Community Events

Spring Benefit with Ashley Christensen on May 9

SOLD OUT! Thank you for your support – we look forward to seeing you tonight.

Join us for a very special evening with Raleigh’s James Beard Award-winning Chef Ashley Christensen at Bridge Club on May 9 from 6:00-8:00pm.



The evening will begin with a wine reception and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a meet and greet with Chef Christensen. Community Music School’s Jazz Ensemble will perform throughout the evening.

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Our neighbors are throwing a party and you're invited!

The Glenwood South Neighborhood Collaborative invites you to Creating Musical Success, on Tuesday, March 14 from 5:30-8:00pm, an evening of fun, food and games to support Community Music School. Come out and celebrate CMS, and meet the residents and local businesses that call our neighborhood “home”.

* Art by Lorrie Jones

* Music by Community Music School students and teachers

* Lots of great raffle prizes and a bid-on-a-musician silent auction to raise money for CMS

* Refreshments provided by Glenwood South establishments

We hope you’ll join us at the Downtown Raleigh Hampton Inn at 600 Glenwood Ave.


Can’t make it? Here are some other ways you can support CMS.

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Glenwood South restaurants support CMS!

If you like pizza and you like CMS, you’re in luck. Next week, both Mellow Mushroom and DeMo’s Pizzeria and Deli will be hosting CMS fundraiser nights, and donating a percentage of sales to the school. On Tuesday, March 7, grab some dinner at the Mellow Mushroom on Peace St. And Thursday, March 9, make your…

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Join us for our Spring Recitals!

Community Music School students will perform their Spring Recitals on Friday, May 6 at 6:00pm and Saturday, May 7 at 10:30am and 1:00pm in the auditorium of St. Saviour’s Center, 616 Tucker St in Raleigh. We hope you’ll join us as we celebrate our students and all that they have achieved this year.

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An amazing night for CMS at Irregardless Café!

Fabulous food, good friends and great music are ingredients for a fun night out, and that’s exactly what guests experienced on Wednesday, March 18 at Irregardless Café’s Charity Beer Dinner in support of Community Music School. The four-course dinner featured fresh, local ingredients and beer pairings from Kinston’s Mother Earth Brewery. Irregardless Café donated a…

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