The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (PRO) presents Buster Keaton’s silent film comedy STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. with its original 1928 orchestral score at the Strings Music Festival. This two-hour livescore performance will also include a screening of the 1921 Keaton comedy short One Week, and a rare performance of the "Mischa Elman March." The event will be […]
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra performs Meet Me At The Fair!: Sights & Sounds of the Great World’s Fairs at its return to the Community House in Forest Hills, Queens, New York (A National Historic Landmark). The multi-media performance will feature delightful and rare music and images from the 1876 Centennial, the 1893 Columbian Exposition, the 1901 […]
The PRO returns to the historic Brook Theatre (1927) for a matinee screening of Charlie Chaplin’s silent feature film THE GOLD RUSH with its original 1925 score. The performance is presented by the Brook Arts Center and will be hosted and conducted by Rick Benjamin. One show only. This performance is co-funded by the National Endowment for the […]
