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Hudson-Mohawk Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society – Free Concerts at Proctors

November 9, 2026Schenectady Today0 Comments

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Hudson-Mohawk Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society // Organ Concerts; Proctors 100th Birthday Open House

Carl Hackert, Program Chair & Organ Maintenance

Concerts at noon and are free to attend

Special Events: November 10 (Veterans Day & Thanksgiving themes), December 5 and December 22 (Christmas theme); December 27 (100th  Birthday of Proctors)  GE Theatre at Proctors

November 10 – Veterans Day & Thanksgiving Holiday Music / Helen Maksymicz & Martha Regelmann / Tuesday, 12 p.m. | GE Theatre / Enjoy seasonal favorites performed by this talented duo

December 5 – A Family Christmas Show / “Mr. Christmas” Greg Klingler / Saturday, 12 p.m. | GE Theatre / Get into the holiday spirit with a festive singalong, Santa Claus, snacks and plenty of Christmas cheer

December 22 – Christmas Favorites / Peter Krasinski / Tuesday, 12 p.m. | GE Theatre
Jovial silent film artist Peter Krasinski brings Christmas favorites to the theatre, joined by Santa Claus, a holiday singalong and treats.

December 27 – Proctors 100th Birthday Party – an all-day Sunday Open House on the 100 years opening day of the theatre in 1926 including mini-performances on the two organs of Proctors.

January 19 – A January Thaw — Claudia Bracaliello, Carl Hackert & Genina Sheehan
Tuesday, 12 p.m. | GE Theatre – Warm up the winter with Claudia Bracaliello, Carl Hackert and debut vocalist Genina Sheehan.

Mission: To preserve and present “theatre organs” worldwide, including  the artform of playing them and maintaining these electro-mechanical wonders.  Theatre organs, invented by a genius English organ builder and inventor named Robert Hope-Jones, offer unique music musical capability such as live silent film accompaniment by a single player, and can perform orchestral transcriptions, popular music and classical music. Proctors “Goldie” was built by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company in North Tonawanda NY in 1931 originally for the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, IL. The Golub Family funded the purchase and installation of “Goldie” in 1983 and it was completed in 1984. A digital replica theatre organ called “George” resides in the 500-seat GE Theatre and is used when Goldie and the 2600 seat Main Theatre are not available.

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