Visiting Artists at the Creative Music Studio in the 1970s have pioneered an innovative way of blending the sounds of improvising musicians in orchestral settings, guided by the first director of CMS Karl Berger. Many concepts of improvisational orchestras spread from there to New York and around the world. CMS cultivated the original concepts in hundreds of concerts featuring mostly veteran musicians from avant rock and world music as well as jazz and classical scenes in the greater New York area conducted by Karl Berger.

Karl Berger, the founder of Creative Music Studio, is a six-time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll as a jazz soloist; recipient of numerous commissions by the NEA, NYSCA, Rockefeller Foundation and others; Professor of Composition, and Artist-in-Residence at universities, schools and festivals worldwide. Learn more at www.karlbergermusic.com

Through her work with such avant-jazz musicians as Don Cherry and Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso established herself as a captivating, adventurous vocalist, capable of blending jazz, African, South American and other worldbeat influences into a distinctive, hypnotic sound. Learn more at https://creativemusic.org/cms-artists/ingrid-sertso/.

Doors open at 7:30; the performance begins at 8:00

Tickets are $20 advance, $25 at the door and $10 for students at the door.

Proof of vaccination required at the door, masks are optional.

In order to help maintain our historic performance space, we kindly ask that you refrain from wearing high heels and leave your pets at home. Professional recording is prohibited, and we are a no smoking property. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.