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Current Season

This season, I will be continuing my interests in humanistic music and theatrical genres.
More events will be added as they are confirmed.

2026

January 247:00 PM Western Spirit Museum
THE FIRE BRIGADE
Presented by the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting.
Scottsdale, AZ
January 252:00 PM Western Spirit Museum
Buster Keaton in GO WEST
Presented by the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting.
Scottsdale, AZ
January 315:00 PM Cantate Chamber Singers
"Believe"
Christ Episcopal Church
Kensington, MD
February 56:00 PM National Building Museum
Late Night Under the Wave. Live jazz by The Earles.
The Earles is a chamber jazz group of musicians (and Catholic University faculty members) Andrew Earle Simpson (keyboard), Chris DeChiara (drums), and guest artists Scott Van Domelen (saxophone) and Blake Meister (bass). Tonight’s program features jazz styles from the 1920’s, mid-century standards, and original tunes.
Washington, DC
February 12 Montclair State University
Guest artist and lecturer
Montclair, NJ
February 277:30 PM Packard Campus Theater, Library of Congress Audio-Visual Conservation Center
MEMORY LANE (dir. John M. Stahl, 1926)
A love triangle story starring Eleanor Boardman. I will accopmany this picture on the Walker Theater Organ.
Admission free.
Culpeper, VA
March 287:00 PM ROCO Connections: Beyond the Rising Sun – A Musical Voyage
ROCO premiere of revised version of luna
Andrew Earle Simpson: luna (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)
Asia Society Texas Center
Houston, TX
April 9-12 Banff Whyte Museum
VOSM
Alberta, Canada
April 19 National Gallery of Art
Silent Westerns
Washington, DC
April 237:00 PM Smithsonian American History Museum
THE BIG PARADE
See King Vidor’s The Big Parade (1925) with a special new live orchestral score, composed and conducted by Andrew Earle Simpson.
Washington, DC
April 255:00 PM Cantate Chamber Singers
"Stand"
Christ Episcopal Church
Kensington, MD
Andrew Earle Simpson

Accompanying silent films at Atlas Performing Arts Center. Photo Credit: Sarah O’ Halloran

"A generous, unified sound did much to bring alive Andrew Earle Simpson’s evocative arrangement of “Wayfaring Stranger,” paired with a soaring solo from [soprano Deborah] Sternberg and an intriguing instrumental arrangement."

— Alex Baker, Washington Classical Review, March 2, 2020 (Full Review)

[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