TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER TO PRESENT AN EVENING OF SILENT FILM AT THE COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER TO PRESENT AN EVENING OF SILENT FILM AT THE COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE

Tanglewood composers, conductors, and instrumentalists to perform live at Greater Boston’s iconic art deco cinema on Tuesday, August 12

Brookline and Lenox, Massachusetts (Monday, August 4, 2025) — Tanglewood, one of the country’s most acclaimed music festivals and summer home of both the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and the BSO’s summer academy for advanced musical training, the Tanglewood Music Center (TMC), will be taking the show on the road this summer with a performance of their beloved Silent Film Project at Brookline’s iconic Coolidge Corner Theatre (CCT) on Tuesday, August 12 at 7pm.

“An Evening of Silent Film with Tanglewood Music Center'' is a collaboration between the TMC and the Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI) that features original music by TMC Composition Fellows – Caio de Azevedo, Baldwin Giang, Liann J. Kang, Joshua Alvarez Mastel, and Sofía Rocha  –  written during their summer studies at Tanglewood, to accompany short silent films. These completely new musical scores are performed live by TMC Conducting Fellows and members of the TMC’s New Fromm Players, who have distinguished themselves in the performance of new music.

This year's Silent Film Project includes selections from animated comedies Mutt and Jeff, Felix the Cat, and Koko the Clown. The evening will also feature the heartwarming Falling Leaves by Alice Guy Blaché, one of the first women movie directors, and several international newsreels from 1926.

Ed Gazouleas, Director of the Tanglewood Music Center, said “Young musicians come from all over the world to study at the Tanglewood Music Center and we are proud to send a group of creative young people to the Coolidge again this summer. The Silent Film Project brings together composers, conductors and instrumentalists in a cross-disciplinary exploration of film and original music. We can't wait to share this innovative program with Boston audiences.”

“Film and music are inseparable, and we are delighted to co-present visionary works of cinema accompanied by original compositions and performances by fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center, some of the most talented young musicians in the world”, remarked Katherine Tallman, Executive Director & CEO of the Coolidge Corner Theatre. “This program speaks to the vitality of both of our art forms, and we are thrilled to share it with audiences in Greater Boston.”

The Coolidge’s screens are accessible by elevators. All are also equipped with a variety of options for patrons that are hard of hearing, deaf, blind, and/or visually impaired. For questions about accessibility or to request any special accommodations, please email info@coolidge.org.

The Coolidge Corner Theatre is located at 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA. Tickets for this event are $35 general admission and $32 for Coolidge members.