Creative Music Foundation

Music is our common language

Contact Creative Music Foundation

Creative Music Foundation / Creative Music Studio:
PO Box 671
Woodstock, NY 12498
creativemusicstudio@gmail.com
www.creativemusicstudio.org or creativemusicfoundation.org

CMS Guiding Artists

The Creative Music Foundation and its educational program the Creative Music Studio were founded by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, and Ornette Coleman. CMS was considered the premier study center for creative music in the 70s and 80s. Over 100 Guiding Artists came to CMS to teach, including: Don Cherry, Dave Holland, Carla Bley, Jack DeJohnette, Steve Gorn, Anthony Braxton, Jimmy Giuffre, Wadada Leo Smith, The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Pat Metheny, George Lewis, Lee Konitz, Nana Vasconcelos, Trilok Gurtu, Collin Walcott, Oliver Lake, John Cage, Ismet Siral, Ed Blackwell, and Cecil Taylor.

Help Support CMS In Its 40th Year


The Creative Music Foundation and Creative Music Studio are building on its 40 year legacy with new programs to enhance artistic development through workshops, residencies, performances, recordings and archival projects. We urgently need need your support.

Join with us to share this groundbreaking music with the world and help us continue to nurture the next generation of improvising, creative musicians.

Please make donation checks payable to “Creative Music Foundation” and send to Creative Music Foundation, POB 671, Woodstock, NY 12498, or click to PayPal donate button. Note: We process all credit cards through PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account yourself. We use PayPal because they provide the strongest most secure servers on the planet. Thank you.

Media

Karl Berger's Improvisers Orchestra at El Taller, New York, NY, Dec 13, 2012