Jesse and Ealain at Louis Restaurant

Sara (and Isa) at Mount Pleasant Library

Jesse and Ealain at White Electric

Other pop-up Bach Around Town sightings in November included Emmy at the First Unitarian Church, Heath in the stairwell at City Hall, Cynthia Freivogel at the Rochambeau Library, Jesse and Ealain at Seven Stars Bakery, Emmy at the Fox Point Library, and Sara at the Olneyville and Smith Hill Libraries.

-Heath Marlow, Managing Director

Please enjoy Dr. Maxine Greene’s contribution via video to last month’s Music & Civil Society symposium. Sebastian traveled to her Manhattan apartment in October to interview her because she was recovering from an illness and unable to travel.

The CMW Players and the Haven String Quartet rehearsing Bartok's Divertimento for Strings at the Carriage House. More photos by Jori in CMW's Flickr account.

While in town in advance of our two-day symposium last month, the wonderful writer/speaker/activist/consultant Arlene Goldbard treated CMW staff to a fascinating interactive workshop about the ethics and values of community arts practice. In Arlene's own words:

"As more and more artists get involved in the exciting field of community cultural development, they encounter the unique ethical challenges of participatory arts practice. How is it possible to balance the commitment to a funder or sponsoring organization with commitments to community participants? Is the community artist’s role to channel others’ creativity without intruding, or should the artist’s own aesthetics, values, and priorities be part of the mix? How do you handle censorship, conflict, disruption?"

A listing of other workshops that Arlene offers is available online here. We hope to have her back to Providence!

In October, the Toronto-based Cecilia String Quartet spent four days at CMW for a specially designed Institute for Musicianship and Public Service. Recent winners of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, these four fantastically talented Quartet members joined forces with CMW musicians–professional and student–for the traditional concert (and pasta dinner) at the West End Community Center.

More photos by Jori in CMW's Flickr account.

Tricia Tunstall and Eric Booth, both participants in CMW's recent Music & Civil Sociey symposium, are producing an online newsletter to document and connect the growing El Sistema movement in the United States. The December issue can be downloaded here.

Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1039
Jesse Holstein, Ealain McMullin, violins

Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017
Cynthia Freivogel, violin, and Fred Jodry, harpsichord

Concerto in D Major for Three Violins, BWV 1064R
Minna Choi, EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, Cynthia Freivogel, violins

Concerto in C Major for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1061*
Fred Jodry and Michael Baumann, harpsichords

*On Sunday, the Concerto for Two Harpsichords will be replaced by Aaron McFarlane performing the Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004

Eric Booth and Tricia Tunstall have begun producing an online newsletter for the growing El Sistema movement in the United States. You can download the first edition here.

On Sunday, a bus full of young CMW cellists made the trip up to Roxbury, MA to hear the virtuosic Boston Cello Quartet.

-Sara Stalnaker, Resident Musician