Student Performances & Community Events
Winter Performance Party
St Paul’s Church
Saturday, March 7th at 2PM
St. Paul’s, 12 Marlborough Street, Newport, RI 02840
All supporters of the Newport String Project are welcome to come and celebrate the creative endeavors of the young students who are part of our free after-school youth mentoring programs.
These joyful and festive events are free and open to the community
Songs of Childhood, Songs of Play
The Newport String Quartet perform a side-by-side concert with their students at Jamestown Arts Center
Sunday, March 8th at 3pm
Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley Street, Jamestown, RI
Inspired by the Jamestown Arts Center’s current exhibit “Picturing Play”, the Newport String Project presents a unique event that celebrates the creative voices of young people, by featuring performances by the students of the Newport String Project alongside their mentors in the Newport String Quartet.
The Newport String Quartet will perform an eclectic set of works that draw inspiration from children’s folk songs from Mexico, Haiti, Afghanistan, Mali, Syria and Ghana. From handclapping games to lullabies, these pieces are sure to delight and offer some unexpected surprises along the way! This side-by-side event will also feature selections performed by the quartet along with their students who participate in NSP’s free youth mentoring programs.
This event invites audiences to delight in the creativity, joy and playfulness of childhood through music.
Program
The Newport String Quartet will perform
Miguel Bernal Jiménez – Selections from Cuarteto Virreinal (1937)
Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté – Tegere Tulon: Funtukuru arr. J Garchik (2018)
Kareem Roustom - Songs from Home (2024)
and
Selections performed the students of the Newport String Project, alongside their mentors in the Newport String Quartet
This event will last approximately 1 hour without intermission.
This is a free event. Gifts in support of the Newport String Quartet’s free performances
and youth mentoring programs are welcome.
Studio Recitals
Newport Public Library, Friends Room
Saturday, April 11th at 2:30 pm
Newport Public Library, 30 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840
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Trinity Church, Honyman Hall
Saturday, April 18th at 2:00pm
Trinity Church, 1 Queen Ann Square, Newport, RI 02840
Resounding 2026
Great Friends Meeting House
Sunday, June 7th at 5:30PM - 7:00PM
21 Farewell St, Newport, RI 02840 ·
Join us in June 2026 for the Newport String Project’s annual fundraising concert.
Details to be announced soon.
Final Performance Party
St. Columba’s Parish Hall, 55 Vaucluse Ave, Middletown, RI
Saturday, June 13th at 2:00PM
All supporters of the Newport String Project are welcome to come and celebrate the creative endeavors of the young students who are part of our free after-school youth mentoring programs.
These joyful and festive events are free and open to the community.
