Program / Event Details

This program introduces audiences to a ragtime orchestra and an orchestra in general. After introducing how an ensemble works together to create sound, we then talk about how sound impacts the way we think, how we relate sounds to emotions, and how with critical thinking we can create a scene just using music and sound! When film was in its beginning stage 100 years ago, there was no sound to accompany the movie — so we work with audiences to show how sounds can change how we think about a certain scene or action sequence. We then accompany a short silent film with the orchestra featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy, or another actor from the silent era.