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Spring 2016 Workshop Journal

Steve Coleman, Hassan Hakmoun and Adam Rudolph Wow Participants at CMS Spring Workshop June 13, 2016 – Guiding Artists Steve Coleman (2014 MacArthur Fellow), Hassan Hakmoun and Adam Rudolph, along with a host of other world-class musicians, enthralled participants at the CMS Spring Workshop 2016. Joined by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, Hamid Drake, Ken Filiano, Taylor Ho Bynum, Angelica Sanchez and Omar Tamez, Tani Tabbal and Harvey Sorgen, the workshop was a study in rhythm. Read more…

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Meshell Ndegeocello, Hassan Hakmoun and Adam Rudolph Headline Creative Music Studio™ Spring Workshop Performances June 6 – 9

Woodstock, NY – World-class musicians taking part in the Creative Music Studio’s Fall Workshop, including composer/bassist Meshell Ndegeocello, Moroccan Gnawa master Hassan Hakmoun, drummer/percussionists Hamid Drake and Adam Rudolph, along with CMS™ co-founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso, are participating in four concerts Monday, June 6 through Thursday, June 9 at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. The concerts start each night at 8:30 pm in The Roadhouse, an intimate setting to see Read more…

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CMS Improvisers Orchestra To Perform Saturdays, May 21 and June 18, 2016 At the El Taller Cultural Community Center, NYC

The Creative Music Studio’s Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Karl Berger, will perform two concerts at the El Taller Cultural Community Center at 215, East 99th Street in Manhattan, on Saturdays, May 21 and June 18 at 8:30pm (with a rehearsal open to ticket holders at 7:00).  Since its inception in 2011, the Improvisers Orchestra, comprised of 30 or more professional string, horn, reed, and percussion soloists who turn improvisational ideas into fully formed concerts, has Read more…

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Workshop Features Intensive Workshops, Jam Sessions and Intimate Concerts in a Spectacular Mountainside Setting

Composer/bassist/vocalist and educator Meshell Ndegeocello, Moroccan gnawa master Hassan Hakmoun, and percussionist/composer/bandleader Adam Rudolph join Creative Music Studio Artistic Directors/Co-founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso as Guiding Artists for the CMS Spring 2016 Workshop intensive, June 6 – 10, at the ear-inspiring Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. This workshop, during long spring days and short nights, features one Guiding Artist(s) working with participants in two workshops each day, creating multiple opportunities for artists Read more…

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CMS Improvisers Chamber Orchestra Debuts in NYC April 16

The revamped Creative Music Studio will present the debut of its new Improvisers Chamber Orchestra conducted by Karl Berger with a premiere performance on Saturday, April 16 at Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street (off Bleecker Street) in Greenwich Village.  An 8:30 pm performance will follow a 7:00 pm rehearsal that’s open to concert ticket holders. Performers include: Ingrid Sertso, vocals, poetry; Steven Bernstein, trumpet; Graham Haynes, cornet; Peter Apfelbaum, tenor sax, flute; Steve Read more…

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Critics Excited About Second CMS Archive CDs

Woodstock, NY, March 16, 2016 – Music critics are enthusiastically praising the second three-CD set from the Creative Music Studio Archive Project.  “Delicious,” “wide-ranging,” “fertile explorations, genuine adventures” and “outstanding” are just a few of the phrases that capture their impressions of this important new release.  “Creative Music Studio Archive Selections Volume 2″ has garnered critical raves in JazzTimes, Jazz Weekly, New York City Jazz Record, and many others. The three CD set is available Read more…

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CMS and Ecole Fula Flute Enjoy Huge Successes in Guinea, West Africa

The Children of Tyabala Play at the Investiture of President Alpha Conde Dear Friends, Thanks to the Creative Music Foundation and our generous donors, we have raised a little over $4500 to provide the children of Tyabala consistent financial support throughout 2016. This will make a significant difference in their lives. The children, their teachers, and I thank for your gracious moral and material support. My wife Magali and I have just returned from a Read more…

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Listen to the Five-Hour WKCR Jazz Profile on CMS

The five-hour WKCR Jazz Profile on CMS is available for listening via the WKCR Archive. Hosted by Kat Whatley, the October 25th program featured in-studio interviews with Steven Bernstein and Peter Apfelbaum and rare recordings from the CMS Archive Selections CD series.  WKCR is the radio station of Columbia University, which has acquired and is housing the CMS Archive for posterity. Bernstein and Apfelbaum are intimately involved with CMS, having first come as teenagers in Read more…

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Fall 2015 Workshop Journal

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 day and setting was magical; the mountains just transforming into rich fall colors, the sky a crisp blue and the air bracing. But Berger was Read more…

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Spring 2015 Workshop Journal

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 a mix of “veterans” and “newbies” to CMS workshops, and several returning participants commented that the experience is the most important and influential thing they Read more…

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