Phase II
Phase II is CMW’s youth leadership program. A group of 20-30 teens participate in a weekly 2.5-hour program that fosters critical thinking and leadership skills, strengthens musicianship, and builds a close-knit peer group through chamber music rehearsals and performance, and discussions centered around important issues in their lives and their community.
Teen students gather on Friday evenings with staff for topic discussion, chamber music and a shared meal. Participation is by audition. When accepted into Phase II, students take on an extra level of responsibility – mentoring younger students; representing CMW at conferences, meetings, and in other settings.
Each spring, Phase II students organize a Youth Salon, an evening of performance and conversation, focused on an issue that they identify. Past topics chosen, explored, and presented by students included creative voice, exploring ways to be heard, and music as a cultural lens.
