Meet Jay Warren, SFSC's Photoplay Organist
One of Chicago's foremost photoplay organists, Jay Warren brings all the color, excitement and glamour of the silent film era back to life with his original scores for the silver screen. As a regularly featured photoplay organist for the Silent Film Society of Chicago, Warren has accompanied most of the great silent films throughout his career in his famous rousing style. He has been a featured organist for the SFSC's highly regarded SILENT SUMMER Film Festival every year since its inception in 2000. Warren has also been a guest photoplay organist at the University of Chicago's famed Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, playing the two million-dollar restored E.M. Skinner pipe organ.