Rick Benjamin. (credit: Julie Hagenbuch)

Rick Benjamin conducts his reconstruction of the 1921 orchestral score for Buster Keaton's "ONE WEEK" in the historic Maryland Theatre. (Credit: Michael Harp/Maryland Symphony Orchestra)

A scene from Rick Benjamin's acclaimed reconstruction of the Scott Joplin opera "Treemonisha."

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

Rick Benjamin at home with his 1881 Chickering grand piano and Scarlett. One of John Philip Sousa's conducting batons rests on the piano. (Credit: "Inside Pennsylvania")

Rick Benjamin in rehearsal, 2019 (photo: Kurt Moses).

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

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

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

Rick Benjamin conducts for a silent feature film as part of his NEA-funded "Paragon LIVE! In Historic American Theaters" touring programs. (Credit: Clemens Center)

Mr. Benjamin conducting at Ravinia.

Rick Benjamin conducts the recording of his reconstruction of the Scott Joplin opera "Treemonisha" for New World Records (credit: Edward Pleasant)

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

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