[Up Next] Oct. 19: Early Color Cinema and Impressionism, East Building Auditorium - National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC [ more info and upcoming events ]
[Latest News] DC Theater Arts' review of Caesar and the Mannequin at Atlas Performing Arts Center
[Available Now] Frank Borzage: 1922 Silents DVD/Blu-Ray is released by Undercrank Productions!
[Available Now] Simpson's chamber ensemble score for Buster Keaton's first feature, THE SAPHEAD (1920), is released by Eureka Video! Watch the official trailer from Eureka Entertainment.
[March 29, 2021] The Naxos album BIRDS OF LOVE AND PREY was the winner of the WAMMIE for Best Classical Album 2021 by the DC WAMMIE organization
[Interview] Andrew Earle Simpson on "The Laura Coates Show" (Monday, 3/15) on Sirius XM about THE FLYING ACE (Friday, 3/19, 8 PM ET)
[November 13, 2020] The Rome School at Home features the Improvisational stylings of Dr. Andrew Simpson. (Watch Video) You can find more of his series "Sparklers" on YouTube.
[New Release]
Frank Borzage: 1922 Silents
Release Date: March 2023 (Blu-ray)
New DVD/Blu-Ray release.
March 2023: Undercrank Productions announces the release of Frank Borzage: 1922 Silents, a double feature disc including BACK PAY and THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN. Both films, from the collection of the Library of Congress, restored and newly-scored by me (BACK PAY, piano; VALLEY OF SILENT MEN, theater organ).
THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN has never been released on disc before.
Buster Keaton: The Saphead
Release Date: 22nd August 2022 (Blu-ray)
Simpson's chamber ensemble score for Buster Keaton's first feature, THE SAPHEAD (1920), is released by Eureka Video. Watch the official trailer from Eureka Entertainment.
Order Nowat Harman Center, DC
Music by me, English libretto translated from the ancient Greek by Sarah B. Ferrario.
Premiere at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, DC, May 2019. I am conducting.
andrewesimpson.com/oresteia
[New Web Series] Afterglow
A new weekly web series featuring new music, film, and art in dialogue and live performance.
This new "AFTERGLOW" weekly web series begins with the creation and performance of a piece in three short movements, played by the composer, with instruments which are common household tools and appliances. The music is meditative, reminiscent of chant in many traditions, and underscores a larger point that art can be found anywhere and everywhere, any day. How lovely.
[Web Series] Sparklers: Andrew Earle Simpson's Improvisations for the Day
A series of short, improvised piano pieces based on the day
Imagine being a composer and performer in quarantine. Your scheduled professional appearances over the next several months have been postponed or cancelled. What do you do now? Well, if you’re Andrew Simpson, you improvise.
Professor Simpson, director of the Rome School’s Stage Music Program, has been creating daily videos since April 16, combining short musical improvisations with images on a different theme each day. Read more
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