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Chamber Music N or t hw es t

https://cmnw.org/

Mission

Chamber Music Northwest creates and
shares the beauty, inspiration, intimacy

and transformative power of small ensem-
ble music. To this end we offer:

• Unforgettable concerts with the
world’s greatest musicians in a
welcoming environment

• Education and engagement pro-
grams that enrich the lives of our
diverse and growing community

Violinist Karla Donahew Perez of the Catalyst Quartet working with
• Innovation that honors our past students from the Metropolitan Youth Symphony. Catalyst Quartet,
while fostering the artists, our 2023 Artists-in-Residence, worked with many student and com-
audiences, and musical munity groups during their one-year residency.
experiences of the future

Fundraising Project

We are raising money to underwrite our Music Education and Community Engagement
programs, to ensure that our programs are offered to our community free-of-charge. We
partner with schools, hospitals,
social service programs, commu-
nity centers, and assisted living
facilities to present music pro-
grams for all ages. Among varied
engagement activities, we offer
free community concerts, pop-up
performances, and masterclass-

es for advanced music students
which are recorded and part of
our free online music education
resource library. In addition to our
These three musician/composer/mothers met at Chamber Music North-
west and formed the umama womama collaborative. They performed a live programs, we also record and
work commissioned by CMNW at the 2023 Summer Festival. Photo by produce programs for online view-
Tom Emerson. ing and our education archive.

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