The Home Page of Andrew P. Simco

HAVE DRUMS, WILL TRAVEL!

05/08/08

Welcome to the Web Site of Andrew P. Simco!

Over twenty-five years experience as a professional musician and educator, plus several years experience in Information Technology in addition to library and clerical. I am currently working as a free lance musician, timpanist of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra and the Des Moines Metro Opera Festival. In addition, I serve as Adjunct Instructor of Percussion at Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL. Click on the links to the side or below to find out more about me, my life experiences, interests, and some interesting articles that I have written for the Percussive Arts Society.

Contact Information:
Andrew P. Simco
406 Peale Street
Joliet IL 60433
Ph: 815-603-2208
E-mail: apsimco@andsim.com

Favorite Links

Items of Interest

Below are just a few of my favorite links. For the rest, click on Favorites!

	Percussive Arts Society Home Page
	The Gramophone Magazine
	Carlisle Percussion Products
	Des Moines Metro Opera
	Joliet Junior College
	Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
	Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra

Photo of the Day:

A pair of Anheier cable-tuned drums
owned by Louis Charbonneau.
A set of Ringer timpani looms in the background.
This photo was taken in October of 1993 at McGill University, five years before Louis retired from the Montreal Symphony.

Favorite Recordings:

Tchaikovsky- The Complete Symphonies
(including Manfred) - Mariss Jansons/Oslo Philharmonic
Chandos 8672

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
                    -Mariss Jansons/Oslo Philharmonic
                     Chandos 6595/6595/66595/6

Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies
                    -Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic
                     (1962-63) DGG

Brahms: The Symphonies
-George Szell/The Cleveland Orchestra
Sony Classical

Berlioz: The Complete Orchestra Works
-Sir Colin Davis/LSO/BBC Symphony
Phillips Classics

Prokofiev: Symphony Nos 1 and 5
                  -Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra
                  Sony Classical

and many more....