Season Calendar of Public Events (2010-2011)
Additional concerts and events will be added as the season progresses. Please check back or sign up for our monthly e-newsletter mailing list here.
Fellowship Seminars
Fridays, 12:00-3:00 pm
Our series of monthly brown bag lunch seminars which focus on topics relevant to the understanding of our unique organizational model. Please call the CMW office if you would like to attend.
For a complete listing of
dates, click here.
Providence String Quartet Open Rehearsals
Pull
up a chair! Our sound system broadcasts Providence String
Quartet rehearsals onto Westminster Street. Occasional "open
rehearsals" include sidewalk receptions.
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Concert Admission Policy
Community MusicWorks is committed to providing the greatest possible access to live music. While some Providence String Quartet and Community MusicWorks Players concerts are free events, others may have a suggested donation or ticket cost associated with them. We hope that the price of admission will not prevent you from attending a concert. Please contact Community MusicWorks for more information.
A Century of American String Quartets
Throughout CMW's 14th season, the Providence String Quartet will be exploring string quartets written by American composers between 1896 and 1994. The season-long survey will feature music by Charles Ives (October), Samuel Barber (December), Steve Reich (February), and Osvaldo Golijov (May). This project is made possible by an American Masterpieces grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
To download program notes by Jesse Holstein, click here.
Wednesday, October 20
Special announcement... broadcast by email! If you do not already receive our monthly e-newsletter, please sign up here.
Anthem in Washington, DC
CMW's student and professional musicians on tour, performing Anthem (the civil rights-inspired work commissioned by CMW in November 2008) on the National Mall and elsewhere. Details tba. Click here for more information.
Friday, October 22, 5:00-6:00PM
Traffic Jam!
The eastbound lane of Westminster Street in front of CMW will be closed off for an hour-long celebration of our recent national recognition, and we need you to come jam with us!
Get out that old instrument (or noisemaker, kitchen utensil, pot/pan, etc) and join CMW for a COMMUNITY MUSICAL JAM! Click here for more information.
Saturday, October 23
Community Day: Programming for CMW students, families, and our community
Location: West End Community Center, 109 Bucklin St. & The Met School, 362 Dexter St.
Admission: All activities are free and open to the public!
10:00 am Student activities (observers welcome)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Concert featuring the Providence String Quartet performing Charles Ives's String Quartet No. 1, and CMW musicians performing Anthem
To download program notes by Jesse Holstein, click here.
All-Bach Festival
Between November 11 and 21, Providence will be blanketed by the beautiful music of J. S. Bach. In addition to a weekend-long marathon concert of Bach's solo works and a weekend of concerts featuring the CMW Players with special guests performing his orchestral music, be prepared to discover performances of the music of Bach throughout the City where you might least expect them!
Details about additional Festival offerings, including informal and spontaneous performances throughout the city (Bach Around Town), will be made available here as soon as they are known.
November 13-14
Marathon concert, featuring works for solo instruments
Admission: Free! (donations gratefully accepted)
Marathon concert venues include Brown University and the Bell Street Chapel. Click here for complete event information, including repertoire and participating musicians.
November 19, 5:00 pm
Salon: J. S. Bach in performance and discussion
Presented by The Providence Athenaeum
Admission: Free for Athenaeum members and guests of CMW
Reservations recommended; call 401.861.5650
November 20, 4:00 pm
CMW Players with Fred Jodry, harpsichord
THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT.
Please join us at the Bell Street Chapel on Sunday, November 21 for the same program.
Annual Freda Bromsen Bolster Memorial Concert
Presented by the John Carter Brown Library
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 (commonly known as the "Coffee Cantata")
Location: Corner of George and Brown Streets
Admission: Free!
Reservations required; call 401.861.5650
November 21, 4:00 pm
CMW Players with Fred Jodry, harpsichord
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 (commonly known as the "Coffee Cantata")
Location: Bell Street Chapel, 5 Bell Street at Broadway
Admission: $15 suggested, free for CMW families
Bach Around Town
Join CMW musicians as they play Bach at various locations around town.
Details about additional Festival offerings, including informal and spontaneous performances throughout the city, will be made available here as soon as they are known.
December 11, 11:00 am & 2:00 pm
CMW Players with Bill Harley, storyteller
Two concerts benefiting the Rhode Island Community Food Bank
The Lincoln School
Admission: $12 ($18 for reserved seating)
Click here for more information.
December 12, 4:00 pm
Providence String Quartet & Fellows String Quartet
Samuel Barber's String Quartet, Opus 11 & Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 9
Presented by the Cogut Center for the Humanities
Pembroke Hall, Brown University
Admission: Free!
Click here for more information.
To download program notes by Jesse Holstein, click here.
December 13, 12:00 noon
Community MusicWorks Players and guests
Minna Choi, violin
Sebastian Ruth, violin
Chloe Kline, viola
Laura Cetilia, cello
Aaron Jackson, piano
Musicians from CMW and the Providence vicinity will be premiering three works
at a lunchtime concert at Brown. The performance features audiovisual compositions
by Caroline Park, Stephan Moore, and David Len Elion, all participants in Betsey Biggs'
Chamber Video class this fall at Brown University.
Grant Recital Hall, Brown University
Admission: Free!
January 22, 3:00 pm
Performance Party
Calvary Baptist Church
747 Broad Street
Admission: Free! Bring your family and a dish to pass at the potluck reception
February 4, 7:00 pm
CMW Players with Sang Woo Kang, piano
Works by Beethoven, Faure, and Schumann
Presented by Providence College
Ryan Concert Hall, Smith Center for the Arts,
549 River Avenue (enter through the Eaton Street gate)
Admission: Free!
Sunday, February 6, 2:00 pm
CMW Players with Sang Woo Kang, piano
Works by Beethoven, Faure, and Schumann
Presented by Roger Williams University
Performing Arts Center
One Old Ferry Road (Bristol, RI)
Admission: Free!
February 13, 5:00 pm
Providence String Quartet
Steve Reich's Different Trains
Co-presented by The RISD Museum
Metcalf Auditorium, Rhode Island School of Design Museum,
20 North Main Street
Forrest Larson: Mystic Rails, for violin and recorded sound (2011)
Jesse Holstein, violin
Admission: $20, $15 for Museum members
To download program notes by Jesse Holstein, click here.
February 26, 10 am - 2 pm
Community Day: Programming for CMW students, families, and our community
Youth performances
Quartet of Happiness
Providence String Quartet performs Different Trains by Steve Reich
Pizza
The Met School, 362 Dexter St, Providence, RI 02907 (enter through the door off the parking lot)
Admission: Free
March 19-20
Fellows String Quartet
Selections from works by Brahms and Shostakovich
Details TBA (check CMW's blog for updates)
Sunday, March 20, 4:00 pm
Fellows String Quartet
Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 (1964)
Carriage House Stage
9 Duncan Avenue
Admission: $15 suggested, free for CMW families
Saturday March 26
Community Day: Programming for CMW students, families, and our community
CMW's Phase II students present:
Youth Salon: an afternoon of performances, food and interactive activities on the theme of "Music that makes change"
12PM Lunch, followed by Student-led Workshops and
2:30PM CMW student performances
Providence CityArts for Youth
891 Broad Street
Admission: Free!
Sunday, April 3, 3:00 pm
CMW Players with Jeff Louie, piano
Bell Street Chapel, 5 Bell Street
All-Schubert program, including the Rondo for Violin and Piano in B Minor and the Piano Trio in E-Flat Major
Admission: Donations to CMW's Fred Kelley Memorial Scholarship Fund gratefully accepted. This Fund supports CMW students who wish to attend summer music camps.
Saturday, April 9, 8:00-9:30 pm
Community MusicWorks Players, with DuoKeira (piano duo)
Location: Music Mansion, 88 Meeting Street (at Congdon Street)
Admission: $15 general, Community MusicWorks families attend free
Program to include works by Samuel Barber, Jerome Moross (Sonata for Piano Duo and String Quartet), and others.
Learn about DuoKeira here: www.duokeira.com
Experimental Music Festival
During May and June, CMW's roster of resident musicians, students, and invited guest artists will present new and experimental music events in varied venues across the City, drawing on Providence's rich culture of experimental and indie artists who populate the City's urban arts scene, with special emphasis given to electronic and improvised music.
 Saturday, May 7, 2:00 pm
Providence String Quartet with Rane Moore, klezmer clarinet
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Maurice Ravel: Duo for Violin and Cello
Monohasset Mill, 532 Kinsley Avenue
Admission: Free! RSVP required
Click here to read Jesse Holstein’s program notes for the Golijov.
Sunday May 8, 4:00 pm
Providence String Quartet with Rane Moore, klezmer clarinet
Presented by Temple Beth-El
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Maurice Ravel: Duo for Violin and Cello
Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Avenue
Admission: Free!
Click here to read Jesse Holstein’s program notes for the Golijov.
Monday, May 9, 8:00 pm
All-Beethoven recital by Jonathan Biss, piano
SOLD OUT
The Recital Room at Avery Piano
256 Weybosset Street
Limited seating; RSVP required
$50 suggested minimum donation
This event is a fundraiser for CMW’s free after-school music education programs. Jonathan will present four of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas. Click here for more information about this event.
Thursday, May 12, 9:00 pm
Ctrl+Alt+Repeat & CMW Players
Firehouse 13, 41 Central Street
Admission: $15 suggested donation
Ctrl+Alt+Repeat and CMW join forces once again for an evening of experimental music, featuring works by Alvin Lucier, Christina Kubisch, and Morton Feldman, as well as improvisations by electro-acoustic ensemble Mem1 and Boston-based musician/sound artist Ernst Karel.
Saturday May 21, 3:00 pm
Performance Party
Calvary Baptist Church
747 Broad Street
Admission: Free! Bring your family and a dish to pass at the potluck reception
June
Friday, June 3, 5:00-6:00 pm
Open Call for Musicians to Perform In C
Knight Memorial Library
275 Elmwood Avenue
As part of CMW's Experimental Music Festival, CMW students, staff, and friends will perform Terry Riley’s iconic minimalist piece, In C.
All musicians are welcome to participate. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, June 8, 7:30 pm
Experimental and contemporary music for solo instruments
CMW Players and guests
Sofia Gubaidulina: Preludes for solo cello
Gary Kulesha: Caprices for solo violin
Forrest Larson: "As Far As The Crow Can Fly," for cello and recorded sound.
Forrest Larson: Solitary Motion No. 3 for viola
A collaboration by Laura Cetilia and Forrest Larson
Cesare De Credico's studio (Providence)
Admission: optional donation to support CMW; RSVP required
Sunday, June 12, 2:00 pm
Community MusicWorks Players
Presented by Trinity Episcopal Church
Program to feature Grieg's Holberg Suite, music for string quartet by Geoffrey Hudson, and works by Bartok, Paganini, and Vivaldi
141 Spring Street (Newport, RI)
Admission: $20 general, $18 senior, $8 student
For more information visit http://www.trinitynewport.org/
Saturday, June 18, 8:00 pm
CMW Players and guests
Experimental music curated by Sakiko Mori; featured artists to include Eli Keszler, Chris Mulligan, Lauren Pakradooni, and Scott Reber
Bell Street Chapel, 5 Bell Street
Admission: $15 suggested donation
Additional concerts and events will be added as the season progresses, so please check back or sign up for our monthly e-newsletter mailing list here.
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