Texas Chamber Music Project
The Apex Arts League is bringing its first-ever live music in film event to Southlake this March. Partnering with the Texas Chamber Music Project, the Apex Arts League is screening a special showing of Charlie Chaplin’s classic satire “The Great Dictator.”
“We have never done this before,” Apex Arts League chairman Terri Messing explains. “There was some interest in the community for a live music performance with a film. We looked for finding that kind of option for our community, and the Texas Chamber Music Project was willing to collaborate with us on this.”
An actor, filmmaker and composer that rose to prominence during the silent film era, Charlie Chaplin released “The Great Dictator” as his first sound film in 1940, according to “The Guardian.” In the film, Chaplin plays both a ruthless dictator and a Jewish barber trying to evade capture from him. The movie was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”
According to a media release, the Texas Chamber Music Project is a nonprofit music organization that focuses on small ensemble performances. Terri says they take music out of the concert hall and play it in different settings, making them the perfect partner for Apex’s first live music in film event.
“It should be something fun and different,” Terri says. “If people have things with the arts that they would like for us to try and do, then we’ll go out there and see what we can do to bring it here.”
Apex’s music in film showing of “The Great Dictator” will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 22 at White’s Chapel UMC, located at 185 S. White Chapel Blvd. Tickets are $10 for children, $15 for seniors and Apex members and $20 for adults.
To purchase tickets or learn more about the show, go online at ApexArtsLeague.com.