It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2009 recipients of the Fred Kelley Memorial Scholarship. Thanks to the support of many CMW supporters, along with help from the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, three CMW students will attend Apple Hill’s Summer Chamber Music Workshop. Sidney, Josh, and Luis will be in beautiful Nelson, New Hampshire from June 19-28 playing chamber music with friends from the United States, Israel, Palestine, Ireland, Turkey, and Cyprus.

If you happen to be in Southern New Hampshire this summer, I strongly encourage you to stop by Apple Hill to see and be inspired by this amazing organization and hear some great chamber music. 

-Jesse Holstein, Providence String Quartet

Sandor Bodo, CMW parent and Providence Journal photographer, published this 3-minute video of yesterday's Performance Party on the Projo website. Click here to view it (for as long as it is available).

Congratulations to our high school seniors who are graduating CMW and soon will be off to pursue their dreams at Berea College (Kentucky), Community College of Rhode Island with classes at Rhode Island School of Design, Northwestern University (full scholarship), and Brown University (full scholarship).

Kirby and Sydney's presentation on the Importance of Arts in Our Schools is now available on YouTube.

The 8-minute presentation, shown during CMW's Youth Salon on April 25, features Kirby's interview with Yo-Yo Ma.

A selection of Jori's photos of the "IMPS" in action. Many more are available for viewing in CMW's Flickr account.

Rehearsing Mozart with Phase III students

Improvising–based on Mozart–with Phase III students

Chamber music reading party

IMPS skit at the "Alternative Models" seminar

Britten Sentimental Sarabande at the Carriage House

Wrapping up a series of visits to the Gilbert Stuart Middle School (across the street from the West End Community Center), the Providence String Quartet invited the Phase III String Quartet to join them for a reprise of the Kompa Variations in the cafeteria on May 21. Dinner was provided by More Than A Meal, and several students were eager to try out the violin following the performance. Photos by Jori.

photo by Sebastian

photo by Jessie

photo by Kirby

Learn more about Phase III here.

Related blog posting here.

Musequality is preparing for the "biggest coordinated busk the world has ever seen." Are you a musician and would you like to busk in June to raise money for music programs serving youth in the developing world?

Read about–and see video from–David Juritz's "round the world" busk here.

Up Interstate 95 in Boston, the New England Conservatory is preparing for an exciting new training program, a one-year "postgraduate certificate program for accomplished young
musicians who desire to become ambassadors of El Sistema and who are
committed to developing it outside of Venezuela."

The pilot program, with 15-20 enrolled participants, will debut in September 2009. Stay tuned!

More photos by Jori can be found in CMW's Flickr account.