Ann Marie Calhoun ( Simpson; born May 26, 1979) is an American classically trained

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

ist who has performed as a bluegrass and

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musician in a number of prominent acts, including Jethro Tull,

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Widespread Panic Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Duane Trucks, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and g ...

Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initials DMB) is an American rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991. The band's founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer and back ...

Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the ...

A.R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...

and

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...

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. She has closely collaborated with

Hans Zimmer Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars and four Grammys, and has been nominated for two Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living ...

on numerous film scores, including '' Sherlock Holmes'', '' Interstellar'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Man of Steel'', and '' Captain Phillips''. She is the sister of violinist Mary Simpson.

Personal life

She was born Ann Marie Simpson in 1979 in

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to a "

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dad", a "documented descendant of

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","Is it a fiddle or a violin?"
''

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inSIDEr'', Orange, Virginia, June 7, 2007 who plays

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; and a "Chinese mom", who was a classically trained pianist. Her brothers play guitar and her sister, Mary Simpson, is an accomplished bluegrass fiddler. In 2016 she married

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guitarist

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, with whom she has twin daughters, Talulah and Penelope, born in 2017. She was previously married to Brian Calhoun from 2002–2013.

Music training

Simpson began taking

lessons at the age of three. As she says: "I actually don't remember learning how to play, because I started when I was three. I feel like I've always known." The first hint of her talent came at the age of four when Simpson and her father were watching a

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game on television. After their marching band played "

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", he suddenly heard it again, only this time on the violin. "She picked it up through her ears, and it came out through her fingers instantly. I knew she had a

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then." Simpson began playing

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with her siblings in the Simpson Family Band. As her father states: "When she was 14, I started taking her to the fiddle contests, and she won just about every one." Simpson attended Lake Braddock High School in

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, Virginia, close to Washington, D.C. As a teenager, she was a youth fellow with the

National Symphony Orchestra The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1930, its principal performing venue is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It also performs for the annual National Me ...

, a program that took her weekly to the

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and provided private

lessons A lesson or class is a structured period of time where learning is intended to occur. It involves one or more students (also called pupils or learners in some circumstances) being taught by a teacher or instructor. A lesson may be either one ...

with the National Symphony Orchestra's violinist, William Haroutounian. Simpson attended the

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where she double-

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in Music and Biology, graduating in the class of 2001.Graves, Lee
"Fiddling with the Stars: Violin Prodigy Rocks with Ringo, Wins Nationwide Grammy Contest"
, ''The McIntire Department of Music Newsletter'', University of Virginia, April 17, 2008 While studying there she shared her bluegrass fiddle talents with

Walker's Run Walker's Run is an acoustic bluegrass band based out of Lexington, Virginia who also play New Grass and Jazz music. History In 1997 Brennan Gilmore of Lexington, Virginia gathered together musicians from his hometown and from the University o ...

Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen ...

. From 2001 to 2003, she was part of the bluegrass fusion ensemble

Old School Freight Train Old School Freight Train (OSFT) was a Charlottesville, Virginia-based band that combined bluegrass, jazz, Latin, and Celtic sounds to create their music. Career The band's eponymous debut album, ''Old School Freight Train'', was met with conside ...

. She also takes part in

Gary Ruley and Mule Train Gary Ruley and Mule Train is an acoustic bluegrass band based in Lexington, Virginia who also play New Grass and Jazz music. Early Gary Ruley was born into a musical family in Lexington, Virginia, and first performed publicly at ten. He has pe ...

with other members of Walker's Run. Before dedicating herself completely to her musical career, Simpson taught science and directed the strings program at

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, in

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. She is "taking a leave from this school to pursue music."

Career

In 2004, Simpson recorded the violins on the album ''

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'' for the

. In 2005 she toured Italy with the North African/American band, Kantara, which performed Arab-

Appalachian music Appalachian music is the music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States. Traditional Appalachian music is derived from various influences, including the ballads, hymns and fiddle music of the British Isles (particularly Scotland ...

. In 2006 Simpson was invited to tour with the

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

band, Jethro Tull, as a guest soloist. She admitted: "I had to Google '

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' when he first contacted me." Anderson later said of Simpson: "Unlike many of her fiddlin' friends from the classical world, Ann Marie has cultivated considerable improvisational abilities but still retains her music theory and the ability to play set parts and

orchestration Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", or ...

s." In 2007, Simpson became a member of

's band, String Theories. The band began a world tour in June 2007. Simpson received a gold sales award for her participation in Vai's "Where the Wild Things Are" DVD. Her performance with Vai on "Now We Run", was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Instrumental Rock Group Performance". Vai commented about her performance at that event: "She should have been the one who had a full performance on the show, because she would have stunned people." Ann Marie Calhoun Steve Vai Amherst, NY September 2007

Ann Marie Calhoun Steve Vai Amherst, NY September 2007

At the

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on February 10, 2008, Simpson was the winner of the "My Grammy Moment" contest, and played live with the

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during the broadcast. In late February 2008, she recorded with

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and played as a special guest with the band the

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. Later that year, Simpson performed multiple times as a special guest with the bands

Switchfoot Switchfoot is an American rock music, rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drum kit, drums, percussion), and Jerome Fontamillas (g ...

and

, and then performed with

on ''

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'', ''

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'', and at the

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. 2009 saw Simpson perform with the "First Lady of France",

Carla Bruni Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

, along with

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and

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, at

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to celebrate

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. Simpson appeared several times with

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, including a Christmas performance at the

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for President

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. Simpson has toured as a featured soloist with

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On January 13, 2010, she performed for

with

Ben Harper Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live perf ...

and the

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on ''

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'' to promote Starr's new album, ''

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''. She again played with them, with the addition of

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, on January 14, 2010, for a performance at the

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, in New York City (which was recorded for the 2010

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show, ''

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''). Simpson collaborated with

, as a featured soloist and contributing writer on the film score for the 2009 film '' Sherlock Holmes'', directed by

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. The score was nominated for the 2010

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for Best Score. She also collaborated with

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to score the documentary ''Bouncing Cats'', a film that follows one man's efforts to use dance to empower youth in war-torn Uganda. She worked with Dave Stewart (her manager), and co-wrote the theme song for the charity,

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. Simpson orchestrated and conducted an arrangement of "I'll Take It All" for

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to be used with

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's James Bond series games. On May 17, 2010, she premiered as the lead actress, music composer, and official spokesperson for

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's '' Conspiracy For Good'' (also known as "''SPIRA''"). In 2011, Simpson played with the rock supergroup

with

, Dave Stewart,

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, and

on their debut studio album, ''

Superheavy SuperHeavy was a one-off supergroup project consisting of Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, A. R. Rahman, and Damian Marley. Stone and Stewart have collaborated in the past with Jagger. Jagger said of the band, "We wanted a convergence o ...

'', and accompanied

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' on the album, "'' In Your Dreams''". Simpson performed again with Rahman on

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, and appeared with

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and Sheila E. at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in 2012. Simpson recorded on

' 2014 album, '' 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault''.

Recordings

, '' 12 Years a Slave – Original Motion Picture Score'' (solo violin), 2013. *

, '' Man of Steel – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (solo violin), 2013. *

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, '' Lightning Bolt'' (string arrangements) 2013. *Dave Stewart, ''The Blackbird Diaries'' (violin), 2011. *

, '' If Not Now, When?'' (violin), 2011. *

, '' In Your Dreams'' (violin, string arrangements), 2011. *

and

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, ''Distant Relatives'' (violin), 2010. *

, ''

'' (violin), 2010. *

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, ''How To Become Clairvoyant Violin'', 2010. *

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, ''Say Africa'' (violin), 2010. *

, "Marilyn Monroe" (violin), 2014. *

, ''

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'' (violin), 2009. *Joan Osborne, ''

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'' (violin), 2008. *The Hooters, ''

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'' (violin, vocals), 2008. * Dave Stewart, ''Dave Stewart Songbook, Vol.1'' (violin), 2008. *Jethro Tull, ''

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'' (violin), 2007. *Various Artists, ''The Eclectic Bluegrass Collection'' (fiddle), 2006. *

, ''Live at the Troubadour, Volume I''(fiddle), 2005. *

, ''Live at the Troubadour, Volume II'' (fiddle), 2005. *

, ''

'' (violin),

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, ASIN: B00082ZSP2, 2005. *

, ''Pickin' on Wilco: Casino Side'' (fiddle), 2004. *

, ''Old School Freight Train'' (fiddle), 2002. *Gary Ruley, ''

'' (fiddle), 2002.

Articles, reviews, interviews, etc.

* Assar, Vijith
"FACETIME – Jethro lull: Local gal all over the place"
''The Hook'', April 26, 2007. * Barnes, Lindsay
"FACETIME – Calhoun's coup: Local violinist shines at the Grammys"
''The Hook'', February 2, 2008. * Calhoun, Ann Marie
"Last Look: Starving Artist"
''University of Virginia Arts and Science Magazine'', February 17, 2006.
Fiddler's Grove Ole Time Fiddler's Contest
1999 winners.

''Let It Rock'', October 2006. * St. George, Donna

''

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'', February 14, 2008
Connecther Special Performance by Anne Marie Simpson and Michael Einziger
Girls Impact the World Film Festival Awards, Harvard University, June 1, 2015.

References

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Ann Marie Calhoun Ann Marie Calhoun ( Simpson; born May 26, 1979) is an American classically trained violinist who has performed as a Bluegrass music, bluegrass and Rock music, rock musician in a number of prominent acts, including Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull ...

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