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Jon Mirsalis is a film historian, preservationist, and silent film accompanist who has been creating silent film scores for more than forty years. In addition to performing live, he has recorded scores for many DVD releases, including The Mark of Zorro and The Phantom of the Opera. Jon also … [Read more...] about Jon Mirsalis

A chamber ensemble that revives the tradition of silent-film orchestras, Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra culls historic libraries of music for its live musical accompaniments. Together, musicians Rodney Sauer, Britt Swenson, David Short, Brian Collins, and Dawn Kramer have recorded and toured … [Read more...] about Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

Music director and conductor of the Oakland Symphony, Michael Morgan served as artistic director of the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra and music director at the Bear Valley Music Festival and won multiple awards for his compositions. Morgan made his debut apppearance at SFSFF 2016 conducting the … [Read more...] about Michael Morgan

Dutch composer and pianist Maud Nelissen has earned international acclaim performing live and recording both solo and with her ensemble, The Sprockets. She made her American debut in 2008 at the Telluride Film Festival and, in 2011, she performed at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Los … [Read more...] about Maud Nelissen

Toychestra is an all-woman experimental music group from Oakland that plays “symphonic miniatures” using toy musical instruments, including tiny pianos, recorders, xylophones, and other noise-makers like jack-in-the-boxes and Fisher-Price See ’n Says. They perform their own compositions as well as … [Read more...] about Toychestra

Clark Wilson began his musical training at the age of nine. Growing up in Ohio, Wilson accompanied numerous stage productions and was the organist at several churches. His professional playing career began in earnest when he was appointed as the featured organist at Pipe Organ Pizza in Milwaukee. He … [Read more...] about Clark Wilson

A specialist in orchestral music from the 1920s and ’30s, conductor and composer Timothy Brock has been responsible for the restoration of several landmark silent-era scores, including Dmitri Shostakovich’s New Babylon to George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique. In 1998 the Chaplin estate commissioned … [Read more...] about Timothy Brock

Serge Bromberg is a grand impresario of cinema. Fortunate audiences around the world know him for his Retour de Flamme clip shows, during which he may burn a bit of nitrate film stock on stage and accompany some early animation on the piano while presenting his latest discoveries. Through Lobster … [Read more...] about Serge Bromberg