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 urban neighborhoods of Providence, Rhode Island.

In 2006, 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

Performing new music, especially by local composers, is an important aspect of Community MusicWorks. During the 07-08 season, the Providence String Quartet and the CMW Players featured a work by a local composer on every program.