The Community MusicWorks Center Groundbreaking Celebration “What we’re going to build here is a community center for music. This is about neighbors helping neighbors; about opening the door for musical possibilities as a way to build deep and solid connections between us.” CMW Founder & Director Sebastian Ruth set the stage for the launch of the Community MusicWorks Center building project during the May 14 groundbreaking event on the lot at 1326 Westminster Street.
Guest speakers included Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, R.I. State Representative Anastasia Williams, City of Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, City Councilwomen Mary Kay Harris and Rachel Miller, CMW student Jannessa, and Capital Campaign Committee Co-Chairs Doris De Los Santos and David Bourns.
The event brought together a community of people including CMW students, alums, staff, neighbors, and supporters that basked in the mid-May sunshine and celebrated the launch of the Community MusicWorks Center building project.
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 RI Lieutenant Governor and former CMW parent Sabina Matos: “The work that Community MusicWorks does to help us to be sure that we have access to art for our children here in the city of Providence is crucial. Community MusicWorks has given us the opportunity to bring equity to this neighborhood.” Extra-special shout-out to alums, students, staff, and supporters who pitched in to make this important day…and every day at CMW…a big success! Thank you!Learn more about the CMWC project here:
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Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza spoke to the crowd. “We are eternally grateful that CMW exists, that CMW is firmly rooted in our community, and that Community MusicWorks is going to grow and build a 15-million-dollar institution that will be around for my kids, and my kids’ kids…long, long into the future.”
“If CMW has been able to touch so many students and so many lives without a physical location, can you imagine the possibilities once this place is built?” Capital Campaign Co-Chair and former CMW parent Doris De Los Santos hosted the celebration and welcomed a wonderful lineup of speakers and student performers to the stage.
CMW students imagine the possibilities as they admire a rendering of the Performance Hall at the future Community MusicWorks Center.
Guests stayed cool with the help of umbrellas and refreshments from Amos House chef Linda Kane while CMW’s Youth Alliance performed an improvisation inspired by the concept of beginnings.
CMW student and board member Jannessa said, “This building will not only continue to support us in being learners and practitioners of music-making but also in spreading love and respect for each other and creating stronger bonds.”