Join us September 16th for a special concert by Musicians of Ma’alwyck performing music in the unique space of our Original Art Gallery (Night Watch).

Enjoy the Museum galleries and some Prosecco before the concert! Then join us in the Night Watch gallery for a glorious musical travelogue performed by violinist Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz, founder and director of Musicians of Ma’alwyck, and guitarist Sten Yngvar Isachsen. This special concert features pieces from Italian opera, transcriptions of Scottish folksongs, and Israeli hora, all played against a backdrop of work by Winslow Homer, William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, and more. An evening to savor both music and art!

Doors open at 6:00 pm Concert begins at 7:00 pm

This is a ticketed event with limited seating Musicians of Ma’alwyck is a professional chamber music ensemble that specializes in music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, tying music and historical venue together. Musicians of Ma’alwyck was founded in 1999 by violinist Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz who is also the director of the ensemble. Musicians of Ma’alwyck have performed several times at the Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library. Most recently, in 2021, the ensemble performed in our Original Art Gallery and produced a video of the performance entitled Night Watch Revelry available on our YouTube page.

For questions please call 518-673-2314 ext. 113 or email malexander@arkellmuseum.org

The Musicians of Ma’alwyck evening is made possible by Christine McNaughton and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.