Arcadia Players - New England's Period Instrument Ensemble

Arcadia Players embraces 
historical performance 
practice to illuminate 
and invigorate the 
great Western heritage 
of vocal and 
instrumental music.

Who we are

We are a professional ensemble of musicians founded in 1989 by Margaret Irwin-Brandon, with the invaluable assistance of our founding patron T. Marc Futter. Currently under the direction of renowned keyboardist and conductor Ian Watson, we present a series of concerts each year in several communities in western Massachusetts, performing chamber music, opera, orchestral and choral repertoire, including highly acclaimed performances of Handel's Messiah. We also regularly collaborate with vocal ensembles throughout New England, at institutions such as Dartmouth College, Mount Holyoke College, Yale University, and the Hartt School, as well as Commonwealth Opera and the Connecticut Early Music Festival.

Arcadia Players is in residence at the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. 

For basic information on our status as a 501(c)(03) public charity see GuideStar, the National Database of Nonprofit Organizations. If you need more information, please contact us directly.


Contact information:
Arcadia Players
PO Box 1563, Northampton MA 01061
phone: 413-586-8742
email: info@arcadiaplayers.org


Board of Directors 
Carolyn Holstein, President
Marilyn Brayne
Walter B. Denny, Clerk
Lynn Goodhue
​Arthur Kinney
J. Mark Peterman
Suzan Smith
See bios of members 

Ex-officio members
Alice Robbins, Player representative
Ian Watson, Artistic Director
Linda Babcock, Office manager
See bios of members

Advisory Board
E. Wayne Abercrombie
Robert Creed
Priscilla Drucker
Alan Durfee
Robert Eisenstein
Gregory Hayes
Jane Hershey
Catherine Hilton
Margaret Irwin-Brandon, Founder and Artistic Director Emerita
Christopher Krueger
Dana Maiben
John Montanari
Laurie Rabut 
Jean Robbins 
Diane Russell
Peter W. Shea
Joan Vander Vliet

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