A composition by former CMW resident musician and PSQ member Jessie Montgomery. Commissioned by the JUMP! Dance Company of RI in 2008, this piece was performed (and recorded) by the PSQ at the RISD Auditorium. Find more recordings of Jessie's music at her website.

Check out Can Music Make Us Civil? the article about Music & Civil Society by Thomas Cabaniss in the most recent issue of Chamber Music, a publication of Chamber Music America. Photo of the Nelson Quartet (CMW alumni) by Jori Ketten.

The March edition of Tricia Tunstall and Eric Booth's monthly publication about the growing El Sistema-inspired movement in the United States can be downloaded here.

Worth checking out: a new blog about the arts and community engagement by Doug Borwick (Director, Not-for-Profit Management and Arts Management Programs at Salem College in North Carolina).

In November, the CMW Players joined forces with the Haven String Quartet (quartet-in-residence at Music Haven) to rehearse a chamber orchestra program and perform concerts in New Haven and Providence.

Since the music of Bela Bartok plays such a prominent role in our 15th season, I visited CMW's audio archives to retrieve this recording of the first movement of Bartok's Divertimento for Strings, the last work he composed before fleeing Hungary in 1939, from the November 6 concert. Enjoy!

2011-11-06 CMW Bartok – Divertimento – 1

-Heath Marlow, Managing Director

Are you interested in applying to CMW's June 2012 Institute for Musicianship and Public Service. IMPS, as we like to call it, is a four-day professional development opportunity for musicians (of all instruments) interested in a career that combines musicianship and service. IMPS offers a varied and engaging range of seminars, workshops, and interaction with students and CMW faculty.

IMPS is made possible through the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and therefore the cost of the Institute is only $250 per participant, which includes shared lodging and most meals. Additional tuition and travel scholarships are available for graduates of the Sphinx Competition.

You can learn more, and download the application (deadline extended until March 23), by clicking here.

-Chloe Kline, Education Director

More photos by Jori in CMW's Flickr account.

Click here to check out the February edition.

Music for Youth in Cincinnati (MYCincinnati) is an El Sistema-inspired program in Price Hill, Cincinnati, founded in 2011. The leaders of MYCincinnati are committed teachers and performers looking to create a new model for how musicians live and interact with their communities. The goal is to transform the Price Hill community through frequent neighborhood performances, and by offering a program that immerses local youth in free, high-quality, daily musical instruction.

In the fall, MYCincinnati will be hiring two passionate teachers who are experienced chamber musicians (one violinist and one violist). They are looking for collaborators who will join them in teaching, performing as a string quartet, and in helping build MYCincinnati around a shared vision.

Visit their website for more information.