The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra (PRSO) is the leading professional ragtime orchestra in the United States. Under the direction of virtuoso Andrew Greene, PRSO recreates the syncopated stylings of a bygone era - Ragtime, Theater, and Dance music, along with underscoring classic silent films using an immense archive of over 15,000 original orchestral scores.
Harold Lloyd's Never Weaken (Clips)
Take a look at the renowned Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra during a silent film show as they accompany Harold Lloyd's 1921 silent comedy classic NEVER WEAKEN. Filmed LIVE in St. Augustine, FL on October 1, 2016. Video courtesy Jorge Rivera/First Coast TV.
Medium: Film/Performance
Year: 2016
Details: 5:25
The St. Louis Blues
The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra performs the original 1919 theater orchestration of W.C. Handy's St. Louis Blues. Featuring solos by ragtime pianist and scholar Adam Swanson, and PRSO cornetist Benjamin Lostocco. Recorded & filmed by Arts Laureate.
Year: 2019
Details: 3:49
Swanee
The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra performs the original orchestral score of George Gershwin's 1919 hit, SWANEE. Featuring William Edwards, vocalist. Recorded & filmed by Arts Laureate.
Year: 2019
Details: 2:45
Take On Me (Ragtime Cover)
The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra performs their ragtime-style cover of A-Ha's signature hit, "Take On Me". Featuring William Edwards, vocalist. Recorded & filmed by Arts Laureate.
Year: 2019
Details: 3:17
Don't Stop Me Now (Ragtime Cover)
The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra performs our ragtime style cover of Queen's hit, "Don't Stop Me Now". Featuring William Edwards, vocalist. Recorded & filmed by Arts Laureate.
Year: 2021
Details: 3:33
Word Play promotional video
Alden Phelps' longest-running and most beloved assembly program "Word Play" has delighted audiences across the DelMarVa area. His silly songs, word games, and audience participation engages students from grades K-5, and can also be tailored for family events.
Medium: live concert
Year: 2021
Details: promotional video is a little over 2 min long
Alden Phelps is an artist, songwriter, and musician with over 20 years years of experience performing for audiences of all kinds across the region. Alden’s zany songs, zippy guitar-ifications, and sing-along choruses delight folks of all ages, and his arts-integrated interactive workshops inspire a love of language and the joy of playing with words.
From the last pages of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, A Wish.
This mini crankie, 6" wide, I made for the Mini Crankie Festival in February 2021, hosted by The Western Mass Puppet Guild. The song, I took from the last pages of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. If you don't manage to make it to the light and indeed fall back to earth to be born again, may you be born remembering, so you don't repeat your mistakes and you more fully understand yourself and your actions.
Medium: crankie, a scrolling panorama of images
Year: 2021
Details: 6" wide, 60"long