The Community Music Network, Inc., Stamford, NY (2026)

Visit our website at www.communitymusicnetwork.org
Mission Statement:
Access to music and the arts affords people the opportunity of a positive experience from which they may previously be excluded. This exclusion may be due to many factors, including a geographical location, economic or educational disadvantage, disability, age, or lack of any previous musical or artistic experience or exposure

. THE COMMUNITY MUSIC AND ARTS NETWORK SEEKS TO:
1. Develop the provision of live music and promote the appreciation of music in local communities, including the establishment of pilot community music programs that serve those under-served populations living in geographically isolated and/or economically challenged areas.

2. Provide performance, community music facilitation, and teaching opportunities for teaching artists, musicians and composers to reach a wider audience, to include school children, elderly, senior living centers, nursing and rehabilitation homes, hospital, hospice, disabled agencies, correctional facility, and community service outreach.

3. Create a research and development network to explore new and appropriate models for community music development and to share advancements in the fields of music therapy and education applications for music. This network may include an online global platform where community music organizations, artists, musicians, researchers, and consumers can connect.

4. Support the creation and production of new creative, educational, artistic or socially/culturally important works with artist in residencies, artist housing and workspace, fellowships, commissions, and fiscal sponsorship/grant writing.

5. Advocate cooperative music initiatives by partnering with agencies and organizations that seek the same goals, creating alliances for multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural collaborations.
rience or exposure. THE COMMUNITY MUSIC AND ARTS NETWORK SEEKS TO:
1. Develop the provision of live music and promote the appreciation of music in local communities, including the establishment of pilot community music programs that serve those under-served populations living in geographically isolated and/or economically challenged areas.

2. Provide performance, community music facilitation, and teaching opportunities for teaching artists, musicians and composers to reach a wider audience, to include school children, elderly, senior living centers, nursing and rehabilitation homes, hospital, hospice, disabled agencies, correctional facility, and community service outreach.

3. Create a research and development network to explore new and appropriate models for community music development and to share advancements in the fields of music therapy and education applications for music. This network may include an online global platform where community music organizations, artists, musicians, researchers, and consumers can connect.

4. Support the creation and production of new creative, educational, artistic or socially/culturally important works with artist in residencies, artist housing and workspace, fellowships, commissions, and fiscal sponsorship/grant writing.

5. Advocate cooperative music initiatives by partnering with agencies and organizations that seek the same goals, creating alliances for multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural collaborations.

06/02/2026

Musician Spotlight: Pam West
Walton Porchfest Time & Location: 3pm at YOLO Mercantile

Originally from northeast Ohio, “Angel Pam West” or “Miss Pam,” as she is known to many families in the Catskills, has been a teaching and performing artist for over thirty years. She began her professional career as a symphonic bassoonist for the US Army Bands, and went on to become a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, choir director, and public school music teacher. She holds a B.S. in Education and a Masters in Music, and is certified to teach K-12 music and 7-12 English in New York State.

Her original album releases include Evolution (eclectic rock 1997), Dweller on the Threshold (psychedelic rock 1999), Ready, Set, Go! (Children’s 2003), Crystal Palace Meditation (New Age 2003), and the Parent’s Choice Award Winning Unicorn Crossing (children’s 2012). She has played in rock bands since the mid-1990s and performed as a solo singer-songwriter and children's entertainer both nationally and internationally, to include numerous radio and television appearances. Her adult acoustic rock performances explore songs from John Denver to Led Zeppelin with a few of her "Rock and Ethereal Soul" originals thrown into the mix.

She is the founder/director of The Community Music Network, Inc., a 501c3 organization that has been providing community music programs for all ages for the last twenty years. Her music can be found online by searching Angel Pam West. She lives with her family in South Kortright, New York.

View the full Porchfest schedule, Saturday, June 6, 2026, at: https://www.musiconthedelaware.org/porchfest - link in bio.

05/14/2026

So proud of our Community Music Network alumni Lauren Whritner who just received her Masters in Music Composition from NYU.
Congratulations!!!!

05/12/2026

04/17/2026

Please share our fundraising campaign. Due to budget cuts and increased costs, we are in a critical funding shortage just months before we plan to launch our digital content for Dementia care. Please consider donating!

Our Mission: Music for All At The Community Music Network Inc., we believe music is a fundamental human right. While we are based in the Catskill Mountains, we are expanding our reach to serve those who are: Geographically isolated or economically challenged.In institutional care.Bed-bound or isolat...

04/16/2026

Forgot to upload pics from last Saturday’s open mic at The Gallery in Stamford. Thanks to all who came out!

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Stamford, NY
12167

Telephone

+16072870793

Website

http://www.communitymusicnetwork.org/

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