Connor Simpson is a composer and music technologist based in Rochester, NY, whose work explores fading remnants of the past through early music allusion and shifting timbral soundscapes.

Connor's work has been presented at leading festivals including the 62nd Nuova Consonanza Festival, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), soundSCAPE, Hypercube's CubeLab, Longy's Divergent Studio, and Charlotte New Music Festival. He has collaborated with celebrated ensembles such as Mivos Quartet, loadbang, Hypercube, and Sydeboob Duo. Connor has received recognition through the Imagination Fund (Eastman), the Creative Achievement Award (Penn State), the Burt L. Fenner Scholarship in Music Composition (Penn State), and as a finalist in the Brandenburg Commission Competition.

As a technologist, Connor has extensive experience in recording and concert production. As Events Manager for the Electroacoustic Music Studios @ Eastman (EMuSE), he produced large-scale concerts on a 10.1.7 immersive array, collaborating with guest artists including John Chowning, João Pedro Oliveira, and Kyong Mee Choi. His technical research in computer-assisted composition involves designing new methods of transforming and revising musical material using Python, Max/MSP, and Mathematica. Previously, he served as a recording engineer for Penn State University, documenting faculty and student work in a professional studio setting.

A dedicated educator and administrator, Connor has taught electroacoustic labs at Eastman and served as Composition Coordinator for the Penn State Honors Music Institute. He has held leadership roles as President of the Eastman Graduate Composers' Sinfonietta and as an officer for Living Music at Penn State, where he managed budgeting and logistics for artists including Jessie Montgomery, Jenna Lyle, Mivos Quartet, and loadbang.

Connor holds an M.A. from the Eastman School of Music and a B.M. from Penn State University. His primary teachers include Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Robert Morris, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Baljinder Sekhon, and Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice.