"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
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PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST – “WWFM Dress Circle” show special 2-hour program “Music from Black Manhattan”
February 24, 2013 @ 6:00 pm EST
PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST – “WWFM Dress Circle” show. Special 2-hour program “Music from Black Manhattan,” saluting the city’s pioneering African-American composers. Performed by the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra & Soloists, with interviews with conductor Rick Benjamin. Broadcast over the WWFM Classical Network, and available through your local Public Radio station (check local listings) and streaming live on the Internet at http://www.wwfm.org/listen.shtml.
