Join the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) for special Mighty Wurlitzer Organ concerts of the 2017 series with Andrew Rogers, accompanied by the 1925 horror silent film classic The Phantom of the Opera on Friday, Oct. 13 and Saturday, Oct. 14.
The Phantom of the Opera features Lon Chaney Sr. as the deformed phantom who haunts the Paris Opera house. Rogers will accompany the film on the GRPM’s 1928 Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ.
Rogers is a Detroit native. He is an organist at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor and the Detroit Fox, he also scores and performs silent films, and performs concerts throughout the U.S. and internationally. Rogers, a resident of Fenton, Mich., started his musical studies with the accordion. He won local and national competitions by playing transcriptions of classical orchestral music. Rogers graduated with a degree with honors in psychology from Michigan State University. In his time, he earned scholarships from the University of Michigan, which made it possible to travel on two Historic Organ Tours, which were through France, Italy, and Switzerland. In 2003, Rogers was invited to play for a public program in Michigan, which was for Japan’s Foundation for Global Harmony.
Shows will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, in the Meijer Theater at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW.
Tickets for individual concerts are $8 for Museum member adults, $4 for Museum member children, $10 for non-member adults and $5 for non-member children. Tickets are available by visiting www.grpm.org/Organ or by calling 616-929-1700.
The third concert of the series will be Theatre Organ Through the Decades performed by Justin Stahl on Friday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m.
The fourth and final concert of the series will be Holiday Classics on Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. by John Lauter. This holiday classic is a sellout show, great for the entire family. Tickets are recommended to be purchased early.
