The Avalon Theatre is 100 this year! Celebrating with films from the past 100 years...including Buster Keaton's SHERLOCK, JR. this Saturday (5:30 PM) with my new ensemble score. washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/04…

GREAT night The Avalon Theatre last night!! Full house celebrating its 100th anniversary: thrilled to premiere my score for Buster Keaton's SHERLOCK JR. there. #silentfilm #silentfilmmusic #BusterKeaton

Happy to announce the birth of a new #filmfestival – #SoundofSilent - #Chartres International #SilentFilmFestival from May 30 to June 4, 2023: the first major film festival in France, entirely dedicated to #silentcinema soundofsilent.com Festival International du Film Muet Ville de Chartres

A nice online review of the recently-released silent film disc BACK PAY/THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN (1922): Frank Borzage directs youtu.be/Zs_87ORwoSo via YouTube. I scored these and co-produced the disc w/Undercrank Prods. #silentfilm #silentfilmmusic #borzage

Worth a re-post: 3 years ago, on our 20th anniversary, I made this Sparkler, back when it was still Twitter. Today is 23 - still going great!! youtube.com/watch?v=orq1gW…

Super excited 4 premiere of new score to Buster Keaton's OUR HOSPITALITY (100 yrs old) National Museum of American History Thu., Dec. 14, 7:30 PM. Cond Anna Luebke (vn), Erin Snedecor (vc), Mark Sylvester (gt/banjo, Liz Hill (pno), Chris DeChiara (perc). #silentfilm #silentfilmmusic #busterkeaton

Harold Lloyd's SAFETY LAST!: A Brief Introduction youtu.be/mHRHFr4l3Ps?fe… via YouTube

Really pumped for THE HANDS OF ORLAC at the National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art today (2 PM). Conrad Veidt dir. Robert Wiene team up again (from DR. CALIGARI). I'll be playing part of a Chopin Nocturne called for in the film and more concert-pianist playing. #silentfilmmusic

Looking forward to 3rd installment of the silent film series GreenbeltCinemas tomorrow (Sat., Feb. 24) at 1 PM. I'll accompany Harold Lloyd's classic comedy, SAFETY LAST! (The one with him hanging from the clock...) #silentfilm #silentfilmmusic youtube.com/watch?v=mHRHFr…

Coming up Fri March 8, 7 PM Atlas Performing Arts Center (Atlas INTERSECTIONS) Buster Keaton's OUR HOSPITALITY: A Brief Introduction youtu.be/LRIr-ghl3dM?fe… via YouTube w/ my new ensemble score #silentfilm #silentfilmmusic #BusterKeaton

Excited to play my new score for BARE KNEES (1928), @atlaspadc Sun. April 14, 4 PM. w/Ben Bokor clar/sax & Phil Carluzzo, drums. youtu.be/qsus8eMNh94?fe… via YouTube

My new promo The Lost World (1925): A Brief Introduction youtu.be/2b0pvILJ3Zk?fe… via YouTube Screening this Sat., May 4, 1 PM, GreenbeltCinemas. #silentfilmmusic #silentfilm #dinosaurs #stopmotionanimation

Had a great time The Autry Museum of the American West this weekend, accomp 2 Texas Guinan silent Westerns. Great audience and reception...and I loved the mustard-yellow, mid-century styled keyboard. #silentfilm #silentfilmmusic #autrymuseum #texasguinan

"As autocratic leaders are on the rise again worldwide, a new work of music-theatre examines an original - Julius Caesar - whose ruthless ambition destroyed a 500-year-old Republic." Caesar & the Mannequin: opens 9/12 Atlas Performing Arts Center atlasarts.org/events/man-ray/

Nice review of Caesar and the Mannequin, with 4 more shows Atlas Performing Arts Center this weekend. dctheaterarts.org/2024/09/14/in-…

Halloween silent films w/ new live music National Museum of American History Oct. 30! Long Chaney/Joan Crawford in THE UNKNOWN; wild 1917 short, THE DEVIL'S ASSISTANT. Andrew Simpson Ens. perfs new scores! eventbrite.com/e/history-film…

This Sun, Sept. 29, @Nationalgalleryofart. Cœur Fidèle (Faithful Heart, 1923), directed by Jean Epstein: A Brief In... youtu.be/FMLUeVoorWU?fe… via YouTube

History Film Forum presents: Spooky Silent Films: Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 7:30 - 9:30 PM EDT si.edu/events?trumbaE…

Just released! Super-fun podcast (Smithsonian Sidedoor), "The Devil's Composer," on my score for THE DEVIL'S ASSISTANT, a 1917 horror film screening Oct. 30 at Smithsonian Amer Hist. Host Lizzie Peabody & I watch & discuss story + music. #silentfilmmusic #silentfilm

On TCM "Silent Sunday Nights" this Sun, 11/17: Lubitsch's 3 WOMEN w/ my chamber orchestral score! Tuning in late night... #silentfilm #silentfilmmusic #lubitsch #turnerclassicmovies