Andrew Earle Simpson: Recent and Upcoming Performances
May 2007
20 Premiere of new score for Buster Keaton silent film, The Navigator (organ). American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Theatre "Best of Buster Keaton" festival, Silver Spring, MD, 4:00 PM
19 Performance of Wayfaring Stranger, for chorus and chamber ensemble (2006). The Reston Chorale, Fred Wygal, Artistic Director. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Northern Virginia Community College, 8:00 PM
April 2007
28-29 Partial preview performances of Fireflies: A Folk Set for flute and guitar (2006-07). Boland-Dowdall Duo, Clermont Opera House, Clermont, IA (28) and the Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, IA (29)
14 Premiere of new score for Harry Langdon silent film, Soldier Man. Snark Ensemble, River Road Unitarian Church, Bethesda, MD
March 2007
23 Performance of The Dead are Dancing; Sasha Place, fl, Andrew Simpson, piano. Sitar Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 8:00 PM. American Composers Forum New Music Salon Series
22 Faculty recital: instrumental chamber music. Premiere of clarinet-piano version of Summer-Night Songs; performances of phos, Chamber Concerto, The Dead are Dancing, and silent film scores. Ward Recital Hall, CUA, 8:00 PM
February 2007
8 Premiere of "Troy is Fallen," concert aria for baritone and piano (from the opera "Agamemnon"). Guest artist recital James Rogers, baritone, Andrew Simpson, piano, Ward Recital Hall, CUA
January 2007
26 Performance of Chamber Concerto. Great Noise Ensemble, Sitar Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
December 2006
17 Premiere of improvised score for Victor Sjöström films, Kiss of Death and The Outlaw and His Wife. National Gallery of Art Film Series, East Wing Auditorium
16 Premiere of improvised score for Victor Sjöström films, The Scarlet Letter and The Girl from the Marsh Croft. National Gallery of Art Film Series, East Wing Auditorium
9 Premiere of improvised score for Victor Sjöström film, The Wind. National Gallery of Art Film Series, East Wing Auditorium
November 2006
26 Premiere of improvised score for Victor Sjöström film, He Who Gets Slapped. National Gallery of Art Film Series, East Wing Auditorium
September 2006
27 Piano/accordion in performance of score for There it Is (Saylor/Simpson), with Snark Ensemble (Adam Green, guest percussionist). Sitar Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. American Composers Forum New Music Salon Series
23 Performance of The Dead are Dancing. Nina Assimakopoulous, flute, Andrew Earle Simpson, piano. Sitar Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. American Composers Forum New Music Salon Series
22 Premiere of The Dead are Dancing. Nina Assimakopoulous, flute, Andrew Earle Simpson, piano. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Release of new CD, A Fiery and Still Night (Capstone Records CPS-8767)
August 2006
11-12 Performance of new silent film scores for screenings of Georges Melies shorts. Andrew Earle Simpson, piano. National Gallery of Art Film Series, East Wing Auditorium, Washington, DC
July 2006
24 Performance, To Flower (joint composition with Maurice Saylor and Philip Carluzzo, the Snark Ensemble). Jane Franklin Dance Company, New York International Dance Festival, New York, NY. Click here to see video clips from the Jane Franklin Dance Company's January 2006 premiere of To Flower.
28, 29 Premiere of new silent film scores for screenings of Georges Melies shorts. Molly Orlando, piano. National Gallery of Art Film Series, East Wing Auditorium, Washington, DC
June 2006
9 Performance of Tesserae, American Gothic Suite. Red Cedar Trio, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
10 World Premiere, A Crown of Stars, Cantate Chamber Singers, Bethesda, MD
21-4 Recording, Tesserae, American Gothic Suite. Red Cedar Trio (for all-Simpson CD, release date expected early 2008)
May 2006
10 Performance of Tesserae, American Gothic Suite. Red Cedar Trio, Lisbon, IA
11 Performance of Tesserae, American Gothic Suite. Red Cedar Trio, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, IA
12 Performance of Tesserae, American Gothic Suite. Red Cedar Trio, Fairfax, IA
April 2006
2 Premiere of two new scores for silent films: Shoulder Arms (Chaplin, 1918, 45 minutes), and Maudite Soit la Guerre (Belgium, 1914, 45 minutes). National Gallery of Art Film Series, East Wing Auditorium, Washington, DC. Composer appeared as pianist.
5 World Premiere of Wayfaring Stranger, for soprano solo, SATB chorus, and chamber ensemble. Part of a larger collection of 10 "New Old American Songs," commissioned by the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, The Catholic University of America
18 Performance of Tesserae, American Gothic Suite. Red Cedar Trio, Mt. Vernon, IA
21 Performance of Winter-Night Canticles. Boland-Dowdall Duo (fl-gt), Denver Flute and Guitar Celebration, Denver, CO
