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Two (2) Tickets to Aleda/The Flight of The Suff Bird Women on June 28, 2018

Musicians of Ma’alwyck is a flexible-size chamber ensemble in residence at the Schuyler Mansion New York State Historic Site and Schenectady County Community College. Founded in 1999 by violinist and director Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz, the group specializes in music performed in America during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.

Set in Staten Island in 1916, the Aleda tells the true story of a unique women's suffrage demonstration attempted by early female pilot Leda Richberg-Hornsby and the National American Woman Suffrage Association (N.A.W.S.A.). Equipped with a bi-plane, a cargo of votes-for-women petitions, and a huge banner reading "Women want liberty too," the suffragists endeavored to fly over New York Harbor during a national celebration at the Statue of Liberty in order to "bomb" President Woodrow Wilson with petitions. The elaborate plan ended in something of a fiasco as a gale of wind forced a premature crash-landing in a Staten Island swamp (luckily no one was hurt) – yet the attempt stands as a testimony to the courage and inventiveness (not to mention dramatic flare) of these women in their struggle for the right to vote.

The Musicians of Ma'alwyck's debut CD, "Music in the Schuyler Mansion," was recorded in the historic acoustically superb Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site; their first CD features the historic repertory the ensemble is renowned for. 

• Joseph Kreutzer (1790-1840) - Trio for Flute, Violin & Guitar, op. 9, no. 3 in D Major
• Carlo Canobbio (1741-1822) - Sonata in A Minor for Guitar & Violin, op. 2, no. 5
• Carlo Canobbio (1741-1822) - Sonata in D Major for Guitar & Violin, op. 2, no. 6
• Philip Ernst (1792-1868) - La Danse Pastoral: Pic-Nic Quadrilles
• Carl Wilhelm August Blum (1786-1844) - A Bouquet, Three Nocturnes for Flute, Violin & Guitar, op. 64, no. 1 

For more information: http://musiciansofmaalwyck.org/index/

Item Special Note

Restriction: The tickets only provide access to the June 28, 2018 performance of Aleda.

Gift certificates and CD may be mailed at no additional cost to the winner.

Alternatively, your item can be picked up in-person at Schenectady County Community College. By reducing shipping expenses, you are maximizing the benefit of your donation for our students.

Please contact Kyle Lucchese with any questions or for item pickup at:

(518) 836-2834 or (203) 482-4693, or via email at lucchekj@sunysccc.edu.