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CMS Presents New Piano Music from Karl Berger

Sparse “Haiku” pieces showcase strings, clarinet, and listeners’ own “Music Mind” Greenwich House Music School Saturday, May 13, 2017, 8:00 PM   An oasis of “haiku contemplation” in our busy modern lives. Subconscious audience participation. And new music based on works commissioned by composer/reedman John Zorn. All this and more will be on display when the revamped Creative Music Studio™ presents its artistic director Karl Berger in concert Saturday, May 13 at Greenwich House Music Read more…

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CMS Presents An Evening with Richard Teitelbaum

Noted Composer Joined by Pianist Marilyn Crispell, Cellist Leila Bordreuil & Improviser Miguel FrasconiGreenwich House Music SchoolSaturday, April 8, 2017, 8:00 PM The revamped Creative Music Studio™ will present an evening with the pioneering composer and electronic musician Richard Teitelbaum in a rare NYC performance on Saturday, April 8 at Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street (off Bleecker Street) in Greenwich Village at 8:00 PM. Tickets, available at the door, are $20. The CMS™ Read more…

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Robert D. Bielecki Foundation Grant Supports CMS’ 2017 Season Of Concerts And Workshops

Robert D. Bielecki Foundation Grant Supports CMS’ 2017 Season Of Concerts And Workshops The Creative Music Studio™ has received a grant from the Robert D. Bielecki Foundation.  The $11,500 grant will underwrite scholarships for CMS™ workshops and production expenses for performances by the CMS Improvisers Orchestra and smaller ensembles. “The Creative Music Studio, under the leadership and steadfast commitment of co-founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso, remains as vital to the health of creative music Read more…

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CMS Announces 2017 Season of Workshops and Concerts

Events in Manhattan and the Catskill Mountains Feature Mary Halvorson, Nels Cline, Billy Martin and others CMS will present an expanded series of concerts and workshops in Manhattan and upstate New York throughout 2017, featuring a diverse line up including Nels Cline, Mary Halvorson, Min Xiao Fen, Billy Martin and many others. The CMS™ 2017 season begins with the first workshops it has conducted in New York City in over twenty years, from March 31 Read more…

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CMS 2017 Spring Workshop, June 12 – 16

Peter Apfelbaum, Joe McPhee, Warren Smith, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Min Xiao Fen and CMS Co-Founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso To Lead Spring 2017 Workshop June 12 – 16 Workshop Features Intensive Workshops, Jam Sessions and Intimate Concerts in a Spectacular Mountainside Setting Creative Music Studio (CMS) associate artistic director Peter Apfelbaum, percussion master Warren Smith, reed player Joe McPhee, Chinese pipa player Min Xiao Fen, violist Tanya Kalmanovitch join CMS co-founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Read more…

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Workshop of the World, The Wire

When German musicians Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso established the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock in 1973, they were inspired by Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry, and encouraged by John Cage and Buckminster Fuller. Howard Mandel tells the story of a utopian educational outpost which has risen from the ashes to spread the message of universal music once more. Read the full story.

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Creative Music Studio Comes to NYC—March 31 – April 2, 2017

CMS™ NYC Workshop Intensive, March 31 – April 2 Guitarist/bandleader/composer Nels Cline along with percussionist/composer Susie Ibarra join Creative Music Studio™ Artistic Directors/Co-founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso as Guiding Artists for the CMS™ NYC Workshop Intensive, March 31 – April 2, conveniently located at the Greenwich House Music School in Greenwich Village. Workshops include daily CMS ‘Basic Practice,’ including rhythm and vocal training, improvisers’ orchestra sessions and two master classes per day with Nels Read more…

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Creative Music Studio Comes to Los Angeles — January 27 – 29

CMS™ NYC Workshop Intensive, March 31 – April 2 Scholarship Opportunities Available Register Now The CMS LA Workshop runs 9:45am–7pm, followed by evening concert performances and open jam sessions with Guiding Artists. Daily CMS ‘Basic Practice’ includes rhythm and vocal training, improviser’s orchestra sessions and two master classes with Guiding Artists.  Other musicians will be on hand to work with participants on a more personal level, informally coaching, playing and tutoring daily. Gourmet meals will Read more…

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CMS Receives New York State Council on the Arts Grant for CMS Improvisers Orchestra Performances

CMS Receives New York State Council on the Arts Grant for CMS Improvisers Orchestra Performances WOODSTOCK, NY, December 6, 2016 – The Creative Music Studio™ has received a grant from the New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.  The $5,000 grant will support repertoire development and performances in 2017 by the CMS™ Improvisers Orchestra conducted by Karl Berger. “We look forward Read more…

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Fall 2016 Workshop Journal

Pauline Oliveros, Fabian Almazan and Steven Bernstein Go Deep at CMS Fall Workshop – Read Kurt Gottschalk’s Recap CMS Fall Workshop 2016 Chronicles By Kurt Gottschalk Monday, September 19: A pair of double bassists took the Roadhouse stage Sept. 19 in the second of a series of evening encounters. Both were in dark shirts and cargo shorts, both wearing big grins, one barefooted the other in stocking feet.  Before they even began, they were drawing good-natured Read more…

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