华盛顿，宾夕法尼亚州(1月22日. 15, 2020) – W&J Associate Professor of Music 凯尔·辛普森, D.M.A. and his chamber orchestra will perform Simpson’s original film scores live to a screening of Georges Méliès’ two most famous silent films: A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Kingdom of Fairies (1903).
The performance is Saturday, Jan. 25 at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & 宾夕法尼亚州卡内基音乐厅., and is the first show of the 2020 Listen Locally season. Simpson will perform with an 18-piece chamber orchestra that includes Pittsburgh’s 红色的 Line String Quartet and also features W&J音乐教授. 马克·斯威夫特博士.D. on piano, as well as Instructor Bert Lerini on drumset.
Méliès’ early twentieth century costumes, 集, and signature optical tricks are crafted together with Simpson’s eclectic compositional style with influences of Debussy, 斯特拉文斯基, Steve Reich and a nod to the cinematic sounds of John Williams and Alexandre Desplat. Travel through time with us and rediscover these brilliant films with the uniquely 21st century concept of marrying contemporary music with classic film.
下午6:30开门.m. Tickets are $20 advance, $25 at the door, $15 with a student ID, and $5 for youth age 12 and younger. Buy tickets online at brownpapertickets.com/event/4443760, or call Andrew Carnegie Free Library & 音乐厅412-276-3456. Additional details are available at http://carnegiecarnegie.org/
关于艺术家
凯尔·辛普森D.M.A is a Pittsburgh-based composer and trumpet player who seeks to fuse the worlds of jazz and contemporary classical music. He is an associate professor of music at 华盛顿 & det365app. Simpson has performed professionally with the Glenn Miller Orchestra (2007 tour). He has also shared the stage with jazz artists such as Lew Soloff and Paquito D’Rivera. Aside from his jazz explorations, Simpson has written numerous works for the concert stage, including works both large and small. In 2011, he conducted his own composition Journey Into Wissameking with the Janaček Philharmonic, 在斯特拉瓦, Czech Republic at “Ostrava Days.” Other works have been performed in festivals in Italy, 克罗地亚, 法国, 希腊, 和美国.
他最近的作文, 在路上套房, was awarded Honorable Mention for the 2017 American Prize in Orchestral Composition. Simpson has also made forays in the film industry by scoring music for Pittsburgh directors, including Tom Kurlander and Pittsburgh Filmmakers 约翰·Cantine. He is currently working with filmmaker Bruce Spiegel in scoring a new documentary about the steel industry in Pittsburgh. He recently won acclaim for his scoring work in Thessaloniki, 希腊 at the Fusion Film Scoring Workshop.
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