P R E S E N TAT I O N
Halloween Movie Night
METROPOLIS silent film with organ
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019, AT 7 PM
PETER KRASINSKI, organ The complete Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang will last approximately three hours, including a 20-minute intermission.
ABOUT THE ARTIST PETER KRASINSKI
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eter Krasinski is recognized as a motivating consultant for the pipe organ community, and as a conductor, organist and educator whose imaginative and energetic performances elevate and inform audiences.Well respected in both secular and sacred genres of his field, he has taught the enchantment of music to both public and private institutions in the greater Boston area for many years, and his silent film performances have been hailed as “a great marriage of movie and music.” Specializing in the art of live silent film accompaniment, Krasinski has made many worldwide appearances, including such venues as Irvine Auditorium at University of Pennsylvania, Trinity Wall Street (New York), Wanamaker’s-Macy’s Greek Hall (Philadelphia), St Joseph’s Cathedral (Hartford), Old South Church (Boston), National City Christian Church (Washington, D.C.), St Joseph’s Oratory (Montréal), The Kotzschmar Organ at City Hall (Portland), The Great Organ at
Methuen Music Hall, and major concert halls in the cities of Yokohama, Fukui, Miyazaki and Kanazawa, Japan. Among his numerous awards and recognitions, Krasinski is the recipient of the First Prize in Improvisation from the American Guild of Organists (AGO) National Competition. He has played recitals at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (Los Angeles), Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris), Trinity Church (Boston) and Holy Name Cathedral (Chicago). Krasinski is a past dean of the Boston Chapter of the AGO, and he currently serves as organist of First Church of Christ, Scientist in Providence, Rhode Island; accompanist at Beth El Temple Center Belmont, Massachusetts; and faculty member of St Paul’s Choir School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He regularly teaches improvisation master classes to the Harvard Organ Society. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Organ Performance, and a Master of Sacred Music from Boston University. For upcoming performances and more information visit, www.krasinski.org.
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