photos by Sara

CMW students and parents met with the artist prior to Josh Groban's recent show at the Dunkin Donuts Center thanks to free tickets from Josh, part of his initiative to support arts education. Photo courtesy of Samantha Phillips.

Liz's creativity on display backstage at the JCB Library all-Bach concert.

Sakiko Mori, CMW's good friend and frequent artistic collaborator, has completed her years of training as a piano technician and is now looking to service Providence's out-of-tune pianos. Her new business is called Providence Piano Tuning. Please call her at 330-8975 or email her (providencepianotuning@gmail.com).

Jesse and Ealain at Louis Restaurant

Sara (and Isa) at Mount Pleasant Library

Jesse and Ealain at White Electric

Other pop-up Bach Around Town sightings in November included Emmy at the First Unitarian Church, Heath in the stairwell at City Hall, Cynthia Freivogel at the Rochambeau Library, Jesse and Ealain at Seven Stars Bakery, Emmy at the Fox Point Library, and Sara at the Olneyville and Smith Hill Libraries.

-Heath Marlow, Managing Director

Please enjoy Dr. Maxine Greene’s contribution via video to last month’s Music & Civil Society symposium. Sebastian traveled to her Manhattan apartment in October to interview her because she was recovering from an illness and unable to travel.

The CMW Players and the Haven String Quartet rehearsing Bartok's Divertimento for Strings at the Carriage House. More photos by Jori in CMW's Flickr account.

While in town in advance of our two-day symposium last month, the wonderful writer/speaker/activist/consultant Arlene Goldbard treated CMW staff to a fascinating interactive workshop about the ethics and values of community arts practice. In Arlene's own words:

"As more and more artists get involved in the exciting field of community cultural development, they encounter the unique ethical challenges of participatory arts practice. How is it possible to balance the commitment to a funder or sponsoring organization with commitments to community participants? Is the community artist’s role to channel others’ creativity without intruding, or should the artist’s own aesthetics, values, and priorities be part of the mix? How do you handle censorship, conflict, disruption?"

A listing of other workshops that Arlene offers is available online here. We hope to have her back to Providence!