The PRO returns to the historic Majestic Theater for the opening night of the Orchestra’s 40th Season and in celebration of the Majestic’s 100th Anniversary. The program will feature a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s feature film THE GOLD RUSH with its original 1925 score. The performance will be hosted and conducted by Rick Benjamin.

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PRO Opening Night Celebration

Gettysburg College

For the 100th Anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, ICO will present this ground-breaking silent film. In 1942, Charles Chaplin composed this score when he slightly edited the film, taking out the title cards and adding sound.  This classic comedy demonstrates the great human hardships found in the pursuit of riches during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush.

Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush

Butler University

Don't be happy too late is the inversion of the well-known motto. Or as a classic: "Always look on the bright side of life". The motto comes from the comedy troupe Monty Python and is still apt. Children and fools are in a good mood and they tell the truth. They dare to do things that are not otherwise appropriate: to be blunt and direct, to hold up a mirror to others, to look at themselves in it, not to take themselves too seriously and to infect others with their anarchic cheerfulness. Sometimes fools also fib. Never mind. When you laugh, you recognize a truth that you would otherwise only suspect through deep thought. A New Year's concert about fools and comedians in music.

Charles Chaplin

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Sep 18, 2025

PRO Opening Night Celebration · Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

Mar 8, 2025

Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush · Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra

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