Guest photograher: Noraliza Grullon; more photos in CMW's Flickr account.

William Stalnaker String Trio – II. Allegro non troppo

Mahler Piano quartet in A min

Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G min. – III. Scherzo

CMW, in conjunction with the experimental music series Ctrl+Alt+Repeat, will present a concert in commemoration of the John Cage Centennial on Friday, March 23. The evening will feature some of Cage's works for strings, voice (sung and spoken), percussion, and electronics, realized by local musicians, the CMW Players, and students in CMW's Media Lab.

The program includes a performance of Vocalise for a Man with a Twelve-Tone Name (1982) by Katherine Bergeron, who gave its premiere in 1983 at Wesleyan University. Also on this program are two of Cage's "number pieces" written in the last six years of Cage's life: Three² (1991) for three percussionists and Four (1988) for string quartet, performed by the CMW players. Also featured is Radio Music (1956), performed by Mark Cetilia, and selections from Cage's Song Books (1970) and Indeterminacy: New Aspects of Form in Instrumental and Electronic Music (1959), performed simultaneously by CMW students and local composer Forrest Larson.

CMW students (with Laura) preparing for March 23

The evening will culminate in a performance of For Cage 99 by Chicago-based composer Nomi Epstein, a piece that invites the audience to contemplate an excerpt from Cage's writing "On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist, and His Work" (from Silence, 1961). Come play a part in an eclectic evening of music and celebrate the 100th birth year of one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century!

Additional details here.

-Laura Cetilia, co-founder of CTRL+ALT+REPEAT and CMW Media Lab teacher

More photos by Jori in CMW's Flickr account.

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).

Hi Karl!  This is the piece for your RIPYO audition!  Two versions:

[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/03-The-Swan.mp3|titles=03 The Swan] [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/01-Saint-Saëns_-Carnival-Of-The-Animals-The-Swan.mp3|titles=01 Saint-Saëns_ Carnival Of The Animals – The Swan]

For end of year Performance Party!

[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Take-Him-Home-Leonids_Perseids-21.mp3|titles=Take Him Home Leonids_Perseids 2]

[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Castle-on-a-Cloud-Orions-_1.mp3|titles=Castle on a Cloud Orions _]

This recording is down an octave!