Creating Community Through Sound Day One: October 5, 2015 Orientation Heaven doesn’t have clocks. Karl Berger And so the founder of the CMS Fall 2015 workshop acknowledged that orientation started a little later than the printed schedule but in the excitement to begin I’m not sure anyone noticed. Sure, the Read more…
Workshop Notes by Marc Epstein, Concert Notes by Michael Shore Monday, June 8th orientationAt the evening orientation for this exciting four-day event, Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso introduced themselves and gave a brief history of CMS workshops, which date back to 1973. The 23 participants then introduced themselves. They are Read more…
Another Ear-Bending Experience September 29, 2014 With autumn colors blazing the hills that cradle Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY, the CMS Fall 2014 Workshop began auspiciously. As usual, CMS co-founder Karl Berger opened the session, explaining the origins of CMS and talking about the need for creative space Read more…
Tyshawn Sorey, the drummer, was joined by the pianist Marilyn Crispell for a performance at the Stone. This was only the second time the two had played together. ruby washington/the new york times “The drummer Tyshawn Sorey and the pianist Marilyn Crispell played together as a duo only once before Tuesday night at Read more…
Ears Split, Hearts Open, Minds Blown The Creative Music Studio’s Spring 2014 workshop took place between June 9 – 13 at the Full Moon Resort, nestled streamside in a valley 30 minutes west of Woodstock, NY. Twenty-two participants, from Berlin to Warsaw, Tokyo to Los Angeles, interacted day and night Read more…
4 Days of Intensive Workshops and Intimate Concerts The Creative Music Studio’s second 40th anniversary workshop took place between October 7 – 11, 2013 at Full Moon Resort, nestled streamside in a valley 30 minutes west of Woodstock, NY. Twenty participants interacted day and night with 14 Guiding Artists, including Read more…
Creative Music Studio’s 40th Anniversary Workshop Recap: Four-day Intensive Features Workshops and Unique Concert Engaging workshops and groundbreaking concerts in a breathtakingly beautiful natural environment. And, the food was great! The Creative Music Studio’s first 40th anniversary workshop took place between May 20 -24, 2013, at Full Moon Resort, nestled Read more…
Karl Berger’s Improvisers Orchestra Mr. Berger at ShapeShifter Lab on Thursday night. fortuna sung “Karl Berger, the jazz pianist, vibraphonist and conductor of improvisers, ran a workshop for his orchestra before its performance at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn on Thursday night. He uses a few simple hand signals for duration, attack and pitch, Read more…
“Karl Berger has been a pioneer in large-scale jazz improvisation longer than just about anybody, which explains why his Improvisers Orchestra swings as hard, and interestingly, and often hauntingly as they do…” Read more…
Composer/Arranger/Conductor Karl Berger: A Zen master relishes the here and now “…in a sense any project in which Berger takes the helm involves playing naked. As a disciple of Ornette Coleman’s harmolodics, as a sideman for Don Cherry’s early ventures into the fusion of jazz and world music, as the Read more…