Tag: Charlie Chaplin

  • plunging into fall 2010

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    Ben Model

    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 print out and ship out a concert band score for the Hong Kong Wind Ensemble,…

  • October wrap-up, and a look forward into Nov & Dec

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    Ben Model

    I’ve managed to post about every single one of my performances during October 2009. The calendar quarter of Oct-Nov-Dec finds me working full-time as an accompanist, with 18-22 shows each month. I decided at the beginning of October to try and chronicle all the shows, plus give Twitter updates, for those of you who read…

  • Vermont radio interview

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    Ben Model

    I was on the Mark Johnson Show on WDEV on Thursday morning, Aug 13, for about half an hour at the top of the show. I was promoting the Chaplin show in Manchester VT (Aug 15) and the Lloyd show in Rupert VT (Aug 23), among other things. Listen in! http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_black.swf

  • Buster Keaton in “The General”

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    Ben Model

    Hey, isn’t that Al St. John next to the bone-head commander who thinks the Rock River bridge is strong enough to hold his train? Bruce and Steve were talking about this after the show, pretty certain it’s Al, and so I grabbed this frame from the DVD. Al’s not in the shot of the commander…

  • Chaplin undercranking study – boxing

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    Ben Model

    Here’s a clip I just (finally) uploaded to YouTube. It’s one of the studies I did for my talk at the Clown Theater Festival last fall, Undercranking: The Magic Behind the Slapstick. There are a few others I need to record narration for, render and upload. Chaplin seems to be the master of this technique…

  • Silent Clowns winter/spring season announced

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    Ben Model

    For those of you who aren’t on our snail-mail list, here’s a peek at what you miss by just receiving our eBlasts. Our new brochure, designed masterfully by Marlene Weisman-Abadi, arrived from the printers a couple days ago. Seen at right is our front cover panel, and if you scroll down you’ll see the inside…

  • Charlie Chaplin at Burns Film Center

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    Ben Model

    Happy new year! Tuesday’s show of Chaplin Mutuals – programmed by silent film comrade Bruce Lawton, who also introduced the show – was a big success. We arrived at the Burns film center to discover the show had been moved from their medium-sized theater to the big one because of the number of ticket sales.…

  • Charlie Chaplin program in Burns Film Ctr calendar

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    Ben Model

    Here’s the 2-page spread for Kids/Family film programs at the Jacob Burns Film Center, from their Nov/Dec printed calendar. My parents gave me their copy (since the Burns Center didn’t send me one). The photo of me was taken when I was up at the JBFC in September to play for a few Fritz Lang…

  • Charlie Chaplin show at the Burns Film Center – NY Times

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    Ben Model

    My Google alert that I’ve set for “Ben Model” caught this listing in the New York Times for the Chaplin shorts program Bruce Lawton and I will be doing on Dec 30th at the Burns Film Center. I wasn’t sure if it was just online or not, but when I visited my folks this afternoon…

  • Westchester Magazine: “Top 5 picks”

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    Ben Model

    The December 2008 edition of Westchester Magazine has a piece on me in it. They’d contacted me about this in September; they have a profile in each monthly issue of a local (or hails-from) resident who then recommends his/her top 5 picks of something in their field. Chef recommends restaurants, golf pro recommends golf courses,…