Steven Ball, Master's degree graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, holds the unique distinction of being the first organist in modern academic history to have received a diploma by demonstrating his abilities as a performer on both the classical and theater organ.
Recognized now as one of the world's foremost authorities on the interpretation and scholarship of silent films, he has concertized and lectured around the world including solo performances and silent film presentations in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Portugal, Ireland, England and Switzerland.
Mr. Ball is one of fewer than a half dozen organists in the world to hold a staff organist position at a movie theater, the premiere organist for the world's first concerto for Theater Organ and Orchestra and the first person ever to accompany a silent film on the carillon. He was also the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to the Netherlands in 2001 for his work in the world of Campanology and Carillon Performance.
In addition to his duties as Staff Organist of the Michigan Theater, he is currently Carillonneur at the University of Michigan where he both performs and teaches.
A little bit of the film score to "One Week", in which Buster and Sybil exit a chapel as newlyweds. Among the gifts is a portable house you easily put together in one week. It doesn't help that Buster's rival for Sybil switches the numbers on the crates containing the house parts. This picks up the action after a furious week of construction on...Friday the 13th....
