• Andrew Earle Simpson, D.M.

    Andrew Simpson

    Ordinary Professor, Director of the M.M. Stage Music Degree

    Andrew Earle Simpson (D.M., Indiana University, M.M., Boston University, B.M., Butler University), composer, pianist, and organist, is a professor at the Departments of Music of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and Head of the division of Theory-Composition. A composer of opera, silent film, orchestral, chamber, and choral music, he explores how music interacts with other arts, in concert and on stage.

     

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  • Joel Phillip Friedman, D.M.A.

    Joel Friedman

    Lecturer in Music Composition

    Composer Joel Phillip Friedman’s natural creative impulse is to work across genres and compose music equally informed by his classical training and his engagement with the vernacular. His varied portfolio includes work for small and large ensembles, musical theater, opera, dance, film, jazz, and rock.

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