Events Calendar 2004-2005

Friday, October 22, 8:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet in F Minor, "Serioso"

Wednesday, October 27, 12:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet in F Minor, "Serioso"

Providence City Hall

25 Dorrance Street

Free admission!

Wednesday, November 3, 7:30 pm Special Event: Free Community Concert Providence String Quartet with Jonathan Biss, piano Featuring the Piano Quintet in F Minor by Johannes Brahms To include a special performance by Community MusicWorks students Free admission! Pre-concert dinner reception at 6:30 pm provided by the West End Community Center Media sponsorship provided by NBC 10 Additional support from Nortek, Inc. and Citizens Bank West End Community Center 109 Bucklin Street

Twenty-three-year-old American pianist Jonathan Biss has already proved himself an exceptional musician with a flourishing international reputation through his orchestral and recital performances in North America and Europe. He has performed with most major U.S. orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. Read more about Jonathan on our website's Profiles page.

Thursday, November 4, 8:00 pm

Program to include Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major and the Piano Quintet in F Minor byJohannes Brahms with the Providence String Quartet.

Seating is limited and admission is $55 per person, please call 401.861.5650 to reserve.

The RISD Museum of Art

224 Benefit Street

Saturday, November 13, 3:00 pm
Performance Party

Performances by Community MusicWorks students, teachers, and invited guests.

Bring your family and a dish to pass for the potluck meal that follows.

Free admission!

Parish Hall, Church of the Messiah

10 Troy Street, Olneyville Square

Friday, December 3, 7:00 pm
Youth Salon

Informal performances by Community MusicWorks students as well as other

local musicians and peforming artists.

Free admission!

Black Box Theater

The Met School, Public Street Campus

325 Public Street

Friday, January 14, 4:00 pm
Musical Workshop: Diane Monroe, jazz violin

Several of the Musical Workshops presented by Community MusicWorks throughout the year are public events, and we invite you to join our students for an educational presentation by a local or visiting performing artist or ensemble.

Suggested admission: $10, free to CMW current and waiting list families

The Met School, Peace Street Campus

362 Dexter Street

Saturday, February 12, 3:00 pm
Performance Party

Performances by Community MusicWorks students, teachers, and invited guests.

Bring your family and a dish to pass for the potluck meal that follows.

Free admission!

Parish Hall, Church of the Messiah

10 Troy Street, Olneyville Square

Friday, February 25, 4:00 pm
Musical Workshop: Trevor Weston, composer

Several of the Musical Workshops presented by Community MusicWorks throughout the year are public events, and we invite you to join our students for an educational presentation by a local or visiting performing artist or ensemble.

Trevor Weston will explore the creative possibilities of choral singing and introduce his new composition, entitled Ma'at Musings. Presented in collaboration with The Providence Singers.

The Met School, Peace Street Campus

362 Dexter Street

Friday, March 4, 4:00 pm
Musical Workshop: April Verch, fiddle

Several of the Musical Workshops presented by Community MusicWorks throughout the year are public events, and we invite you to join our students for an educational presentation by a local or visiting performing artist or ensemble.

April Verch is a fiddler who plays traditional and contemporary tunes ranging in source and inspiration from French Canadian to Appalachian, from Bluegrass to Celtic, and Brazilian to Old Time.

Suggested admission: $10, free to CMW current and waiting list families

The Met School, Peace Street Campus

362 Dexter Street

Saturday, March 19 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, March 20 at 3:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

"Consent to Gravity"

A collaboration with the Island Moving Company

Choreographers Daniel McCusker and Carol Somers, the Providence String Quartet, composer Christopher Eastburn under the direction of Miki Ohlsen and project director Thomas Palmer, and the eight dancers of the Island Moving Co. have responded to Frederick Sommer's musical scores (and equally evocative texts) under various sets of improvisational structures to create a performance that is as original as their source material. Consent to Gravity honors Frederick Sommer's legacy, especially his exceptional sense of the interconnectedness of art forms.

Tickets are $20 and available at the door or through www.arttixri.com. Discounts for seniors, students, and RISD students.

RISD Auditorium

15 Canal Walk

Friday, April 1, 4:00 pm
Musical Workshop: Rob Bethel, cello & improvisation

Several of the Musical Workshops presented by Community MusicWorks throughout the year are public events, and we invite you to join our students for an educational presentation by a local or visiting performing artist or ensemble.

Rob Bethel, cellist, presents a "music for people" workshop, an exploration of the art of improvisation and the creation of music for all levels of experience.

Suggested admission: $10, free to CMW current and waiting list families

The Met School, Peace Street Campus

362 Dexter Street

Thursday, April 7, 8:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

Chamber music concert by the Providence String Quartet, Community MusicWorks' quartet-in-residence.

Featuring Osvaldo Golijov's Yiddishbbuk, Haydn's Quartet in D Major, Opus 20, No. 4, Dvorak's Quartet in

A flat Major, Opus 105.

Osvaldo Golijov's Yiddishbbuk was composed in 1992 and was inspired, in part, by the poems and drawings of children interned in the Terezin ghetto. The title refers to the cabalistic text of a collection of apocryphal psalms that perished in the Holocaust. Based on the few remaining vestiges of a collection of ancient apocryphal psalms, Yiddishbbuk is the recreation of music that begins, in the words of Franz Kafka, with "a broken song played on a shattered cymbalon.”

Suggested admission: $5-25

Bell Street Chapel

5 Bell Street

Saturday, April 16, 4:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

House concert in Warren, Rhode Island.

Sunday, April 17, 8:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

Chamber music concert to benefit Amnesty International.

Featuring Osvaldo Golijov's Yiddishbbuk, Haydn's Quartet in D Major, Opus 20, No. 4, Dvorak's Quartet in

A flat Major, Opus 105.

Longy School of Music

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Friday, April 29, 7:00 pm
Youth Salon

Informal performances by Community MusicWorks students as well as other

local musicians and peforming artists.

Free admission!

Black Box Theater

The Met School, Public Street Campus

325 Public Street

Sunday, May 8, 3:30-6:30 pm
Mother's Day Benefit Concert and Reception

Chamber music concert to benefit Community MusicWorks programs, featuring the

Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, Opus 26.

Performers include William Fedkenheuer of the Borromeo String Quartet, Michael Reynolds of the Muir String Quartet, Sebastian Ruth of the Providence String Quartet, and pianist Shuann Chai.

Regent Avenue School Building

101 Regent Avenue

Friday, May 20, 8:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

Chamber music concert in the Tasting Room at Greenvale Vineyards

Featuring Brahms' Sextet in G Major, Opus 36 with guest artists Minna Choi (violin) and Heath Marlow (cello).

Greenvale Vineyards

582 Wapping Road

Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Saturday, May 21, 8:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

Chamber music concert by the Providence String Quartet, Community MusicWorks' quartet-in-residence.

Featuring Brahms' Sextet in G Major, Opus 36 with guest artists Minna Choi (violin) and Heath Marlow (cello).

Suggested admission: $5-25

Bell Street Chapel

5 Bell Street

Sunday, May 22, 4:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

House concert in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Saturday, June 4, 8:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

"Consent to Gravity"

A collaboration with the Island Moving Company

Choreographers Daniel McCusker and Carol Somers, the Providence String Quartet, composer Christopher Eastburn under the direction of Miki Ohlsen and project director Thomas Palmer, and the eight dancers of the Island Moving Co. have responded to Frederick Sommer's musical scores (and equally evocative texts) under various sets of improvisational structures to create a performance that is as original as their source material. Consent to Gravity honors Frederick Sommer's legacy, especially his exceptional sense of the interconnectedness of art forms.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, California

Saturday, June 11, 3:00 pm (change of date)
Performance Party

Performances by Community MusicWorks students, teachers, and invited guests.

Bring your family and a dish to pass for the potluck meal that follows.

Free admission!

Parish Hall, Church of the Messiah

10 Troy Street, Olneyville Square

Thursday, June 16, 8:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

Event in New York City.

Friday, June 17, 7:30 pm
Providence String Quartet

Performance in Providence's Waterplace Park

Featuring Brahms' Sextet in G Major, Opus 36 with guest artists Minna Choi (violin) and Heath Marlow (cello).

Free admission!

Sunday, June 19, 4:00 pm
Providence String Quartet

Event in Concord, Massachusetts.

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