Patrick Prouty’s Orchestra Cinématique presents: Modern Times

Performances are at 7:00p & 9:30p. Doors open at 5pm for dinner. Seating begins at 6p for “Dinner & a Show”. The second show starts seating at 8:45p. Join us for a rare screening of Charlie Chaplin’s Silent Film Classic “Modern Times”. Accompanying the film will be Orchestra Cinématique performing a live improvised score to the film. The ensemble features a seasoned collection of Detroit’s finest improvisors under the direction of the City of Detroit’s Composer Laureate Patrick Prouty. Patrick Prouty is a bassist, composer, conductor and educator from Detroit MI. As a bassist he has toured North America, Europe and Asia with Grammy nominee, Bettye Lavette and blues great, Johnnie Bassett among many other artists. Concerts have included the North Sea Jazz Festival, Bonnarro, Detroit Jazz Festival. He maintains a very active performance schedule as a sideman and leading his own groups, The Detroit Office of Civil Defense and Orchestra Cinématique. Patrick’s skills as a composer cross many genres including jazz, salsa, orchestral, and avant-garde. His music has been featured in many TV shows and feature films including Brooklyn 99, Overboard, The Good Place, Parenthood, Nurse Jackie, Masterpiece Theater and Breaking Bad, The Today Show and Suits. He has won multiple awards for his music including the Block M Records Award in 2006 Detroit Music Award for Best Jazz Recording in 2008 and 2012 and Best Classical Composer in 2020. Patrick received a lifetime achievement award from the Michigan Music Hall of Fame in 2023.