RICK BENJAMIN

Rick Benjamin. (credit: Julie Hagenbuch)

Rick Benjamin conducts the recording of his reconstruction of the Scott Joplin opera "Treemonisha." (credit: Edward Pleasant)

Mr. Benjamin conducting a recording session at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York. (credit: Peter Wiley)

Mr. Benjamin peruses a few of his orchestral discoveries. (credit: Fanfare magazine)

Mr. Benjamin conducting at Ravinia.

Rick Benjamin conducts the Aalborg Symfoniorkester for a silent film event. (Credit: Orla Nielsen)

The Paul Taylor Dance Company's premiere of "Oh, You Kid!" at The Kennedy Center, conducted by Rick Benjamin.

Rick Benjamin introduces an audience to the lost world of "sheet music"; 'cellist Alistair MacRae approves. (credit: Hiro Anuki)

Rick Benjamin at home with his 1872 Chickering grand piano and Scarlett.

Rick Benjamin's reconstruction of the Scott Joplin opera "Treemonisha."

Rick Benjamin conducting his PRO for a silent film in a historic theater. (credit: Tiffini Scott)

Mr. Benjamin is a leading authority on historic African-American music. (credit: The Rick Benjamin Collection)

Vintage Broadway - Overture to "Going Up" (Louis Hirsch, 1917) - Rick Benjamin, conductor

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RICK BENJAMIN

Conductor - American Music Revivalist

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News

Rick Benjamin featured in the Hartford Courant

A new feature about Rick Benjamin in America's oldest newspaper.

Rick Celebrates 30th Anniversary as PRO Artistic Director

Three Decades of Historic American Music

New Benjamin Recording Listed in Top Ten

"Talkin' Broadway" Vocal Albums of the Year

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Latest Recording

Black Manhattan Vol. 3

Featuring the world premiere recording of the original 1900 score of “Lift Every Voice and Sing!”
From Rick Benjamin, Black Manhattan series curator and conductor:

“This is the third volume of Paragon Ragtime Orchestra recordings documenting the music of important African-American composers from late 19th- and early...

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Next Event

Mar

Fri

Friday - March 15, 2019

8:00 pm

Rick Benjamin: Concert with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

Wabash College

Crawfordsville, Indiana USA

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