Zeena Parkins, Brandon Ross, Billy Martin, Steven Bernstein, Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, Ken Filiano, and Greg Skroce aka Yoga Greg. CMS Workshops at The New School will be held on the weekends of July 28-29 and on August 4-5. July 28-29 August 4-5 Weekend workshop #1: July 28-29 Billy Martin • Steven Bernstein • Karl Berger • Ingrid Sertso will conduct Read more…
On June 2nd The Directors (Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, Billy Martin, Steven Bernstein, Peter Apfelbaum & Ken Filiano) perform to a live studio audience at Applehead Studio. Be part of the process with this legendary line-up of musician / composers. In-house rehearsal starts afternoon and goes into an evening performance. Read more…
Tzadik has just released Karl Berger’s CD—IN A MOMENT: Music for Piano and Strings. This is the conclusion to his trilogy now available in a bundle or a single CD. Founder of the Creative Music Studio and a close collaborator of Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Gato Barbieri, Anthony Braxton and Read more…
This 3-day workshop at Greenwich House Music School, NYC (April 27-29) will feature masterclasses and workshops by Jen Shyu, Jason Moran, Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, Billy Martin and Body Awareness with Greg Skroce. We will also have a special opportunity to watch the premier screening of “Full Mantis“, an extraordinary Read more…
ARTURO O’FARRILL, ANTHONY COLEMAN, INGRID LAUBROCK, PETER APFELBAUM, KARL BERGER AND INGRID SERTSO TO LEAD SPRING 2018 WORKSHOPJune 11–15 Workshop Features Intensive Workshops, Jam Sessions and Intimate Concerts in a Spectacular Mountainside Setting Arturo O’Farrill, Anthony Coleman, Ingrid Laubrock, Peter Apfelbaum join CMS co-founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso as Read more…
All-Star Line-Up Melds Sound and Prose Saturday, December 2, 2017 8:00 p.m. Greenwich House Music School, NYC On Saturday December 2, the Creative Music Studio will present Billy Martin’s Omnispheric Orchestra, an improvising ensemble that weaves prose and sound into a dynamic musical and literary experience. The all-star ensemble includes Billy Read more…
CMS Improvisers Orchestra Receives Project Support Grant For Second Straight Year For the second straight year, the Creative Music Studio™ has received a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The $10,000 NYSCA grant Read more…
Featuring Min Xiao Fen on Chinese Pipa and Vocals Saturday, October 28 at the El Taller Cultural Community Center, NYC The Creative Music Studio™ Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Karl Berger, continues its Fall season on Saturday, October 28 at the El Taller Cultural Community Center at 215, East 99th Street in Manhattan. This Read more…
CMS WORKSHOP FALL 2017 Monday, Oct. 2 October 2nd was a perfect fall day in this secluded valley in the Catskills. Surrounded by only hills and sky, there is nothing to distract one from the business at hand. Attendees came from around the Hudson Valley, NYC, L.A., and from Argentina, Read more…
Peter Apfelbaum’s World Music Project Features Ghanaian xylophone master Alfred Kpebesaane Saturday, October 7, Greenwich House Music School, NYC The Creative Music Studio™ begins its fall season at NYC’s Greenwich House Music School with a performance of Peter Apfelbaum’s world music project, Song of the Mystic Thread, on Saturday, October Read more…