Andrew Earle Simpson
Calendar of Performances, 2009
All dates and times subject to change

	Event and time	Location
January
24	Premiere, The Golden Prophecy  ("Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano"), Noah Getz, saxophone, Andrew Earle Simpson, piano.  Performance, "Exhortation II," for soprano saxophones. Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, Fairfax, VA, 4:00 PM	George Mason University Perf Arts Center
30	Performance of "Exhortation II" and The Golden Prophecy ("Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano"). Noah Getz, saxophones, 7:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall, CUA
February
13	Performance, Fireflies: A Folk Set for Flute and Guitar."  Boland-Dowdall Duo, Central California Flute Festival, Fresno, CA	Fresno State University
21	Performance, The Dead are Dancing.  Leonard Lopatin, fl, Andrew Simpson, pno, Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair, Reston, VA	Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair
March
11	"Silent Explosions, Invisible Jumps: Music, Dance, and Film Create a Ruckus" "The Luny Musician," for chamber ensemble, played both with film and danced to new choreography. Snark Ensemble, CUA President's Festival of the Arts, 7:30 PM	Ward Recital Hall, CUA
April
26	Premiere, Mother's Blood, choral suite from The Furies. CUA Women's Chorus, Keith Reas, conductor, 7:30 PM: music of DMA student Kyle Gullings, CUA faculty Simpson, and others	Ward Recital Hall
May
2	Performance, early silent film shorts for "The Man Who Made Movies," presented by Paul Spehr, moderator.  Andrew Simpson, pno, Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
9	Premiere, scores for Big Business (Laurel and Hardy), One Week (Buster Keaton) and Safety Last! (Harold Lloyd).  Andrew Simpson, pno	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
31	Premiere of score for Sparrows (Mary Pickford).  Andrew Simpson, pno, Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA, 2:00 PM	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
June
27	Premiere of score for Clash of the Wolves (Rin-Tin-Tin).  Andrew Simpson, pno, Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
July
21-22-23	"The Comic Roach: A Roadhouse Picture Show," featuring premiere live performance of score for Too Many Mamas.  The Snark Ensemble, 2009 Capital Fringe Festival, 5:30 (7/21), 7:00 (7/22), and 11:00 PM (7/23)	Warehouse Theatre, 1021 7th St. NW, Washington, DC
24	Premiere, score for The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom, Andrew Simpson, pno.  National Gallery of Art, time TBA	National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
28	Release of DVD box set Becoming Charley Chase (Allday Entertainment), containing numerous piano, chamber, and jazz trio film scores
August
4	Performance of Picking Peaches, One Week, Too Many Mammas: Snark Ensemble members, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 6:00 PM	Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
8	Performance of new score for Show People, Andrew Simpson, pno, Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
14	Performance of silent film scores, including Picking Peaches, One Week, and Too Many Mammas, Sala Cecelia Meireles, Rio de Janiero, Brazil	Rio de Janiero, Brazil
22	Performance of new scores for The Great Train Robbery and The Bargain, Andrew Simpson, pno, 2:00 PM	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
September
11	Performance, Summer-Night Songs.  Pictures on Silence (Noah Getz, sop. sx, Jacqueline Pollauf, hp), 12:20 PM	UMBC Essex, Baltimore, MD
12	Performance of new score for Steamboat Bill, Jr., Andrew Simpson, pno,  7:30 PM	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
26	Performance of new score for Peter Pan, Andrew Simpson, pno,  2:00 PM	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
26	Performance of new score for Nosferatu, Andrew Simpson, org,  9:00 PM: Alexandria (VA) Film Festival	George Washington Masonic Memorial Auditorium, Arlington, VA
October
3	Performance of Tesserae and Fireflies, and the premiere of a new Spillville Variation, Red Cedar Trio, 7:30 PM	Ward Recital Hall, CUA
4	Performance of Tesserae and Fireflies, and the premiere of a new Spillville Variation, Red Cedar Trio, 2:00 PM	Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
10	Performance, Summer-Night Songs.  Pictures on Silence (Noah Getz, sop. sx, Jacqueline Pollauf, hp), 12:20 PM	Bethesda, MD
15	"Love, Invincible in Battle," concert of operatic music of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, organized by Simpson: includes US premieres of several works	Greek Cathedral School of New York, 319 E. 74th St., NYC
November
18	Performance, Summer-Night Songs, Pictures on Silence, 7:30 PM	The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville, MD
21	Performance of new silent film score for The Circus (Charles Chaplin), Andrew Simpson, pno, 2:00 PM	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
24	Performance, Liberty, with the Snark Ensemble, 6:00 PM	Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage
December
5	DC Premiere, lotus and poppy, Janan Guzey, mezzo-soprano, Robert Baker, tenor, Great Noise Ensemble, 7:30 PM	Ward Recital Hall, CUA
12	Performance of new silent film score for The Big Parade, Andrew Simpson, pno, time TBA	Library of Congress Mt. Pony Theatre, Culpeper, VA
19	Performance of new silent film score for The Little Match Girl (La petite marchande d'allumettes), Andrew Simpson, pno, 1:00 PM	National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC