Scott Joplin (c.1867-1917) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a Bibliography and comprehensive Works List by Dr. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.
Lake Country Now
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra presents "Scott Joplin and the Original
Kings of Ragtime" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, on the Oconomowoc
Arts Center's Neudecker Main Stage.
Join conductor Rick Benjamin
and the 12-piece Paragon Ragtime Orchestra as they take the audience
back to the early 20th century and the jaunty rhythms of early jazz
music known as ragtime. The program will feature ragtime writers Scott
Joplin and his rivals.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Paragon
Ragtime Orchestra has been touring the country and abroad, recreating
America's original music in the ghostly footsteps of the thousands of
theater orchestras that once played in every hotel and vaudeville hall.
The
audience will be invited to sit back and listen to the syncopated
sounds of early musical and vaudeville theater. Vintage footage from the
silent-film era will also be shown while the orchestra performs the
musical renditions that accompany the black and white motion pictures.
The
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra is also known for its work on radio
programming, such as The New York Times, WQXR, NPR, BBC and the Voice of
America networks. In addition, the group has been featured on
soundtracks of several motion pictures and television programs.
Since
1989, the Walt Disney Company has relied on the orchestra's recordings
for the outdoor theme music heard at Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland,
Disney World and Disneyland Paris.
History in the music
Founded
by Benjamin in 1985, the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra uses his
extraordinary 20,000-title collection of antique theater and dance
orchestra scores (c.1875-1925) as the basis of its repertoire,
captivating audiences worldwide.
The archive includes rare
published scores and manuscripts by more than 700 American composers,
including luminaries like Joplin, Edward MacDowell, W.C. Handy, Victor
Herbert, Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin.
The works of
African-American composers are especially well represented. All of the
Paragon Orchestra's concerts, silent film screenings and recordings are
created exclusively using the orchestrations from this world-class
collection.
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For more information about the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, visit www.paragonragtime.com.
Comment by email:
Thanks Bill: The Orchestra and I really appreciate your continuing support.
Comment by email:
Thanks Bill: The Orchestra and I really appreciate your continuing support.
Sincerely, R Rick Benjamin, Founder & Artistic Director PARAGON RAGTIME ORCHESTRA
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