The Snark Ensemble
- Music Department
The Snark Ensemble is an instrumental group dedicated to the creation
and live performance of new music to silent film. The ensemble joyfully
celebrates the zany, clever, and brilliant world of vintage silent
comedies in its specially-crafted film scores. Built around a core of
three composer-performers (Andrew Earle Simpson, keyboards; Maurice
Saylor, woodwinds; and Phil Carluzzo, percussion and frets), the Snark
Ensemble creates and performs scores which respond to and amplify the
events taking place on screen. To the composers of the Snark Ensemble,
each film suggests a unique sound world. To this end, the
multi-instrumental talents of the ensemble's composers and guest
performers allow them to draw on an astonishing range of instruments
and stylistic diversity. The ensemble also creates and performs concert
versions of their film scores.
Since its founding in 2005, the members of the Snark Ensemble have composed and premiered more than thirty silent film scores for DVD release and live performance. Snark Ensemble scores are available on two DVD sets on the Allday Entertainment label: Lost and Found: the Harry Langdon Collection and the newly-released Becoming Charley Chase.
Since its founding in 2005, the members of the Snark Ensemble have composed and premiered more than thirty silent film scores for DVD release and live performance. Snark Ensemble scores are available on two DVD sets on the Allday Entertainment label: Lost and Found: the Harry Langdon Collection and the newly-released Becoming Charley Chase.