Kyle Simpson, composer, trumpet player, conductor, and bandleader is an artist that has been creating music in both contemporary and film music genres. His contemporary music has been performed by professional groups such as Unheard-of//Ensemble, Hypercube, Janacek Philharmonic, and most recently the Sofia Philharmonic. Additionally, his music has been featured in many festivals throughout Europe and The United States including Italy, Greece, France, Czech Republic, and Malaysia. In 2021, he was awarded recognition from the American Prize in Composition for his live, orchestral performance, of film scores to the classic silent films of Georges Méliès, including Kingdom of the Fairies and Trip to the Moon, which featured premieres at the DiMenna Center in New York City as well as Carnegie Free Library in Pittsburgh, PA. In 2012 He received an ASCAP award for his scoring work at the NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop. He has scored numerous feature-length films, video games, and short films including his most recent film score to Thomas Zoeschg’s feature film Every Night and Every Day (Black Deer Productions). He currently teaches Media Composition at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in Los Angeles, CA. Before his appointment to CSUN, Simpson was an Associate Professor of Music at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA, and then an Assistant Professor of Music Composition at West Virginia University. view works: https://www.youtube.com/@kmstpt28/featured
