Community MusicWorks

Sonata Series #1
2021-10-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | RI
This season the Sonata Series returns online and presents varied programs with less-often heard works along with several mainstays of the repertoire, and features illuminating conversations with the performers.
Join us on YouTube on October 14 at 7 pm EST for Sonata Event #1, where the rich and soulful sonorities of the viola are showcased in two remarkable pieces.
Twentieth-century American composer George Rochberg wrote serial music for much of his career, but took a sharp turn in style after a tragic life event left him feeling that atonal writing didn’t contain enough expressive range for his grief. His Viola Sonata demonstrates a departure that is romantic in nature with its bold expressiveness, that at times hints of his earlier style. Also featured is the majestic Viola Sonata by Rebecca Clarke, written in 1919 shortly after the composer emigrated to the United States from Britain. From its riveting opening notes, the piece draws the listener into a singular sound world and dramatic arc.

This program is presented by MusicWorks Collective musicians Jake Pietroniro and Lisa Sailer, joined by guest artist Ivan Tan on piano.
Sonata Series Event #1
Thursday, October 14 at 7 pm EST
www.youtube.com/communitymusicworks

Season 25 Opening Concert
2021-09-19 16:00 - 17:30 | Temple to Music, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI
Join us in the open air as we kick off Community MusicWorks’ milestone Season 25!
CMW opens our 25th season with a celebratory concert at the Temple to Music in Roger Williams Park that centers around the theme of variation, reflecting the way CMW’s work grows out of a consistent mission that takes on new forms each year.
We are revisiting highlight moments from composer commissions throughout the season, starting with the Kompa Variations by Daniel Bernard Roumain, which CMW premiered in 2008. This piece was written for our professional quartet side-by-side with a youth quartet, and this time the ensemble will include alumni, current students, fellows, and core musicians.
The Clarice Assad piece Impressions begins with a theme and moves into variations that introduce the sections of the MusicWorks Collective ensemble, and the Handel – Halvorsen Passacaglia features a whiz bang set of variations, showing off the virtuosity of the violin and cello.

MusicWorks Collective Season 25 Opening Concert
Sunday, September 19 at 4:00 pm
Temple to Music at Roger Williams Park
Admission is free
Reserve seating here
Rain location: Bell Street Chapel in Providence

CMW Delivers!
2021-09-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Riffraff Bookstore and Bar, 60 Valley Street, Providence, RI, 02909, United States
CMW Delivers!
Our musicians are back to kick-start the season with a first round of free pop-up events as we celebrate Season 25 with performances in all 25 neighborhoods of Providence.
Join us!
Saturday, September 18 at 6:00 pm
Riffraff Bookstore and Bar
60 Valley Street, Olneyville
Providence RI 02909

Canceled due to weather: CMW Delivers!
2021-09-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Kennedy Plaza, 2 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI, 02903, United States
Today’s event at Kennedy Plaza has been canceled due to a forecast of inclement weather!

Instead, we invite you to join us for these two upcoming events:
CMW Delivers!
Free pop-up concert featuring Jesse Holstein and Jeff Louie, and a solo performance by cellist Kamyron Williams.
Saturday, September 18 at 6 pm
Riffraff Bookstore + Bar
60 Valley St #107A, Providence, RI 02909

MusicWorks Collective Season 25 Opening Concert
Sunday, September 19 at 4:00 pm
Temple to Music
Roger Williams Park
Admission is free
Reserve seating here

Postponed due to rain: CMW Delivers!
2021-09-16 13:30 - 14:30 | Fearless Fish Market, 425 W. Fountain Street, Providence, RI, 02903, United States
Today’s scheduled performance has been postponed due to rain.
We’ll update you with a rescheduled date!

CMW Delivers
Our musicians are back to kick-start the season with a first round of free pop-up events as we celebrate Season 25 with performances in all 25 neighborhoods of Providence.

Postponed due to rain: CMW Delivers!
2021-09-16 12:00 - 13:00 | L’Artisan, 9 Wayland Avenue, Providence, RI, 02906, United States
Today’s CMW Delivers performance has been postponed due to rain. We’ll update you with any rescheduled event information!

CMW Delivers
Our musicians are back to kick-start the season with a first round of free pop-up events as we celebrate Season 25 with performances in all 25 neighborhoods of Providence.

CMW Delivers!
2021-09-14 17:00 - 17:30 | Aspray Boat House, 2 E View Street, Warwick, RI, 02888, United States
CMW Delivers!
Our musicians are back to kick-start the season with a first round of free pop-up events as we celebrate Season 25 with performances in all 25 neighborhoods of Providence.
Join us!
Tuesday, September 14 at 5:00 pm
Aspray Boat House
2 E View Street in Pawtuxet Village
Warwick, RI 02888

CMW Delivers!
2021-09-10 15:00 - 16:30 | The Community MusicWorks Center, 1326 Westminster Street, Providence, RI, 02909, United States
CMW Delivers Jake Pietroniro, Kamyron Williams, and Ashley Frith to the West End
This week and next, we’ll kick-start the season with a first round of free pop-up performances as we celebrate Season 25 with performances in all 25 neighborhoods of Providence.
CMW Delivers to the West End this Friday, September 10 at 3pm in the lot at 1326 Westminster Street, Providence, 02909.
See you there!

CMW Delivers
2021-09-08 18:30 - 19:30 | RI
CMW Delivers Jesse and Ealáin to the East Side / Hope Street neighborhood of Providence!
Join us Wednesday, September 8 at 6:30pm for duos in the park across from Three Sisters, 1074 Hope Street, Providence 02906.
CMW Delivers! CMW kick-starts the season with a first round of free pop-up performances as we celebrate Season 25 with performances in all 25 neighborhoods of Providence.
CMW Delivers is sponsored by PVDFest.

CMW Delivers
2021-09-07 17:00 - 19:30 | RI
CMW DELIVERS JAKE AND KAMYRON!
Jake Pietroniro and Kamyron Williams roll out Season 25 with a round of CMW Delivers, rocking two locations in the West End of Providence. Stroll on down and join us!
5pm / La Lupita, 1950 Westminster St. in Olneyville
6:30pm / Luongo Square Fountain, corner of Carpenter and West Fountain St. (near the Avery)
CMW Delivers kick-starts the season with a first round of free pop-up performances as we celebrate Season 25 with performances in all 25 neighborhoods of Providence.

Senior Gala
2021-06-01 18:00 - 19:30 | RI
Join us in honoring our nine graduating seniors in this online premiere presentation.
This year’s Gala features student performances and tributes from teachers, family, and friends. The online format gives our graduating seniors the chance to present performances that reflect their creative passions, and this year we’ll feature the voices of the seniors themselves sharing memories of their years in the CMW community.
Tuesday, June 1 at 6pm EST
Click here to join us!
CMW’s YouTube Channel

CMW Student Studio Recitals
2021-04-30 14:00 - 2021-05-02 14:00 | RI
CMW Student Studio Recitals
Friday, April 30 – Sunday, May 2
More information TBA

CMW Fellows Quartet
2021-04-25 19:00 - 20:00 | RI
CMW Fellows Quartet
While the world may never settle back into what is considered normal, music continues to offer refuge. The CMW Fellows Quartet presents a program of works by Caroline Shaw, Leoš Janáček, and William Grant Still that kindle joy, excitement, and deep enjoyment. Get your dancing shoes ready and join us for the premiere on YouTube!
Sunday, April 25 at 7pm EST
Premiering on our CMW YouTube channel

Animal Songs!
2021-04-16 18:30 - 19:00 | RI
Tune in Friday for the premiere of the CMW Daily Orchestra Program’s new visual album: Animal Songs! You’ll meet pets, watch a puppet show, learn to make a balloon animal, and more. This album was created to raise funds for the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which the students selected out of many organizations that help keep animals safe and healthy.

Keep an eye on our Instagram and Facebook accounts this week as students take over our social media to promote this super fun event!

Animal Songs!
Friday, April 16 at 6:30 pm EST
Click here to watch the premiere

Youth Salon
2021-03-27 14:00 - 16:00 | RI
Annual Phase II Youth Salon : The Cave
This deep-dive into a topic chosen by CMW’s teen group, Phase II, centers around Plato’s allegory The Cave, with conversation and an exploration of ways in which we can find ourselves looking at shadows and confusing them for the truth.
CMW’s Annual Youth Salon on Zoom!
Saturday, March 27 at 2 pm EST
Click the Zoom link below to join us!

Topic: Youth Salon: The Cave
Time: Mar 27, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/93488468923?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 934 8846 8923
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Salon Series Live!
2021-03-06 19:00 - 2021-03-14 16:00 | RI
Live! From our living room to yours. Join us for a series of live virtual music-sharing events as MusicWorks Collective musicians share solo, duo, and quartet performances in an intimate house concert setting. Sessions include poetry, music, and conversation, all live-streamed to a small group of participants. We look forward to seeing you and sharing some musical gems!
Admission is free, but reservations are limited.
Click below to register today!

Salon Series Live! with the CMW Fellows Quartet
Saturday, March 6 at 7pm EST
The CMW Fellows Quartet presents excerpts from the Janacek String Quartet No. 1 and Caroline Shaw’s Entracte.
Make your reservation here.
Salon Series Live! with Lisa Barksdale*
Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm EST
Violinist Lisa Barksdale shares stories and music of European Baroque composers Francesca Caccini and Barbara Strozzi. *For teens and up.
Make your reservation here.
Salon Series Live! with Jesse Holstein
Friday, March 12 at 12pm EST
Violinist Jesse Holstein shares music by Bach, Paganini, Lyn, and Montgomery from among his collection of music-related books.
Make your reservation here.
Salon Series Live! with Sarah Kim
Saturday, March 13 at 4pm EST
Join violinist Sarah Kim for music and a chat, featuring Anna Clyne’s Rest These Hands and excerpts from Bach’s Sonata in g minor for solo violin.
Make your reservation here.
Salon Series Live! with Minna Choi & Sebastian Ruth
Sunday, March 14 at 3pm EST
Minna Choi and Sebastian Ruth offer pieces for violin solo and duo by composers Reena Esmail and Luciano Berio.
Make your reservation here.

Sonata Series #4
2021-02-18 19:00 - 20:00 | RI
This season’s popular Sonata Series event goes virtual with YouTube premieres showcasing solo and duo performances.

The final Sonata Series Event of the season shares music of hope and despair in a mélange of styles. Ashley Frith, violist and CMW’s Director of Racial Equity and Belonging, shares Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Lamentations: A Black/Folk Song Suite (originally written for cello) and her rendition of Rhiannon Giddens’ sorrowful and defiant At the Purchaser’s Option.

The second half of the program features Resident Musician cellist Adrienne Taylor joined by pianist Andrei Baumann. This dynamic duo shares their rendition of the popular spiritual Deep River and for a finale, Claude Debussy’s fantastical and whimsical Cello Sonata.
Join us for this final event in our Sonata Series!

Thursday, February 18 at 7pm
On CMW’s YouTube channel

Student Performance Party
2021-02-06 14:00 - 16:00 | RI
This mid-winter presentation of CMW’s Performance Party will warm your heart as students present musical performances and sweet cameo appearances by their companion pets: dogs, cats, birds, guinea pigs, and stuffed toys will be introduced by their loving owners.
Grab your feline or pup and join us on YouTube!
Saturday, February 6 at 2pm EST
Click here for a direct link to the party!

Sonata Series #3
2021-01-28 19:00 - 20:00 | RI
This season’s popular Sonata Series event goes virtual with YouTube premieres showcasing solo and duo performances.
Sonata Event #3 brings you works by fresh contemporary voices from around the globe. Violin fellow Lara Madden shares George Benjamin’s spare yet evocative “Three Miniatures for Solo Violin” and Mario Carro’s luminous “About Escher” written for Violin and Marimba. Joining Lara for the Carro is CMW’s estimable Program Coordinator and percussionist extraordinaire, Piero Guimaraes.
For the second half of the program, Piero is joined by his wife and former CMW fellow violinist EmmaLee Holmes- Hicks (Class of ’13). This dynamic duo brings us two newly commissioned works by Kareem Roustom and Kirsten Volness.
You don’t want to miss this event!
Thursday, January 28 at 7pm
Click here to join us for the premiere event!

Songs of Refuge
2021-01-21 14:00 - 15:30 | RI
Songs of Refuge features a musical collaboration with Dorcas International Institute of RI and composer Kareem Roustom.
*This event has been postponed. We’ll update the calendar when rescheduling information is available.

Sonata Series #2
2020-12-17 19:00 - 20:00 | RI
This season’s popular Sonata Series event goes virtual with YouTube premieres showcasing solo and duo performances.
December’s Sonata Event brings you the distinctive sounds of 20th-century French Romantic music. Violin Fellow Kimberly Fang shares Eugène Ysaÿe’s indomitable and soulful Sonata No. 4 for Unaccompanied Violin. Resident Musician Lisa Barksdale and guest pianist Jeff Louie present two gems by little known composer Lili Boulanger (sister of the renowned composer and teacher Nadia Boulanger) and Claude Debussy’s final work before his passing, the vibrant and mercurial Sonata for Violin and Piano in g minor.
Thursday, December 17 at 7pm
www.youtube.com/communitymusicworks

Student Performance Party
2020-12-15 18:00 - 19:00 | RI
Join us for an hour-long presentation that includes musical performances, jokes, and joy.
CMW students and teachers have been working hard despite the challenges of online learning. Tonight, students perform for family and friends in a virtual community event where you can cheer on our young musicians and enjoy the company of friends online.
Student Performance Party
Tuesday, December 15 at 6pm EST
Click here for your direct link to the party!

Bach to the Future: the All-Night Bach Marathon
2020-11-13 19:00 - 2020-11-14 07:00 | RI
Our annual Bach Marathon takes to the airwaves in a glorious 12-hour electromagnetic tribute to J.S. Bach transmitted to your radio!
WELH 88.1 FM Rhode Island Public Radio
Can’t listen local?
Click on the icons in our Bach Marathon Listening Guide
to find embedded audio of Bach-to-Bach bliss!

Bach and Friends
2020-11-08 15:00 - 16:00 | RI
Bach and Friends
Join us for a virtual performance captured at the newly renovated Providence Public Library with the MusicWorks Collective performing works by J.S. Bach, Elisabeth Jacques de la Guerre, and Missy Mazzoli.
Sunday, November 8 at 3pm
CMW YouTube Channel premiere

Sonata Series #1
2020-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 | RI
Join us this Thursday, October 22 at 7pm for this season’s first Sonata Series event featuring Jesse Holstein, Lisa Sailer, and special guest Ivan Tan, plus interviews with the composers.
Click here for a direct link to the event!
Our popular Sonata Series event goes virtual this season with online premieres showcasing solo and duo performances, along with exclusive conversations shining a spotlight on the evening’s composers.

Sonata Series #1 features a duo performance by pianist Ivan Tan and violist Lisa Sailer performing J.S. Bach’s Sonata No. 1 in G Major for viola da gamba and harpsichord and Anthony R. Green’s …on top of a frosted hill… and violinist Jesse Holstein performing Dana Lyn’s a current took her away… and Jessie Montgomery’s Rhapsody No. 1.

MusicWorks Collective Season 24 Opener
2020-09-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Southside Cultural Center, 393 Broad Street, Providence, RI, 02907
Season 24 begins in the open air! Join us for a late summer safe-distanced gathering as the MusicWorks Collective and the CMW Fellows Quartet perform Fairouz, Beethoven, Grieg and more at the SouthLight Pavilion at the Southside Cultural Center.
Saturday, September 26 at 2pm
Space is limited and reservations are required:
Reserve seating here

CMW Delivers
2020-09-18 17:00 - 18:00 | RI
MusicWorks Collective musicians pop up in various businesses and residences around town performing solos and duos from the back of a trailer. During this multi-day Providence neighborhood tour, we’ll offer a few public events.

Grab your mask, come on down, and check us out:
Friday, September 18 at 5:00 pm
1326 Westminster Street in the West End.
Look for us in the vacant lot on the corner of Westminster and Dexter Streets (the future home of CMW)
Map here

We’ll practice safe-distancing with chairs set up for a small group. Wear a mask!
Please note: the performance will be canceled in the event of rain; email lcox@communitymusicworks.org for weather-status information.

Thank you to Trinity Repertory Theater for the use of their trailer!

CMW Delivers
2020-09-15 13:00 - 14:00 | RI
MusicWorks Collective musicians pop up in various businesses and residences around town performing solos and duos from the back of a trailer. During this Providence neighborhood tour, we’ll offer a few public events.
Grab your mask, come on down and check us out!

Tuesday, September 15 at 1:00 pm
Look for us at 1326 Westminster Street: the vacant lot on the corner of Westminster and Dexter Streets (the future home of CMW)
Map here

We’ll practice safe-distancing with chairs set up for a small group. Wear a mask!
Please note: Performances will be canceled with rain; email lcox@communitymusicworks.org for weather status information.

Thank you to Trinity Repertory Theater for the use of their trailer.

CMW Delivers
2020-09-15 11:00 - 12:00 | RI
MusicWorks Collective musicians pop up in various businesses and residences around town performing solos and duos from the back of a trailer. During this Providence neighborhood tour, we’ll offer a few public events.
Grab your mask, come on down and check us out:

Tuesday, September 15 at 11:00 am
Look for us at the 10,000 Suns sunflower fields by the Providence River Pedestrian Bridge
Map here

We’ll practice safe-distancing with chairs set up for a small group. Wear a mask!
Please note: the performance will be canceled in the event of rain; email lcox@communitymusicworks.org for weather-status information.

Thank you to Trinity Repertory Theater for the use of their trailer.

CMW Fellows Quartet Live Premiere Event
2020-06-19 18:00 - 19:00 | RI
Solo Quartet: Fellows Quartet Live Premiere Online Event
How does a string quartet make music in isolation?
This Friday, June 19 at 6pm EST, join us for a live premiere YouTube event as the CMW Fellows Quartet presents Solo Quartet, a virtual concert experience reimagined for and reflective of this time when many are separated and alone. In this presentation, our four Fellows share solo performances in an wide-ranging mix embracing classical, pop, improvisational, vocal, and Gamelan forms, and pair for insightful conversations that draw us deeper into their musical sources of comfort and inspiration.
Click here for your direct link to the event!
