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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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!