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"No Longer Silent" presents historical films from the silent movie era set to live performances of contemporary composed soundtracks. Jeffrey Angeley and Steven Brum are the feature performers at December's screening. Their score is based on rehearsed improvisations that will be performed as the backdrop to 1929's feature-length silent film "Man with a Movie Camera" by Dziga Vertov. Both a documentary and a cinematic art piece, the film depicts ordinary life in the early 20th-century Russian and Ukrainian cities using complex and innovative camera shots, multiple exposures, fast motion, slow motion, freeze frames, match cuts, jump cuts, split screens, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups, tracking shots, reversed footage, stop motion animations and self-reflexive visuals. It is an exploration of the modernity of the cities and simultaneously of modern art. Vertov creates a compelling film that intentionally exists beyond the structure of a narrative arc wherein the cameraman, the camera, and the cities exist as the only recurring or central characters. The soundtrack provided by Angeley and Brum aims to hold to the spirit of the film, offering captivating melody and motion without pushing a narrative arc.
Jeffrey Angeley is a full-time music instructor, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist performer, & event organizer. His resume includes a monthly traditional music series running continuously for seven years, multi-year open mics, free public music instruction programs, multi-year runs of silent movies set to live music, & long-run concert series. He uses the many musical gadgets at his disposal and his broad experience playing multiple genres of music to make sure each performance is a unique concert experience.
Steven Brum is an accomplished performer, composer, arranger, and improvisational musician. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School of Music and a teacher at Symphony Music Shop. His live show performances include Mattapoisett's Harbor Days, the New Bedford Roots and Branches Festival, and its predecessor, the New Bedford Folk Festival. He is a veteran of the "New Sounds of Silents” series, having composed parts and performed them in several films between 2018 and the present. He and Angeley were featured at the event that inspired this series: a performance of “The Boat” by Buster Keaton at the Fishing Heritage Museum in 2018.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Acushnet Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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