Dollars for Darfur

Friday’s Youth Salon at the Met School’s Black Box Theatre was quite an event! After raising funds for Hurricane Katrina victims last April, Phase II elected to make this year’s Youth Salon a benefit concert to help refugees in Darfur.

Kirby’s Powerpoint presentation brought the crisis in Africa close to home and helped Community MusicWorks raise almost $250 in donations.

Padawans Sebastian Ruth and Jesse Holstein accompanied Jedi Master Christian Hernandez.

Aniela Kaczmarcyk, a University of Rhode Island student, choreographed and performed "Dances on Greensleeves" in collaboration with Ruthanne Sanchez, Tania Murillo, and Sara Stalnaker.

Zeeny Wolfe read her poem "Smells" with improvised accompaniment by the PSQ.

Laura’s cello class performed Beethoven’s "Ode to Joy" with a few friends.

In tribute to Mstislav Rostropovich, Heath performed two movements of solo Bach.

The event ended with Chris Turner and Rachel Maloney leading all of CMW in "Boil ‘Em Cabbages Down" and "Angeline the Baker."

And I didn’t get such good photos of the other performances: "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin (arr. Stalnaker/Montgomery), "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" performed by Chloe’s viola students, "Music Works" performed by Minna’s violin students, "The Stream Flows" by Bright Sheng performed by violinist Shaw Pong Liu, the presentation by Jessie’s Music Lab students, and a performance by a member of Terrell Osborne’s Music One. What a night!

-Heath Marlow, CMW staff