Digital Press Kit
Press Photos
 | Rick Benjamin - headshotRick Benjamin, American conductor, author, and historian. Photo Credit: Julie Louisa Hagenbuch File Size: 1,359,938 bytes (2093 x 3389 pixels) |
Documents
 | Rick Benjamin - Paul Taylor recommendation letterRecommendation letter from the legendary choreographer Paul Taylor, founder of the Paul Taylor Dance Company and "Paul Taylor's Modern American Dance." File Type: PDF (250,248 bytes) |
Audio
 | Vintage Broadway - Overture to "Going Up" (Louis Hirsch, 1917) - Rick Benjamin, conductorRick Benjamin conducts the PRO in the Overture to the hit 1917 Louis Hirsch musical "GOING UP." File Size: 3,824,575 bytes |
| Silent Film Music - "Agitato Drammatico" (Domenico Savino, 1925) - Rick Benjamin, conductorOrchestral silent film music played from Domenico Savino's original 1925 score; Rick Benjamin conducting the PRO. File Size: 3,397,091 bytes |
| Opera - "A Real Slow Drag" from "Treemonisha" (Scott Joplin, 1911) - Rick Benjamin, conductorRick Benjamin conducts the final number from Scott Joplin's operatic depiction of Reconstruction Era black life, "Treemonisha." File Size: 6,979,001 bytes |
| Vintage Broadway - Finale to Act II of "Watch Your Step" (Irving Berlin, 1914) - Rick Benjamin, conductorRick Benjamin conducts the PRO and the Paragon Singers in Finale to Act II from Irving Berlin's first musical, "Watch Your Step" (1914). File Size: 8,595,458 bytes |
| African-American orchestral music - "Swing Along" (Will Marion Cook, 1902) - Rick Benjamin, conductorRick Benjamin conducts the PRO in a performance of Will Marion Cook's astounding 1902 "Swing Along." File Size: 4,895,997 bytes |
| Rick Benjamin - WITF Public Radio Interview on silent film musicRick Benjamin - WITF Public Radio Interview on silent film music. The host is Cary Burkett. File Size: 3,884,093 bytes |
Video
 | Conductor Rick Benjamin - interview on Denmark's TV2Rick Benjamin is interviewed by Denmark's TV 2 about his work as a conductor for silent films. Here, Mr. Benjamin leads the Aalborg Symfoniorkester. Video Type: YouTube |