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11.13.09
The 2009 Cinema Arts Festival Houston Features Kids From MacGregor Elementary And Some Weird Living-Computer Thing
By Olivia Flores Alvarez in Movies
HOUSTON, TX (November 13, 2009) – Two of the more off-beat events happening this weekend at the 2009 Cinema Arts Festival are Peter Pan at Miller Outdoor Theatre, and Biomodd (ATH'): A Living Game Computer as Social Sculpture at Rice Media Center.
A screening of the 1925 silent film Peter Pan, considered by many to be the best film treatment of the story, is special enough but add to that pianist Donald Sosin, singer Joanna Seaton and founder of Kid Pan Alley Paul Reisler performing a brand new score written by the budding musicians of Houston's MacGregor Elementary School and it becomes a must-see event.
"We're writing ten songs in four days and then we're doing an afternoon concert for the school, then an evening concert for the Festival," Paul Reisler tells Hair Balls.
Sosin joined Reisler for the classroom sessions during which they worked with 10 classrooms, each averaging between 20 and 25 students.
About Houston Cinema Arts Society and Cinema Arts Festival Houston
Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS) is a non-profit organization created in 2008 under the direction of a dedicated task force with the support of Houston Mayor Bill White and the leadership of Franci Crane to organize and host Cinema Arts Festival Houston, a ground-breaking and innovative film and multimedia arts festival featuring art by and about artists and celebrating the vitality and diversity of the arts in Houston and enriching the city’s film and arts community. HCAS is funded in part by grants from the Crane Foundation, City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance and the City of Houston Convention and Entertainment Facilities Department. Cinema Arts Festival Houston debuts in Houston November 11 – 15, 2009. Festival headquarters are located at the historic Alabama Theatre, 2922 South Shepherd, Houston, TX 77098. Online tickets sales began October 14 at www.cinemartsociety.org. In person tickets sales begin at Festival headquarters on October 21.
