Famous accompanist, Ben Model will perform his own piano compositions to accompany the Laurel and Hardy short films. Ben Model is one of the nation’s leading silent film accompanists, performing on both piano and theatre organ. Over the past four decades, Ben Model has created and performed thousands of live scores for several hundred silent films. Ben is a resident film accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and at the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus Theatre, and performs at theaters, museums, schools and other venues around the US and internationally.