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 […]
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 […]
Community MusicWorks presents “Songs of Loss / Songs of Healing,” honoring the many we have lost through disease and violence since the beginning of the pandemic. Join us for an evening of music, poetry, and remembrances featuring performances and readings by April Brown, Rudy Cabrera, Valerie Tutson and the MusicWorks Collective. Saturday, October 30 […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss2XaZZyVpk Bach to the Future: Bite-Size Bach This year's Bach marathon is a sprint! Join us on YouTube for a short-and-sweet audio version of our traditional J. S. Bach extravaganza! This online Bach to the Future presentation packs all the tasty goodness of our annual overnight event into a one-hour wafer-thin ‘Bach in bite-size’ form. YUM. Featured performers […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFvpTPfQXic Join us Thursday, December 16 at 7 pm EST for the YouTube premiere of a program of rich colors and profound depths of emotion featuring violinist Sarah Kim and cellist Miguel Vásquez, and violist Sebastian Ruth joined by pianist Eliko Akahori. Sonata Series Event #2 presents Ravel’s luminous and evocative Sonata for Violin and […]
Our final Sonata Series event of the season features works by two American composers— William Grant Still and George Walker—which may be new to some listeners. George Walker’s Sonata for Cello and Piano is rhapsodic and complex and pushes performers to their limits in musical expression and technique. In contrast, William Grant Still’s Pastorela and […]
Fellows Jake Pietroniro and Kamyron Williams present an afternoon of music, spoken word, and coffee. Art and music have the capacity to reflect and shape culture. Each work tells a story. In this event, we explore stories of resilience and solidarity. The Fellows Concert program, curated […]
Performance Party! WOO HOO! Join us Tuesday, March 22 at 5:30 pm for the YouTube Watch Party as CMW students (and alums!) perform solo, duo, and ensemble pieces for family and friends. Hosted by students Dayana and Yahaira, this hour-long spring edition of the Student Performance Party also features a delightful “What I like about […]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT, BUT STAY TUNED: "Songs of Refuge" will be filmed for an online presentation. Sign up for our Enews to receive a link to our CMW YouTube channel upload, or email Liz Cox at lcox@communitymusicworks.org for more information. **** Join us Saturday, March 26 […]
Join us for a very special collaboration. This year's event presents Franz Schubert's song cycle Die schöne Müllerin / Fair Maid of the Mill arranged for string quartet and voice featuring Frank Kelley, tenor, with the MusicWorks Collective musicians Sarah Kim and Minna Choi, violins; Jesse Holstein, viola; and Miguel Vásquez, cello. Annual Fred Kelley Scholarship Concert* Sunday, […]