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The University of Colorado Boulder offered a screening of Victor Sjöström’s 1921 silent film, “The Phantom Carriage” Sunday in the Muenzinger Auditorium. The film featured a live performance of the score by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Thank you to the International Film Series, Rodney Sauer and the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, CU Presents, University Libraries and many others for helping to celebrate the new Grauman Theater collection. Here is a short video clip of the MAMPO performing along side The Phantom Carriage screening.
Rodney Sauer discusses his role in preserving historic scores from the silent film era on CPR's Colorado Matter. Rodney is the Director of the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra and recently donated a large collection of silent film sheet music to the AMRC. Scroll to 35:20 to listen to Rodney's interview.
Naomi Heiser talks with the former AMRC Director and Professor Emeritus Thomas Riis about an exciting rare map in the CU Boulder Libraries collection, the Folklore Music Map of the United States and the music that inspired it.
The AMRC is hosting a special lecture on Tuesday, November 5th by nationally acclaimed Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Bandleader Glenn Miller, who was lost at sea 75 years ago, played and replayed the song before troops serving in World War II
A new sound is coming to the University of Colorado Boulder thanks to a generous donation by alumnus Rodney Sauer.
No-No Boy performed at the University of Colorado’s Grusin Hall Friday night, delivering an engaging acoustic performance and deeply personal retelling of America’s dark history of Asian immigration.
A Brainwaves podcast with featured guests AMRC Director, Susan Thomas, Anna Spain Bradley, and Henry Lovejoy.
As an Asian-American kid growing up in Nashville, Julian Saporiti struggled to find connections to people who looked like him, who shared his origin story.