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  • July 2013

  • Sat 27

    Concert Program at the Centenary Theater, Centenary College

    July 27, 2013 @ 8:00 pm EDT
    Centenary Stage Company 715 Grand Ave, Hackettstown, NJ, United States

    Telephone 908-852-1400, ext. 2203. E-mail wallnauc@centenarycollege.edu.

  • September 2013

  • Thu 19

    SILENTS OF AUTUMN – A special collaboration with the PRO and the Aalborg Symfoniorkester, featuring PRO’s conductor Rick Benjamin

    September 19, 2013 @ 7:30 pm EDT

    Silent films with live orchestra plus classical music by Victor Herbert, Archibald Joyce, and Felix Godin The Kongres and Kultur center in Aalborg, Denmark Telephone 98 13 19 55 or email info@aalborgsymfoni.dk.

  • October 2013

  • Sat 26

    HAUNTED HOLLYWOOD! – Silent Film Concert at the historic Campus Theatre, Lewisburg

    October 26, 2013 @ 7:00 pm EDT
    Campus Theatre 413 Market St., Lewisburg, PA, United States
  • Sun 27

    HAUNTED HOLLYWOOD! – Silent Film Concert at the historic Campus Theatre, Lewisburg

    October 27, 2013 @ 2:00 pm EDT
    Campus Theatre 413 Market St., Lewisburg, PA, United States

    For information, call 570-524-9511 or Email info@paragonragtime.com.

  • Tue 29

    HAUNTED HOLLYWOOD! – Silent Film Concert at the 1923 Strand Theatre, Rockland

    October 29, 2013 @ 7:00 pm EDT
    Strand Theatre 345 Main St, Rockland, ME, United States

    Telephone 594-0070 ex3 Email info@rocklandstrand.com. Website The Strand Theatre.

  • December 2013

  • Fri 6

    Holiday Concert at the Hugo Young Theatre, Ashland University

    December 6, 2013 @ 1:30 pm EST
    Hugo Young Theatre 331 College Ave Ashland University, Ashland, OH, United States

    Telephone 419-289-5950 Email tapplega@ashland.edu. Website Spectrum Arts & Ideas Series.

  • Fri 6

    Holiday Concert at the Hugo Young Theatre, Ashland University

    December 6, 2013 @ 7:30 pm EST
    Hugo Young Theatre 331 College Ave Ashland University, Ashland, OH, United States

    Telephone 419-289-5950 Email tapplega@ashland.edu. Website Spectrum Arts & Ideas Series.

  • January 2014

  • Sun 19

    Public Radio Program – WVIA/WVYA-FM “Music to My Ears” show

    January 19, 2014 @ 1:00 pm EST

    Hosted by WVIA/WVYA-FM "Music to My Ears" show. Gary Boerckel PRO's latest recordings are sampled and discussed with conductor Rick Benjamin Broadcast live over the WVIA/WVYA network throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania (check here for frequencies WVIA/WVYA Radio) and streaming live on the Internet at http://www.wvia.org/radio/listen-live.

  • April 2014

  • Thu 24

    Concert Program at the North Baltimore Crowne Plaza Hotel Ballroom

    April 24, 2014 @ 2:00 pm EDT
    North Baltimore Crowne Plaza Hotel Ballroom 2004 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, MD, United States

    Presented by Class of 1949 Committee

  • May 2014

  • Sat 10

    Silent Film Program – A special collaboration between PRO and Chamber Music Hawaii, featuring PRO’s conductor Rick Benjamin

    May 10, 2014 @ 7:30 pm EDT
    Mae Zenke Orvis Auditorium 2411 Dole St, Honolulu, HI, United States

    Silent films with live orchestra plus music by early 20th century Hawaiian composers.

  • Sat 24

    Special Scott Joplin Memorial Concert at Scott Joplin’s grave

    May 24, 2014 @ 2:00 pm EDT
    St. Michael's Cemetery 7202 Astoria Blvd S, Queens, NY, United States

    St. Michael's Cemetery, Queens, New York. FREE! Produced by noted Joplin biographer Edward A Berlin (author of King of Ragtime). Pre-concert presentation by Dr. Berlin at 1:15pm in the Chapel.

  • June 2014

  • Sat 21

    Concert Program at the Canal Walk Clubhouse in Somerset, NJ

    June 21, 2014 @ 8:00 pm EDT
    Canal Walk Clubhouse 100 Canal Walk Blvd, Somerset, NJ, United States
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Pasadena Star News

"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

Kansas City Star

“This group is like a ragtime early music ensemble, striving to protect the integrity of this uniquely American musical genre.”
– Kansas City Star

Fanfare 2

“…delightfully infectious. The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and its dynamic director have found a winning formula for educating the public in the most enjoyable way…”
– Fanfare magazine

LaCrosse Tribune

“The magical, musical time machine.”
– La Crosse Tribune

Washington Post 2

“Summoning both the subtle interplay and brassy vitality these pieces demand, the PRO does itself proud.”
– The Washington Post

Buffalo News

“The results were irresistible. Halfway through the opening Knock-Out Drops Rag, someone enthused audibly, ‘Gee, they’re terrific!’ She was right.”
– Buffalo News

American Heritage

“…the twelve-member Paragon Ragtime Orchestra has been touring the country in the ghostly footsteps of the thousands of ‘theater orchestras’ that once played in every hotel, vaudeville hall, and fair-sized restaurant. Few of them can have played with more bite and sparkle than the Paragon.”
– American Heritage magazine

Gramophone

“…genteel melodic lines swim like fish through pure water.”
– Gramophone magazine

BBC Music magazine

“superbly presented….prize-worthy.”
– BBC Music magazine

American Music magazine

“… a deft, crisp, and energetic group…. one of the premiere forces in the reassertion of this repertoire in our musical consciousness.”
– American Music magazine

New York Times

“Best of all, the concert came off not as a dry musicological dig, but as an evening of…abidingly energetic fun.”
– The New York Times

Wall Street Journal

“…protecting an important American treasure…not just be a pleasure to hear but for many a true revelation.”
– The Wall Street Journal

Washington Post

“Vibrantly revived music.”
– The Washington Post

Classics Today

“There’s plenty of variety here to give a representative sampling of some of the era’s finest pop music, and it’s all played with polish, authenticity, and all-out enthusiasm by the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra under Rick Benjamin’s inspired direction.”
– Classics Today

Fanfare magazine

“If PRO is not already labeled a national treasure it should be.”
– Fanfare magazine

Philadelphia Inquirer

“Four Stars…The music is incomparably sweet and stirring. And Rick Benjamin, who founded and conducts the PRO, is a musician of wit and sensibility.”
– The Philadelphia Inquirer

Denver Post

“To hear the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra play the compositions of Scott Joplin or Irving Berlin… is to hear the promise many Americans felt about the prospects for the U.S. a century ago.”
– Denver Post

The San Francisco Chronicle

"Ragtime and opera joined hands and danced together in the most joyous fashion at Stern Grove on Sunday afternoon, with a vigorous and utterly charming performance of Scott Joplin’s 'Treemonisha'…the score, superbly led by conductor Rick Benjamin, is a resourceful marvel….For this performance Benjamin…unveiled his new arrangement of 'Treemonisha' for the 11-piece Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. That lithe, pungent blend of strings, woodwinds and brass…gave the performance a lively grace that helped fill the sunny meadow to perfection.”
– The San Francisco Chronicle

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