Michael Thomas Britt, a revered church musician and choir director who composed organ accompaniments to 1920s silent films, died of complications from acute respiratory distress syndrome Sept. 14 at ...
Though entitled "The Silent Years," the Brown University Orchestra's 2010-11 season opening concert was anything but. Under the direction of Senior Lecturer in Music Paul Phillips, the orchestra ...
The air was still, and the sheet music was in place, ready to give people a glimpse into entertainment from a hundred years ago. "I'm so excited to hear this organ play and it's just going to be a ...
Together in partnership with the American Theatre Organ Society, The Strand will screen the 1928 silent film classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM. With live ...
Dorset’s oldest cinema, The Rex Wareham, and South West Silents presents our third annual weekend of classic silent films.
In the late 1920s, sound film began to dominate the film industry. The convention of live musicians accompanying silent film disappeared, and hundreds of musicians lost jobs right as the Depression ...
The appeal of silent films isn’t just how one watches movies but instead experiences the score. “There’s a community of people who are interested in silent film, but there’s also still an untapped, ...
For the second time in less than a year, Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Fox Tucson Theatre are teaming up to bring sound to a Charlie Chaplin silent film. American-Canadian conductor Julian Pellicano ...