In Two, Shura Baryshnikov and cellist Adrienne Tayler, long term collaborators, have drawn upon their creative history together to build a process focused on deep listening, observation, and response. When examining the etymology of the word communication, we learn that it literally means “to make common.”  Within this fundamental pursuit, the duo has pursued shared choice-making structures, creating new – common – languages and modes of understanding through creative research into the vulnerable passage between choreographed/composed materials and improvisatory scoring.

IzumonookunI is a dance inspired by Izumo no Okuni, founder of the Japanese dance-drama form, Kabuki—a form that currently contains little trace of its female-centric, grassroots origins. Choreographer Aretha Aokiand sound and visual designer Ryan MacDonald are re-imagining Okuni as a punk rock/sci-fi figure in a landscape of built objects, digital design and live synthesizer. The piece touches on the tensions between erasure and hyper visibility and is an ode to the women in Aoki’s ancestry of whom little is known.

Tickets on Sale June 1st

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CMW’s 25th Season Reunion Concert brings together current and former students and staff for a celebration that starts with a parade and ends with a musical performance at Dexter Park. The Reunion Concert program features a new work by hip-hop violinist and composer Big Lux, who is also this year’s CMW Artist-in-Residence, and a performance of a student favorite, “The Meeting Point,” conducted by former Resident Musician Chase Spruill, which features a large gathering of CMW Resident Musicians, students, and alumni.

“Songs of Refuge” celebrates the joy and solidarity of community by bringing together local, resettled musicians with the MusicWorks Collective in special arrangements of traditional songs from Iraq, Syria, and Iran.

This concert, set at PPL’s beautifully restored Donald J. Farish Auditorium, features works by composer Kareem Roustom, including a world premiere that spotlights MusicWorks Collective violinist Jesse Holstein as he marks a two-decade career at CMW.

This season's popular Sonata Series event goes virtual with YouTube premieres showcasing solo and duo performances. Sonata Series #4 features violinist Ashley Frith performing Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Lamentations and Nicholas Walker's Watermark with double bassist Desmond Bratton, and a duo performance featuring cellist Adrienne Taylor and pianist Andrei Baumann performing Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano and Deep River. Stay tuned for a link to the YouTube premiere event, which includes interviews with the musicians and composers!

Filmed at the Providence Public Library, the MusicWorks Collective and Fellows Quartet animate the newly renovated spaces with works by J.S. Bach, pioneering French composer Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and a contemporary piece by Missy Mazzoli.

Season 24 begins in the open air! Join us for a late summer safe-distanced gathering as the MusicWorks Collective and the CMW Fellows Quartet perform Fairouz, Beethoven, Grieg and more at the SouthLight Pavilion at the Southside Cultural Center.

MusicWorks Collective musicians pop up in various businesses and residences around town performing solos and duos from the back of a trailer.

Sarah Kim performs Missy Mazzoli’s Dissolve, O My Heart for solo violin, and Adrienne Taylor performs music by J.S. Bach and Gaspar Cassadó as well as her own compositions for solo cello.

MusicWorks Collective musicians pop up in various businesses and residences around town performing solos and duos from the back of a trailer.

Sarah Kim performs Missy Mazzoli’s Dissolve, O My Heart for solo violin, and Adrienne Taylor performs music by J.S. Bach and Gaspar Cassadó as well as her own compositions for solo cello.

The first night of PVD Festival kicks off with an evening of solo cello music by Adrienne Taylor and Zan Berry.

Members of the MusicWorks Collective perform works for string quartet by Debussy, Bartók, and Zhou Long.

Cellists Adrienne Taylor and Miguel Vasquez perform music by Beethoven and Schubert with pianist Andrei Baumann.

Adrienne Taylor and Andrei Baumann perform music by J.S. Bach, Chopin and Schubert.

This program by the MusicWorks Collective offers a glimpse into the world of 17th century weddings, parties, and battles with Bach's "Wedding Cantata" (BWV 202), featuring the brilliant soprano Kristen Watson, the rousing "Battalia" by Heinrich Biber, a harpsichord concerto by Bach contemporary Wilhelmina of Prussia featuring harpsichordist Michael Bahmann, and the ever-popular Brandenburg Concerto no. 3.  Suggested donation: $20

The program offers a glimpse into the world of 17th century weddings, parties, and battles with Bach's "Wedding Cantata" (BWV 202), featuring the brilliant soprano Kristen Watson, the rousing "Battalia" by Heinrich Biber, a harpsichord concerto by Bach contemporary Wilhelmina of Prussia featuring harpsichordist Michael Bahmann, and the ever-popular Brandenburg Concerto no. 3.

*This is event is sold out. There will be a second performance on Sunday, October 27th at 4pm at Grace Episcopal Church.

The Nature of Light will feature new work by Island Moving Company’s Artistic Director, Miki Ohlsen, and choreography by the iconic José Limon, Colin Connor and IMC’s Associate Artistic Director, Danielle Genest. The show’s title is inspired by the reflective light-play from the historic church venue’s notable La Farge stained glass windows. The entire show will be approximately 90 minutes in length and performed to live music by an ensemble of musicians from across Southern New England under the direction of Adrienne Taylor.

The Nature of Light will feature new work by Island Moving Company’s Artistic Director, Miki Ohlsen, and choreography by the iconic José Limon, Colin Connor and IMC’s Associate Artistic Director, Danielle Genest. The show’s title is inspired by the reflective light-play from the historic church venue’s notable La Farge stained glass windows. The entire show will be approximately 90 minutes in length and performed to live music by an ensemble of musicians from across Southern New England under the direction of Adrienne Taylor.

The Nature of Light will feature new work by Island Moving Company’s Artistic Director, Miki Ohlsen, and choreography by the iconic José Limon, Colin Connor and IMC’s Associate Artistic Director, Danielle Genest. The show’s title is inspired by the reflective light-play from the historic church venue’s notable La Farge stained glass windows. The entire show will be approximately 90 minutes in length and performed to live music by an ensemble of musicians from across Southern New England under the direction of Adrienne Taylor.

This concert by the MusicWorks Collective features three pieces by African-American composers: Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1, and Five Folksongs in Counterpoint by Florence Price.

This concert by the MusicWorks Collective features three pieces by African-American composers: Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1, and Five Folksongs in Counterpoint by Florence Price.

This concert by the MusicWorks Collecitve features three pieces by three African-American composers: Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1, and Five Folksongs in Counterpoint by Florence Price.

Tonebank International Music Academy and Festival presents an evening of chamber music featuring Andrei Baumann, Yves Dharamraj, Shih-Kai Lin, Adrienne Taylor and others.

Tonebank International Music Academy and Festival presents a faculty chamber music concert featuring Zsolt Bognár, Jinjoo Cho, Diana Cohen, Hsuan Lara Lo and Adrienne Taylor.

Tonebank International Music Academy and Festival presents Tango Chamber music with legendary bandoneón player Juan José Mosalini.

The MusicWorks Collective performs music by Janácek, Kendall, Montgomery and Reich.

The MusicWorks Collective performs music by Janácek, Kendall, Montgomery and Reich.

Island Moving Company presents of evening of dance, including choreography by Danielle Genest to the song, “Awakening,” performed live by Adrienne Taylor.