"Benjamin and his orchestra filled the second half of the evening with lilting, humorous, and even elegant readings of ragtime numbers, a W.C. Handy blues song, and even a Sousa march…Popular music, A.D. 1900, is still going strong."
– Pasadena Star News
April 17 – PBS-Television “Great Performances” Premiere
April 17 @ 9:00 pm EDT
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and its conductor, Rick Benjamin are featured performers in the PBS-Television Great Performances series Now Hear This. The hour-long episode, entitled Everyone Loves Joplin, explores the life, music, and legacy of the great American-American composer Scott Joplin. The program is hosted by violinist Scott Yoo and directed by Harry Lynch.
Everyone Loves Joplin premiers on Friday, April 17 at 9:00 pm Eastern / 8:00 Central on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app.
Click here for details and local listings: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/now-hear-this-everyone-loves-joplin-about/17610/
