Lapin Competition: Winners Recital
2025-04-12 12:00 - 14:00 UTC
Celebrate the successful culmination of the 32nd Annual Lapin Competition with a special recital featuring the winning musicians from both the Junior and Senior Divisions. Reception to follow!

Our Student Pathways in Practice
2025-04-17 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Allen Hall, 34 Warren Ave., Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US
A panel discussion with local leaders in arts organizations on how they embody CMCB’s innovative new Student Pathways program. Click here to register, in person or virtual!

How does your relationship to music shape the direction of a potential career in the arts? Join us for a conversation featuring representatives from local arts organizations ProjectSTEP, Zumix, and Castle of our Skins and learn more about their personal journeys and career experiences that align with each of these musical pathways.
This program will be moderated by CMCB staff members, Rachel Chao and Jared Field. Rachel Chao, Community Engagement and Clinical Manager at CMCB, is a music therapist that brings a passion for community organizing, advocacy through storytelling, and program creation. Jared Field, Associate Director of the Community Music School at CMCB, is a composer, conductor, music educator and clarinetist. Jared is coming to CMCB from Worcester Academy, where he led instrumental ensembles, choirs, and chamber groups, taught music theory and individual lessons, and designed a music technology course.
A journey in music can take many different shapes and forms. Some students are interested in being Performing Musicians, in winning competitions or being competitive for admission to music conservatory. But many others are Community Musicians who make music for the kinship and camaraderie of working with other people. Some are Citizen Musicians, who think about how their music affects the world or their sense of social justice: artistic activists, teachers, music therapists, or liturgical musicians. And many more are Musical Explorers, in an early stage of their journey learning about all the richness that music has to offer, either through learning multiple instruments or in exploring multiple genres. To celebrate and formalize these many inspirations, we devised a Student Pathways program. CMCB’s four student pathways offer a supportive starting place for conversations with both students and school administrators. While you may have heard CMCB staff and faculty talk about Student Pathways, join us to hear the following professionals speak on their own experiences, and how they align with the Program.
Speakers:
Josue Gonzalez, Executive Director, ProjectSTEP
Corey DePina, Program Director, Zumix
Dr. Ciyadh Wells, Executive Director, Castle of our Skins
AJ Gaudreau, Music Therapist, CMCB
Moderators: Rachel Chao and Jared Field (CMCB)
We hope you will be able to join us for this event, either in-person or through our Zoom broadcast!
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Community Conversations is a series of workshops with CMCB staff that seeks to engage others in dialogue about important issues in arts education. We want the voices of our students, parents and partners to be amplified. Join us to learn and share your experiences.
Additional information about registration and other events can be found at www.cmcb.org. This event is free for all to attend; please consider making a donation to CMCB to support this work.

NO PROGRAMMING
2025-04-21 00:00 - 2025-04-26 23:59, 2025-06-16 00:00 - 2025-06-21 23:59 UTC

Spring Studio Recitals Begin*
2025-05-05 00:00 - 23:59 UTC
For more information, regarding specific recital dates and times, contact your or your student’s teacher.

Fall Pre-Registration Opens
2025-05-07 00:00 - 23:59 UTC

Young Composer's Festival
2025-05-09 00:00 - 23:59 UTC
This festival aims to inspire the inner composer in each student by bringing in exciting guests to lead a day of workshops and concerts for students of all ages. This year’s event features a reading and feedback session of new work for string quartet performed by the Jewel Box Ensemble! Click here to register!

ECH/ELEM Culminating Event
2025-05-20 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-05-27 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

A Piano Recital by Students of Alexander Morollo
2025-05-22 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

George Maclaurin Studio Recital
2025-05-23 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

CLOSED: Memorial Day
2025-05-24 00:00 - 2025-05-26 23:59 UTC

George Maclaurin Studio Recital
2025-05-29 18:00 - 19:00 UTC

A Multicultural Night of Song and Dance: A John Kleshinski Concert
2025-05-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Hurley K-8, 70 Worcester Street, Boston, MA 02118, Boston, MA, 02118, US
A Collaboration Between CMCB and Jean Appolon Expressions

Join us at the Hurley K-8 School for a joyful multicultural celebration of song and dance with student performances from the Community Music Center of Boston and Jean Appolon Expressions!
Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE) is is a Haitian folkloric and contemporary-infused dance organization that cultivates hope and healing to foster more expressive and socially just communities. They have performed at Jacob’s Pillow, the Gardner Museum, the ICA, the MFA, Harlem School of the Arts, and many more.
The program will include songs from Spanish-speaking cultures, Chinese folk songs, and Haitian music and dance. A PDF of the program book can be found here.
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Accessibility:
Please visit our website to find out more about CMCB’s Accessibility Guidelines.
Location:
This event will occur at the Hurley K-8 at 70 Worcester St, Boston, MA 02118. There will be no livestream or virtual option for this event.
About the John Kleshinski Concert Series:
Named in memory of John Kleshinski, former CMCB Board President and student, the John Kleshinski Concert Series provides access to high-quality musical performances for all, aiming to present a diverse sampling of instruments and genres.
Please join us at Community Music Center of Boston for musical performances of exceptional quality, featuring our Award-Winning faculty, guest artists and advanced students. Visit www.cmcb.org for additional information.

Spring Adult Salon
2025-05-30 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
Enjoy a wide range of music performed by CMS’s adult students!

Matt Savage Studio Recital
2025-06-02 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Rehearsal B, 34 Warren Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, 02116, United States

Paulius Pancekauskas Studio Recital
2025-06-02 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-06-09 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

Kavita Shankar Studio Recital
2025-06-03 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

Fall General Registration Opens
2025-06-04 00:00 - 23:59 UTC

Santiago Diaz Studio Recital
2025-06-04 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

Manuel García-Baró Studio Recital
2025-06-05 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

Vinh Pham Studio Recital
2025-06-06 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

Last Day (CMS)
2025-06-07 00:00 - 23:59 UTC

String Department Culminating Event
2025-06-07 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

Make-Up Week
2025-06-09 00:00 - 2025-06-14 23:59 UTC

Janice Lu Studio Recital
2025-06-10 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

Tackling Change: Legacy Institutions in Transition
2025-06-11 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Allen Hall, 34 Warren Ave., Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US
A panel of Chief Executives for legacy institutions in Boston discuss how they are adapting to modern challenges, led by Lecolion Washington

In-person tickets are sold out for this event! If you registered for an in-person ticket but are no longer able to join us at Dudley Cafe, or if you have any questions about tickets, please let us know by reaching to afeldman@cmcb.org. We look forward to seeing you either in-person or virtually for this event!
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A hallmark of a great leader is the ability to lead an organization through change. Here at CMCB, we are embarking on our own historic evolution – the purchase of a building and expansion to a new neighborhood and community.
Join Executive Director Lecolion Washington as he speaks with executives Chad Smith, CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, CEO of Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion; and Aisha Francis, President of the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. These organizations are all legacy institutions in Boston, with histories ranging from the 18th century to the civil rights era. Join us to learn more about how these renowned leaders guide their institutions through periods of evolution during unprecedented times.
Speakers:
Chad Smith, CEO, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, CEO, Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion
Aisha Francis, President, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Moderator: Lecolion Washington, CEO, CMCB
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Community Conversations is a series of workshops with CMCB staff that seeks to engage others in dialogue about important issues in arts education. We want the voices of our students, parents and partners to be amplified. Join us to learn and share your experiences.
Additional information about registration and other events can be found at www.cmcb.org. This event is free for all to attend; please consider making a donation to CMCB to support this work.

Voice Department Recital
2025-06-11 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US

Spring Ensembles Concert
2025-06-14 15:30 - 17:00 UTC | Community Music Center of Boston – Allen Hall, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116, US
