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CMS SUMMER WORKSHOP: June 2018, Full Moon Resort, Big Indian, NY

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 Guiding Artists for the CMS Spring 2018 Workshop intensive, June 11 – 15 at the ear-inspiring Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. Register Now Read more…

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A Benefit Concert for CMS at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC

We are very excited to announce this incredible lineup of musicians in support or our cause. Thank you CMS artistic directors Billy Martin @illybeats , Steven Bernstein and Peter Apfelbaum @peter.apfelbaum . And our dear friends @nelscline @billfrisellsmusic @johnmedeski #johnscofield #tonyscherr #cmsbenefit A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE CREATIVE MUSIC STUDIO with John Medeski, Nels Cline, Bill Frisell, Billy Martin, John Scofield, Steven Bernstein, Peter Apfelbaum, Tony Sherr and guests TBA Tuesday, February 6th 8pm  Le Read more…

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CMS Presents Billy Martin’s Omnispheric Orchestra

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 Martin (percussion), Marty Ehrlich, Ned Rothenberg and Daniel Carter (reeds), Adam Lane (bass), and the poets Ashley August, Mohamad Hodeib, Bob Holman and Nkosi Nkululeko. The Read more…

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CMS Receives New York State Council on the Arts Grant

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 will support 2018 repertoire development and performances by the CMS™ Improvisers Orchestra (CIO) conducted by Karl Berger. This grant supports the years-long collaboration between CMS Read more…

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CMS Improvisers Orchestra Led By Karl Berger Performs 99th Concert

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 performance features Chinese pipa player and vocalist Min Xiao Fen along with percussion wizard Warren Smith and vocalist/poet Ingrid Sertso. The performance begins at 8:30 Read more…

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Fall 2017 Workshop Journal

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, Italy, and Denmark. The music began almost immediately; as you walked around the grounds you could hear fragments of melodies coming out of windows and Read more…

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Song of the Mystic Thread Plays Hypnotic Non-Tempered Music

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 7 at 8:00. Advance tickets are $20 ($15 students) and are available online and at the door. Song of the Mystic Thread utilizes both Western Read more…

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CMS Improvisers Orchestra Led By Karl Berger Commences Fall Season

“Remembering Don Cherry” With Guest Soloists Peter Apfelbaum and Graham Haynes Saturday, September 30 at the El Taller Cultural Community Center, NYC The Creative Music Studio™ Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Karl Berger, will commence its fall season on Saturday, September 30 at the El Taller Cultural Community Center at 215, East 99th Street in Manhattan. This performance features multi-instrumentalist and CMS™ associate artistic director Peter Apfelbaum, cornetist Graham Haynes, violin/viola virtuoso Jason Hwang, percussion wizard Warren Smith, and vocalist/poet Read more…

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CMS’ NYC Fall Performances Feature Orchestras, Ensembles, Poets, Unusual Instruments & More

CMS Improvisers Orchestra at El Taller; CMS Ensembles at Greenwich House Music School The Creative Music Studio™ has announced its Fall 2017 series of concerts in New York City with four performances by the CMS Improvisers Orchestra (CIO) conducted by artistic director Karl Berger, along with a series of three ensemble performances curated by CMS associate artistic directors Peter Apfelbaum, Steven Bernstein and Billy Martin. On Saturday, September 30 the series kicks off when the Read more…

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