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Music-therapy pilot with Community Music Center delayed; Revere Parks art classes underway
Summary
A planned music-therapy collaboration involving the Community Music Center of Boston is delayed while the provider completes vendor setup with Revere Parks and Recreation. Separately, Revere Parks has started an adult art program for people with disabilities at 150 B Street.
The Revere Commission on Disabilities received updates April 8 on two community programs: a proposed music-therapy pilot with the Community Music Center of Boston and an established Revere Parks and Recreation art class for adults with disabilities.
Commission members said the Community Music Center’s community engagement clinical manager, Mitchell Chow, sent information to Revere Parks and Recreation to register the center as a city vendor, but unexpected staffing changes at the provider have reduced capacity for April. Chair Moreno told the commission the provider is proposing to delay initial workshops until May and to concentrate programming from June through August once vendor setup is complete.
Commissioners emphasized they remain committed to moving the program forward. Vice Chair Pauline Purno said the delay is a staffing and vendor-setup issue and does not represent a cancellation.
Separately, the commission reviewed a Revere Parks and Recreation adult art program for people with disabilities. The program runs Tuesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m., at 150 B Street, with a $6 fee payable on-site. Chair Moreno reported the class began March 18 and had roughly three to four participants in its first week; Parks staff have promoted the class through the high school life-skills program.
Why it matters: Music therapy and adaptive arts programs are local access points for residents with disabilities. Commissioners said steady vendor setup and staffing are needed to sustain ongoing workshops.
Next steps: Commission staff will track vendor onboarding with Revere Parks and Recreation and will report on confirmed dates for music-therapy workshops; commissioners will continue to publicize the Parks art class.
