IF YOU GOWhat: Chattanooga Music Club’s Patriotic Organ Concert.When: 7 p.m. Thursday.Where: Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave.Admission: Free.Phone: 642-TIXS.Online: www.ChattanoogaOnStage.com
The most audience-interactive, entertaining organ performance to date is planned by the Chattanooga Music Club for its fifth annual patriotic concert Thursday night in Memorial Auditorium.
The featured artist will be Dr. Steven Ball, a faculty member of the University of Michigan. The 32-year-old musician is one of the few organists in the world to hold a doctor of music arts degree in silent film.
The audience will have the rare chance to see him work his movie magic at the keyboard when he plays nonstop for 75 minutes during a screening of “The General” following the concert’s intermission.
The 1926 silent film stars Buster Keaton and is based on the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862 in North Georgia. The Music Club chose the movie to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.