The MusicWorks Collective Season 26 Opening Concert features selected works highlighting a range of composers’ voices that together invite the listener on a rich and moving emotional journey. The program includes Rhiannon Giddens’ At the Purchaser’s Option, arranged for string quartet, a poignant and devastating ballad based on […]
For this season of our popular Sonata Series, Community MusicWorks is excited to offer a listener's choice: Join us in-person at Bell Street Chapel or enjoy the concert online through our first-ever live-streaming event. The Sonata Series spotlights our wonderful resident musicians in programs of solo and duo music presented in collaboration with fabulous guest […]
We’re thrilled to announce that construction will soon begin on the Community MusicWorks Center! There’s been a lot of work leading up to this moment, with so many of you, our community members, supporting this project along the way. We’d love for you to join us for an informal "coffee toast" as we celebrate the breaking […]
The Fun Art of Listening: A Family Concert for All Ages! Join us for an interactive hour-long sonic safari through two pieces influenced by Black spirituals and Native American music and folklore. MusicWorks Collective presents auditory activities to deepen your listening experience with 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, written by the too-seldom-heard Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor when […]
Join us online as we celebrate student solo, duo, and ensemble performances in this special winter edition of the Student Performance Party. Student Performance Party Thursday, December 15 at 7 pm https://www.youtube.com/communitymusicworks
Be transported! Join us for a moving musical exploration as the MusicWorks Collective performs three extraordinary works, including two contemporary pieces that occupy the terrain between classical Indian and western music. The program features the lyrical late Mozart G minor Quintet, a darkly heroic piece bolstered by the richness of double violas. Reena Esmail’s 2010 […]
Click here to join us for the live stream! CMW Resident Musicians Kimberly Fang (violin) and Adrienne Taylor (cello) are joined by guest pianist Andrei Baumann for this very special evening of music. Join us! Sonata Series Event #2 brings together compositional voices from opposite sides of the globe. Chinese composers Sicong […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIFM_DB5rV8 Join us for the world premiere of Jeff Louie’s forceful and complex String Quintet. Also featured: collaborative “side-by-side” performances between MusicWorks Collective musicians and CMW students with works by Antonín Dvořák, Dmitri Shostakovich, and David Stone, Bill Withers, and R. Anne Svendsen. RESERVE YOUR SEAT HERE. Join us for a wonderful afternoon of music! The Annual […]
Student Performance Party Saturday, March 11 Two performances: 2 pm and 4 pm Calvary Baptist Church 747 Broad Street, Providence 02907
CMW's Youth Salon is a series of performances and discussions led by the students in our Phase II program. The Youth Salon has a theme, chosen by the students, that is different every season. This year, Phase II will be presenting an ongoing study of the school systems in Providence and abroad and talking about […]