Phase II at HomeIn this video by local filmmakers Atomic Clock, you’ll hear our extraordinary Phase II students share thoughts about their time at CMW, and what “home” means to them. You’ll also learn what it means to be a participant in CMW’s Phase II, and what lies at the heart of not only our Phase II teen leadership program, but in all the work we do at CMW: relationships and community. Senior Phase II violist Cesar says, “I feel like that’s what I will take away the most, that I’m here for someone whenever they need it, and whenever I need it I know someone’s there for me, too.” About Phase II Phase II is CMW’s youth leadership program where teens participate in a weekly meeting that fosters critical thinking and leadership skills, strengthens musicianship, and builds a close-knit peer group through rehearsals, performance, and discussions centered around important issues in their lives and their community. Phase II 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; and several Phase II students lend their voices as CMW board members. Each spring, Phase II students organize a Youth Salon, an evening of performance, conversation, and a shared meal, 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. This year, the Phase II students chose “Home” as a theme for the Youth Salon, inspired by CMW’s new home in the CMW Center. Students then extended that theme in their choice of the song “Home” performed by the entire student body and staff in the End-of-Year Student Gala. “Home” is an arrangement by Walter Muelling of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros recording, written by Alexander Ebert & Jade Allyson Castrinos. |
