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  • February 2011

  • Sun 27

    Silent film program – COPS N’ ROBBERS! at the LAPD Headquarters Auditorium

    February 27, 2011 @ 3:00 pm EST
    Ronald F. Deaton Civic Auditorium LAPD Headquarters, 100 W 1st St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    100 1st Street in downtown Los AngelesROBBERS! at the LAPD Headquarters Auditorium Telephone . Website The Da Camera Society. E-mail

  • March 2011

  • Sat 5

    Concert program at the Clear Space Theatre

    March 5, 2011 @ 7:00 pm EST
    Clear Space Theatre 20 Baltimore Ave, Rehoboth Beach, DE, United States
  • Sun 6

    Concert program at the Clear Space Theatre

    March 6, 2011 @ 3:00 pm EST
    Clear Space Theatre 20 Baltimore Ave, Rehoboth Beach, DE, United States
  • Sun 27

    Concert program at the historic Flushing Town Hall, co-presented by the PRO 25th Anniversary Committee and the Musica Reginae Society

    March 27, 2011 @ 5:00 pm EDT
    Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY, United States
  • April 2011

  • Thu 21

    A concert version of Scott Joplin’s opera TREEMONISHA at the Marian Anderson Music Center Auditorium, Cheyney University

    April 21, 2011 @ 7:30 pm EDT
    Marian Anderson Music Center 1837 University Cir Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney, PA, United States
  • June 2011

  • Sat 4

    Special concert for Thomas Edison Day at his home and Laboratory

    June 4, 2011 @ 6:00 pm EDT
    Thomas Edison National Historical Park 211 Main St, West Orange, NJ, United States

    FREE! Sponsored by the Edison National Historic Site/US National Park Service

  • July 2011

  • Wed 20

    Silent film program at the historic Strand Theatre

    July 20, 2011 @ 8:00 pm EDT
    Strand Theatre 345 Main St, Rockland, ME, United States
  • Thu 21

    Concert program at the historic Stonington Opera House

    July 21, 2011 @ 8:00 pm EDT
    Stonington Opera House 1 School St, Stonington, ME, United States
  • October 2011

  • Sat 22

    The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra’s official 25th Anniversary Concert!

    October 22, 2011 @ 8:00 pm EDT
    Weis Center for the Performing Arts 525 Weis Dr, Lewisburg, PA, United States

    Presented by the Weis Center at Bucknell University. E-mail jbrouse@bucknell.edu.

  • Sat 22

    The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra’s official 25th Anniversary Concert! presented by the Weis Center at Bucknell University

    October 22, 2011 @ 8:00 pm EDT
    Weis Center for the Performing Arts 525 Weis Dr, Lewisburg, PA, United States
  • February 2012

  • Sun 26

    PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST – “WWFM Sunday Opera” show, Scott Joplin’s 1911 opera Treemonisha

    February 26, 2012 @ 3:00 pm EST

    PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST - "WWFM Sunday Opera" show. Scott Joplin's 1911 opera Treemonisha, performed by the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra & Singers, 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.

  • March 2012

  • Tue 20

    “OH, YOU KID!” – Presented by the Paul Taylor Dance Company

    March 20, 2012 @ 7:00 pm EDT
    David H. Koch Theater 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, United States

    A modern dance by legendary choreographer Paul Taylor to the music of the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. The David H Koch Theater, Lincoln Center Telephone 212-496-0600 Email INFORMATION@PTDC.ORG. Website The Paul Taylor Dance Co.

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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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