Public health communications can be enhanced with imagination, flexibility, and creativity to effectively connect across audiences. Artists are particularly responsive to cultural, political, and social changes, and are adept at meeting the moment through new collaborative tools. Artistic frameworks can break down complex topics, unify people across different ideologies, and bring public health issues to life for communities. Join researchers, practitioners, and artists who have used the arts to shift views and build healthier communities. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2317061283193/WN_N7p8GMakSZuHPqMUzF0a3A Moderator: Jill Read More »

CMSS' Children's Choruses of Springfield are excited to announce their first-ever collaboration with the internationally-renowned chorus, Young@Heart. The two groups will present an inter-generational concert entitled Mash-Up VIII.  The program will include the pop and rock classics Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall," The Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," Neil Young's "Old Man" among others. Who is Young@Heart? From The New York Times to TIME, The Ellen Show to The Daily Show and stars of the hit Fox Read More »

Join us in celebrating CMSS’ 40 years of musical excellence and access to the arts, while raising essential financial aid and scholarship funds for children. Sankofa: Our theme this year is Sankofa, a Ghanaian word symbolized by a beautiful mythical bird. Our 40th Anniversary Gala is a musical journey of Community Music School of Springfield’s expression of Sankofa, seeking wisdom from the past, standing firmly in the present, and working together to build a better future. Our online silent auction Read More »