Following his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory, Rodney Sauer founded The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra while still a master’s student at the University of Colorado. The ensemble is known for the high quality of its film score compilations and performances. The ensemble’s repertoire draws on Mr. Sauer’s extensive collection of silent film music, acquired from major collections from historic theaters, including the Grauman Theatre library, originally from the Million Dollar and Metropolitan Theatres in Los Angeles. Mr. Sauer has scored over 150 silent films, all using this historic music repertoire. The five-piece Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra tours the country, and regularly plays at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, the Turner Classic Movies festival, and many others. Mont Alto's recorded silent film scores can be heard on video releases from Kino-Lorber, the Criterion Collection, Flicker Alley, Lobster Films, Image Entertainment, Blackhawk Films, the Cohen Film Collection, Eureka Films, and on Turner Classic Movies.