly in
theatrical contexts.
Simpson is House Film Accompanist at the Library of Congress' Mt. Pony Theater in Culpeper, VA, and appears regularly at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the American Film Institute Theatre in Silver Spring, MD. He has performed original film scores at the Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone, Italy, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, the New York Public Library, Sala Cecelia Meireles in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, MD, Slapsticon festival, and other venues.
Simpson is also co-founder of the Snark Ensemble, an instrumental group devoted to creating and performing new scores to silent film. The ensemble created and recorded new film scores for "Harry Langdon: Lost and Found "(2007), "American Slapstick, Volume 2 (2008), and "Becoming Charley Chase" (2009), released by All Day Entertainment, and "The Mack Sennett Collection, Vol. 1," on Flicker Alley (2014). Simpson's piano scores have also been broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies channel.
Simpson is House Film Accompanist at the Library of Congress' Mt. Pony Theater in Culpeper, VA, and appears regularly at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the American Film Institute Theatre in Silver Spring, MD. He has performed original film scores at the Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone, Italy, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, the New York Public Library, Sala Cecelia Meireles in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, MD, Slapsticon festival, and other venues.
Simpson is also co-founder of the Snark Ensemble, an instrumental group devoted to creating and performing new scores to silent film. The ensemble created and recorded new film scores for "Harry Langdon: Lost and Found "(2007), "American Slapstick, Volume 2 (2008), and "Becoming Charley Chase" (2009), released by All Day Entertainment, and "The Mack Sennett Collection, Vol. 1," on Flicker Alley (2014). Simpson's piano scores have also been broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies channel.