MusicWorks Asheville

10/01/2026

MusicWorks is searching for a Musicianship Teaching Artist to teach small group lessons after school Monday through Thursday to students at Leicester Elementary School, 2:30-5:30. For more information and how to apply please visit our employment page at https://www.musicworksasheville.org/employment.

Musicworks is intensive artistic and social program, offered after-school in the city of Asheville to children in under served populations that uses music education as a transformative and empowering tool to teach life skills.

08/31/2026

MusicWorks will start programming next week on September 8 for 1st grade and older. Kindergarten starts on September 14.

08/10/2026

MusicWorks knows firsthand the power of music in schools to transform young lives and improve outcomes for kids who need it the most. We fill gaps in students’ education— gaps that are, in part, caused by the lack of investment in arts education. We were deeply disappointed to learn that the Asheville City School Board is recommending that the Asheville Middle School orchestra program be cut. The arts are not simply an extracurricular, they are essential to a well-rounded education, and serve as a safe space for students who often have nowhere else to go.

If you value the arts in our community, please email the Asheville City School board before their meeting tonight, August 10th, at 5 PM. Their emails are below. A short email could make the difference for the next generation of young musicians.

Board of Education
Sarah Thornburg, Chair — [email protected]
Rebecca Strimer, Vice Chair — [email protected]
Amy Ray — [email protected]
Jesse Warren — [email protected]
George Sieburg — [email protected]
Liza Kelly — [email protected]
Pepi Acebo — [email protected]
Superintendent Maggie Fehrman — [email protected]

You might also consider showing up to the meeting to voice your support for the students. The arts are essential to a thriving society, and we stand with the educators and students of our beloved community!

06/16/2026

MusicWorks is searching for a Percussion/Bucket Band Teaching Artist (2+ afternoons a week) and an Academic Enrichment Specialist (homework help Mondays through Thursdays). We're also looking for new subs to join our staff. All positions start in September as the school year gets underway. For more information please look at our official announcement on our web site here:

Musicworks is intensive artistic and social program, offered after-school in the city of Asheville to children in under served populations that uses music education as a transformative and empowering tool to teach life skills.

01/20/2026

Update - The White Horse has had some remodeling gone wrong and so we're going to cancel this B**r and Hymns fundraiser for MusicWorks. Keep your eyes peeled for a reschedule when we can post it!

Jan 26th 7:00 PM
B**r & Hymns brings people together to raise a glass and a voice while raising funds for organizations that change the world. This is not a church service. All are welcome to come and sing with us.

This edition benefits Music Works, whose mission is to provide an intensive artistic and social program to children in underserved populations, using music education as a transformative and empowering tool to teach life skills.

It doesn’t matter what your spiritual beliefs are, or whether you ascribe to no spiritual beliefs. This is not a church service. All are welcome to come and sing with us.

12/02/2025

MusicWorks is hiring a Choral Teaching Artist to begin this January. Duties include teaching 4 chorus lessons to groups of 10-15 elementary school students at Leicester Elementary School (Leicester, NC) one afternoon a week (Wednesdays preferred), from 2:30-5:30. Pay is $20 hourly (up to $25 per hour commensurate with education and experience).

Please visit our website here for more details and how to apply.

Musicworks is intensive artistic and social program, offered after-school in the city of Asheville to children in under served populations that uses music education as a transformative and empowering tool to teach life skills.

09/26/2025

MusicWorks has an opening for a Chorus Teaching Artist beginning in January, 2026. Please see the following web page for details and how to apply.

https://www.musicworksasheville.org/employment

09/24/2024

Just a reminder that there will be no MusicWorks on Friday, September 27th. We do not run on afternoons when school is off.

08/25/2024

Just a reminder that we'll start programming for 1st grade students and older begining Tuesday, September 3 this year. Kindergarten students will start up the following Monday, September 9.

05/29/2024

Update - Broken link fixed, sorry about that!

Parents, please take a couple of minutes and fill our our Parent Survey. We want to know who is planning to return next year and give you a chance to provide us with feedback.