Here at CMS, we are still mourning the loss of Elena. Now it's time to celebrate her. So thank you for taking a moment of your day to read our vision.

This was a groundbreaking year for CMS. Despite the pandemic halting all our live workshops, we finally brought our mission online so anyone, anywhere can learn and participate. It is an exciting future full of opportunity for a vision that began here in Woodstock, 50 years ago.

And yet, reflecting on our year of growth, it reminded us all of how important our physical roots are, here in the Woodstock area... and how much we miss bringing the music, the freedom, and the playful exploration to this wonderful area

Nobody understood and championed this more than our recently-passed board member, Elena Zang.

Our first live workshop in 1973 was in the Woodstock area. This region is our home and where our heart lies. And no matter how far CMS travels online and offline, this magical area will always be our home.

With its space and natural sounds and silence, there is perhaps no better place to experience the Music Mind and the spirit of CMS than in our home, here in Woodstock.

So, as we grow everywhere else, we want to grow here too. We want to revitalize our presence in this region, bring the spirit of CMS back to the area, and be a part of elevating all of us here.

That means new workshops and performances. New partnerships with our incredible local institutions, like the Bearsville Theater Applehead Studio, or Hand Bell Studio.

In other words, INVESTING in Woodstock and the surrounding area. FOCUSING on the heart of CMS and the spirit of Woodstock.

Elena never let us forget how important this was.

We created the Elena Zang Memorial Fund to support her vision for us and our post-pandemic future: bringing back to our workshops and performances here in the Woodstock region back to life, thriving along with the community around us.

We created this fund to honor our roots and root our future in this region. We created it to celebrate Elena.

If you knew Elena or can understand what a vibrant CMS presence would do for this area, please help us celebrate Elena and her love and vision for CMS here in our Woodstock home.

Will you donate to the Elena Zang Memorial Fund?

Sincerely and in music,
Karl Berger