September 10-13, 2026

Pianist and conductor Andrew Greene is the leading authority on orchestral ragtime music in the United States. With his Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra, he has performed repeatedly at the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, American Film Institute, and the Kennedy Center, to name a few.

Hailed in the press as one of the top concert pianists in the world, Frederick Hodges has established a reputation specializing in late romantic music as well as Ragtime, Broadway, and Hollywood musicals of the first half of the twentieth century by America’s best composers, such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter. He maintains a busy concert schedule of stage, television, radio, and film appearances around the globe. His website is: www.frederickhodges.com.

Bryan S. Wright is a pianist and Grammy-nominated musicologist specializing in ragtime and early jazz piano styles. He has performed and lectured on ragtime across the United States and abroad, including featured appearances at the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival, the West Coast Ragtime Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival, the Buenos Aires Ragtime Festival, and the Tokyo Ragtime Festival. He is founder and executive producer of Rivermont Records, an internationally-distributed label specializing in ragtime and early jazz. 

Whether performing the masterworks of Scott Joplin or the score to Star Wars, Martin Spitznagel is truly at home on the piano bench. A sought-after performer and decorated composer, he found success early, winning a Yamaha Disklavier at the age of 14 in ​Calliope Media’s nationwide Crazy for Ragtime competition. Despite this early success, Martin was largely self‐guided until 1998, when he met Eastman School of Music pianist and pedagogue Dr. Tony Caramia, who challenged him to “find the surprise” in every performance. 

In 2011, Martin was selected as the Scott Joplin Foundation’s Artist in Residence, and in May he claimed the title “World Champion of Old‐Time Piano Playing ” at the World Championship Old‐Time Piano Playing Contest. 

Internationally Renown, Grammy Award-Winning Percussionist

Arguably the most requested drummer on the jazz circuit today, Danny Coots is every musicians’ dream percussionist. He has been praised by fellow instrumentalists, singers, and audience members all over the world. His undeniable sense of timing combined with his incredible sensitivity to the overall musical canvas allows him to blend seamlessly into just about any rhythmic setting.

Danny Coots has performed in 100 countries across the globe and has played drums on over 160 recordings with an array of talented artists!

Will Perkins has been performing at ragtime and jazz festivals since the age of 14. His love for traditional jazz and ragtime piano has led him to perform at music festivals around the United States and beyond. Will has been a featured performer at the Bohem Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival in Kecskemet, Hungary, and at the Buenos Aires Ragtime Festival in Argentina. He has also performed at the West Coast, Scott Joplin, Sutter Creek and many other festivals around the country. When Will isn’t playing the piano, you will probably find him working on them! Professionally, Will is a piano technician and currently resides in Idaho Falls, Idaho with his wife McKenna.

The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra (PRSO) is the leading professional ragtime orchestra in the United States. Under the direction of virtuoso Andrew Greene, PRSO recreates the syncopated stylings of a bygone era - Ragtime, Theater, and Dance music, along with underscoring classic silent films using an immense archive of over 15,000 original orchestral scores.

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A crowd favorite while performing at venues from The Kennedy Center, The Library of Congress, The American Film Institute, historic theaters, major performing arts centers, universities and more across the United States... PRSO is also a favorite on radio stations everywhere!

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Their programs highlight the music of the late 1800s and early 1900s, with selections by composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, W.C. Handy, Eubie Blake, George M. Cohan, and of course, the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin. Their silent film programs feature the biggest names of the day (Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd Laurel & Hardy, Douglas Fairbanks, and more), and have earned them worldwide recognition and fame.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 (𝗖𝗕𝗪𝗖) 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆; 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗞𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗶 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗕𝗪𝗖 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆, 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮.

Called “a hot item” and “powerful” by the New York Times, William McNally is a two–time winner of the World Championship Old–Time Piano Playing Contest. Recently, Dream Shadows was released to high acclaim: reviews in Fanfare Magazine called the recording “highly natural and persuasive…the disc is so good that it’s hard to know what to highlight…a treasure!”