our idea
Based on the conviction that musicians can play an important public service role, Community MusicWorks has created an opportunity for a professional string quartet to build and transform its own urban community.

what we do

Through the permanent residency of the Providence String Quartet, Community MusicWorks provides free after-school education and performance programs that build meaningful long-term relationships between professional musicians, children, and families in the West End and South Side neighborhoods of Providence, Rhode Island.

During its 10th season, Community MusicWorks successfully piloted a Fellowship Program in order to share its unique model with interested musicians and urban communities across the country.

recent recognition

In 2005 and 2007, Community MusicWorks was recognized as one of the fifty premier after-school arts programs in the nation by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.

listen local
Throughout the 07-08 season, Community MusicWorks is proud to feature works by local composers on each concert program performed by the Providence String Quartet and the CMW Players.