orchestra and organ at the Egptian Theatre in Boise
I know, I know…it’s two months later, but anyway here is my video blog entry for my trip to Boise, ID in September. Enjoy!
Ben Model’s blog
Nosferatu at MoMA, on Time Inc website
Here’s a cool video profile on me, just posted on the Time Inc. website, and made by Jim Fields. This was shot in the early spring, but I will actually be playing for “Schreck” in December during MoMA’s “Weimar Kino”… Read More »Nosferatu at MoMA, on Time Inc website
Sept 1, in Tromsø Norway – school show
Here is a new videoblog entry from my first day (back) in Tromsø, Norway. You’ll get to see what the Verdensteatret theatre looks like, and get a glimpse at one of the three shows we did for groups of 5th-graders.
plunging into fall 2010
Back from vacash, and hit the ground running. Prepping for travel to Tromsø, played for Diary of a Lost Girl (first time I used theatre organ since June!) at the C.A.C., book flights to Boise and Massillon, and had to… Read More »plunging into fall 2010
“The Spice of the Program” now available on CD!
A piece of chamber music I composed is now available on CD. The Palisades Virtuosi — an ensemble comprised of Margaret Swinchoski, flute, Donald Mokrynski, clarinet, and Ron Levy, piano — commissioned me to compose a ten-minute work for them… Read More »“The Spice of the Program” now available on CD!
All finished with the “Auteurist” series at MoMA
Well, stick a fork in me…I am done with the 26 performances at MoMA in June, as well as the Sept-May run of the silents in Charles Silver’s “Auteurist” series, and have come out the other end. It’s taken a… Read More »All finished with the “Auteurist” series at MoMA
video blog June 11, 2010 – playing for Fields, actualities, early pioneers
Here’s the June 11th video blog in which I discuss playing for a Fields silent, as well as for two programs of early films at MoMA and how it went in comparison to the performances of the same show last… Read More »video blog June 11, 2010 – playing for Fields, actualities, early pioneers
guest on WNYU FM’s “Citywide” with Lucas Green
I was a guest on the “Citywide” radio program on WNYU (89.1 FM and on wnyu.org) tonight. Well, actually we pre-recorded the half-hour show last week. The show is hosted by Lucas Green, currently an NYU student who I met… Read More »guest on WNYU FM’s “Citywide” with Lucas Green
on the Leonard Lopate show, with Harriet Fields
I was a guest on the Leonard Lopate show today, along with Harriet Fields (W.C. Fields’ granddaughter). Listen to the segment, below, embedded here from the WNYC/Lopate website. http://beta.wnyc.org/media/audioplayer/red_progress_player_no_pop.swf(function(){var s=function(){__flash__removeCallback=function(i,n){if(i)i[n]=null;};window.setTimeout(s,10);};s();})();
videoblog: W.C. Fields, the Lumiere bros., et al
Here is my latest videoblog, (hopefully) the first in a series of near-daily blog postings I’m hoping to do this month, since I’ll be accompanying one or two shows every day. I discuss preparing for a show of W.C. Fields… Read More »videoblog: W.C. Fields, the Lumiere bros., et al