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.
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New Blood Revitalizes Creative Music Studio It hardly seems possible but Woodstock’s own Creative Music Studio, that ethereal prodigy of a golden era, has been sent to the gym and returned rippling with muscle. Like Read more…
Creative Music Studio Changes Hands at a Critical Moment in Jazz CMS Spring 2017 Workshop. photo by karin wolfe New York Times music critic Giovanni Russonello profiles CMS in a feature article, ‘Creative Music Studio Read more…
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 Read more…