Clark Wilson at The Wurlitzer with Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Celebrate Early Autumn in Foxburg on the beautiful Allegheny as consummate silent movie accompanist and theatre organist Clark Wilson returns to Lincoln Hall to perform on the newly restored McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer on Sunday, September 14 at 2 PM for an afternoon of popular theatre organ favorites plus the delightful and iconic silent movie, Steamboat Bill, Jr. with Buster Keaton.

ARCA is delighted to have Clark’s performance on the newly refurbished McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer with his extraordinary knowledge and wisdom as an organ technician himself who worked closely with ARCA’s Jason Wiles in securing the Wurlitzer’s new saxophone rank.

Clark Wilson’s accompaniment of the Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr will be extraordinary! He is one of the most prominent and recognized scorers of silent movies in America today. He works exclusively with the theatre organ in developing accurate and historic musical accompaniments as they were performed in major picture palaces during the heyday of the silent film. He began his scoring career in 1980 and has toured North America with hundreds of film presentations at schools and universities, performing arts centers, theatres, film festivals, and conventions.

Wilson began his scoring career in 1980 and has successfully toured North America with hundreds of film presentations at schools and universities, performing arts centers, theatres, film festivals, and conventions. His work has led to performances for UCLA, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where, in addition to other pictures, he has repremiered “Wings” for Paramount Studios’ 100th Anniversary, the Chautauqua Institution, Cinequest and San Francisco film festivals, the Los Angeles Conservancy, the Packard Foundation’s Stanford Theatre film series, the Atlanta premier of the restored “Metropolis”, and annual presentations at the Atlanta Fox Theatre and for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Society at the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ. He is the organist of choice for many of the American Theatre Organ Society’s international convention silent film presentations, and he has scored pictures for Kino International for public DVD release. His performances have received the highest marks from colleagues and professionals, one commenting that his was “the finest use of a theatre pipe organ that I have ever heard”.

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