Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Paragon Ragtime Orchestra: 'Scott Joplin and the Original Kings of Ragtime' Oct. 26

[Joplin: Piano Rags; Roy Eaton, piano; Sony SBK 833 (1995)]

Hesston.edu:
October 7, 2008
Rick Benjamin's Paragon Ragtime Orchestra will open the 2008-09 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts season with a 3 p.m. concert at Hesston Mennonite Church on Sunday, October 26. The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (PRO) is the world's only year-round, professional ensemble re-creating 'America's Original Music' - the syncopated sounds of early musical theater, silent cinema, and vintage dance. Paragon Ragtime Orchestra's Hesston concert is titled 'Scott Joplin and the Original Kings of Ragtime.' It includes several works by Joplin as well as selections by John Phillip Sousa, Jerome Kern, George M. Cohan, W.C. Handy, and others. The program will end with the orchestra playing the score to a silent film as the film is projected on the sanctuary screen.”  [Full Post]  [Scott Joplin is profiled at AfriClassical.com]

No comments: