In the Media

Please explore the many links below to learn more about Community Musicworks, and/or use these shortcuts!

CMW blog

Flickr (photos)

Vimeo (videos)

YouTube (videos)

Facebook

CMW in The New Yorker

"Community MusicWorks ... is a revolutionary organization in which the distinction between performing and teaching disappears." To read about Community MusicWorks in The New Yorker and learn about a special offer, click here.

Blog

Please visit our blog, an online collection of thoughts and reactions from members of our entire community that is updated regularly.

Video

Click on the following links to view recent CMW videos:

Anthem: A Community MusicWorks Story
CMW at Dance Exchange/Center Stage
Phase III Reflections: Daniel Bernard Roumain Residency
Imagining Art + Social Change Conference
Youth Salon 2009
Phase III teaching Angeline the Baker

To view a 7-minute film about Community MusicWorks, including an interview with Sebastian Ruth (CMW's founder), click here.

Photos

For the latest photos of Community MusicWorks in action, click here to visit our Flickr account.
Click here to see older photos.


             

Newsletter

Click here to read The Works, the CMW newsletter!

Articles

March 2012
Chamber Music
Can Music Make Us Civil?

October 2010
National Public Radio
MacArthur 'Genius' Uses Music to Bring Social Justice

October 2010
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Bach – and Social Justice – Make a Sweet Duet for One Charity Leader

October 2010
The Callie Crossley Show
MacArthur Genius, Sebastian Ruth

October 2010
The Boston Globe
High Honors for Letting Music Go Free

October 2010
The Providence Journal
Washington Award for Community MusicWorks

Boston Globe
May 2009
Storefront Strings Play Well in Providence

Brown Daily Herald
March 2009
In Tune with Providence

Providence Journal
October 2008
"Roumain brings wide mix of influences to double string quartet"

City of Providence Mayor's Weekly Newsletter
March 2008
Community Music Does Work (interview with Sebastian Ruth)

Rhode Island Monthly
February 2008

"Notes from the Hood" (1.35 MB)

SO CO (South Coast) Magazine

September 2007

"Divine Providence"

The Providence Journal (Front page of Sunday Arts)

April 2007
"Mozart for Many"

The Providence Journal

April 2007
"Violin by three makers is going to fly"

Providence Phoenix
April 2007
"Local Heroes"

East Side Monthly
March 2007
"Building a Community Through Classical Music" (page 1) (page 2)

Providence Monthly
January 2007
"The Ten for 2007"

Rice University Alumni Magazine
December 2006
"Making a Difference in the World through Music"

The New Yorker
September 2006
"Learning the Score"

Providence Monthly
April 2006
"Classic Rocks" (page 1) (page 2)

The Providence Journal
March 2006
"Bach's rarely performed Art of the Fugue has light show, free dinner"

Strings Magazine

August/September 2005

"Bows in the Hood: How One String Quartet Makes a Difference in its Home City"

Oberlin Conservatory Alumni Magazine

July 2005

"Core Values: The Chamber Musician as Community Activist"

The Providence Journal
June 2005
"Two City After-School Programs Nominated"

The Providence Journal
November 2004
Concert review: "Intensity, sensitivity distinguishes Biss' style"

Brown University Alumni Magazine

September 2004

"Music Lessons" (link expired)

Chamber Music, a publication of Chamber Music America

June 2004

"Storefront Strings: How the Providence Quartet Built an Inner-City Residency"

What Kids Can Do
December 2003
"Close Harmony: Teens and Music"

The Boston Globe Magazine
September 2003
"A Classical Move: How a String Quartet Binds an Urban Community"

Focus Rhode Island (WRNI Radio)
May 2003 (segment begins at 43:45)
Click here to listen!

The Providence Journal
May 2003
"MusicWorks event will have some strings attached"

The Brown Daily Herald
April 2003
"Stringing the community together with music" (link expired)

Christian Science Monitor
April 2001
"Held together by the strings"

The Providence Journal
February 2001
"Inner-city creativity"

Order a CD

	The Providence String Quartet's third compact disc is available at all public events or by contacting the Community MusicWorks office. Providence String Quartet Michael Reynolds, cello Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D 956 Recorded live on January 25, 2006 $10 To order by mail, send a check for $12 ($2 for mailing costs) made out to Community MusicWorks.
	The Providence String Quartet's second compact disc is available at all public events or by contacting the Community MusicWorks office. Providence String Quartet Jonathan Biss, piano Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34 Recorded live on November 4, 2004 $10 To order by mail, send a check for $12 ($2 for mailing costs) made out to Community MusicWorks.
	The Providence String Quartet's first compact disc is available at all public events or by contacting the Community MusicWorks office. Providence String Quartet Franz Schubert: Death and the Maiden  Recorded live on November 9, 2003 $10 To order by mail, send a check for $12 ($2 for mailing costs) made out to Community MusicWorks.