Patrick Prouty's Orchestra Cinématique presents: Modern Times
Patrick Prouty's Orchestra Cinématique plays a live improvised score to Charlie Chaplin's silent classic Modern Times on Thursday, December 17, at 7 p.m. at Cliff Bell's in Detroit. A second show follows at 9:30 p.m.; tickets are $25.
Chaplin's silent film is rarely screened like this: while it plays, Orchestra Cinématique, a group of some of Detroit's best improvisers, scores it live on the spot. The band is led by Patrick Prouty, the City of Detroit's Composer Laureate. He's a bassist, composer, conductor and educator who has toured with Bettye Lavette and Johnnie Bassett and played the North Sea Jazz Festival and the Detroit Jazz Festival. His music has turned up in Brooklyn 99, The Good Place and Breaking Bad, and the Michigan Music Hall of Fame gave him a lifetime achievement award in 2023.
There are two shows, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. for dinner. Seating for Dinner & a Show begins at 6 p.m., and seating for the second show starts at 8:45 p.m.
There are two shows, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. for dinner. Seating for Dinner & a Show begins at 6 p.m., and seating for the second show starts at 8:45 p.m.
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