Kendall Simpson
Music for Theater, Dance, & Film
About
Kendall Simpson composes music for theater, dance, film and the concert stage.
The majority of his theatrical work has been with the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, where he has collaborated with renowned directors such as Lynne Meadow, Kimberly Senior, Judith Ivey, Laura Kepley and many others. His compositions have also been showcased at other theaters, including Baltimore’s Center Stage, Theatrical Outfit and Theater Emory. An award-winning composer, his music has been honored with three Suzi Bass Awards (Atlanta’s “Tony” awards).
Kendall currently serves as music director for the dance department at Emory University, where he works as composer and accompanist. He has written and arranged dance pieces for Emory Dance Company with choregraphers Greg Catellier, George Staib and Sarah Hillmer, among many others.
Independent film scores include The Etiquette Man, which received top honors at various film festivals; The Initiate; and Twin Set. Television credits include “Zelda with a Z” and “Sundae on a Sunday” for Sesame Street.
Kendall’s work has also been featured on the concert stage, with compositions performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Dekalb Symphony Orchestra and the Vega String Quartet.
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Music for Theater (Instrumental)
Songs for Theater
Music for Dance
Music for Film/Video
Credits
Music and Sound Design for Theater
ALLIANCE THEATRE (Atlanta)
A Christmas Carol (dir-Leora Morris) 2021
Knead (dir-David de Vries) 2018
Sheltered (dir-Kimberly Senior) 2018
The Temple Bombing (dir-Jimmy Maize) 2017
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (dir-Rosemary Newcott) 2016
Steel Magnolias (dir-Judith Ivey) 2014
In Love and Warcraft (dir-Laura Kepley) 2014
Warrior Class (dir-Eric Ting) 2013
The Whipping Man (dir-Alex Greenfild) 2013
Bike America (dir-Moritz von Stuelpnagel) 2013
Apples and Oranges –World Premiere (dir-Lynne Meadow) 2012
I Just Stopped By To See The Man (dir-Ron OJ Parson) 2012*
Broke (dir-Jason Loweth) 2011
False Creeds (dir-Wendy Goldberg) 2008*
Eurydice (dir-Richard Garner) 2007
Degas’ Little Dancer (dir-Rosemary Newcott) 2007
GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE (Richard Garner – director)
As You Like It (Shakespeare) 2014
Hamlet (Shakespeare) 2013
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare) 2012
The Glass Menagerie (Williams) 2011
The Odyssey (Homer/Garner) 2010
Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare) 2010
Antigone – musical adaptation (Garner/Simpson) 2008
Metamorphoses (Zimmerman) 2006*, 2007, 2013
The Tempest (Shakespeare) 2003
A Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare) 2001
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) 1999
CENTER STAGE (Baltimore)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (dir-Judith Ivey) 2018
THEATRICAL OUTFIT
Moxie (Carlock/Kurlander) 2016
Buckminster Fuller (dir-David de Vries) 2015
The Guys (dir-Elisa Carlson) 2013
RED (dir-David de Vries) 2012
The Young Man from Atlanta (dir-Jessica West) 2011
THEATER EMORY
The Nether (Jennifer Haley) 2019
Free Fall (Jan Akers) 2014
Hominid (Out of Hand Theater) 2009
She Stoops to Conquer (Goldsmith) 2005
JEWISH THEATRE OF THE SOUTH
Hank Kimmel’s Shorts (Kimmel)2006
Mizlansky/Zilinsky (Baitz) 2000
The Golem (Ordover) 2000
Kindertransport (Samuels) 1997
Born Guilty (Roth) 1997
Night and Her Stars (Greenberg) 1996
THEATRE IN THE SQUARE
Enchanted April (Adpt. Horne) 1995
Foxfire (Cronin) 1995
Red Scare on Sunset (Busch) 1994
GEORGIA ENSEMBLE THEATRE
The Invisible Man (Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee) 1997
HORIZON THEATRE
The Drawer Boy (Healey) 2004
A Hole in the Dark (Hicks) 2000
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
The Swan (Egloff) 1997
ACTOR'S EXPRESS
Landscape of the Body (Guare) 1997
11th HOUR PRODUCTIONS (Germany)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams) 1988
Eleven Zulu (Clark) 1989
* winner of the 2006, 2007, and 2012 Suzi Bass Awards for Sound Design
Music for Film and Video
Under the Boardwalk (Georgia Aquarium) 2016
A Walk Through Atlanta History -Atlanta International Airport (Gary Moss) 2011
The Promotion (Melissa Ewing) 2011
Zelda (Sesame Street) (Eva Saks) 2004
Listen (Eddie Gamarra) 2003
The Carter Awards (Gary Moss) 2002
On Foster’s Watch (Chris Gegen) 2002
Twin Set (Eva Saks) 2001
The Voicemaker -video for UPS (James Rowe) 2000
The Etiquette Man (Steve Coulter) 2000
The Initiate (Chad Etchison) 1999
Music for Dance
path -Emory Dance (Sarah Hillmer) 2017
Island with Vega Sting Quartet –Emory Dance (George Staib) 2010
Porch Stories -Emory Dance 2006
Time -Emory Dance 2005
Papillon -premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Lee Harper) 1996
We the Living -Emory Dance 1998
Inside the Crevice -Emory Dance 1992
Carnival Mask -Emory Dance 1992
Women's Rites -Piedmont Park Arts Festival (Pat Floyd) 1992
The Clothes Piece -Emory Dance 1991
Triptych for Dance -Georgia State University 1991
Commissions
Within Reach -Dekalb Symphony Orchestra 2015
Island -Vega String Quartet 2010
Three Quotes for Piano -University of Georgia 1998
Second Chance Charlie -children's musical 1994
Southern Progression -Chamber Music America 1993
Upcoming Projects
National Water Dance 2020
A dance film with a new original music score by Kendall Simpson.
View the film now: https://vimeo.com/471403490/6a5f442d22
Learn more about National Water Dance: https://www.nwdprojects.org/2020-nwd-event/
Contact
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