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| Creative Music Studio’s Fall 2014 Workshop Composer/multi-reedist Marty Ehrlich, composer/drummer John Hollenbeck, Indian music masters Steve Gorn (flute) and Badal Roy (tabla) will join Creative Music Studio Artistic Directors/Co-founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso as Guiding Artists for the CMS Fall Workshop intensive, September 29 – October 3, at the well-appointed Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. CMS's Fall 2014 Workshop will feature a new format designed to create more opportunities for participants and Guiding Artists to interact directly. This workshop, during the height of autumn when the Catskill leaves are most colorful, features one Guiding Artist(s) working with participants in two workshops each day versus past CMS workshops that offered multiple workshops with three or more Guiding Artists each day. As in the past, there will be daily CMS basic practice (body movement, breath work, rhythm and vocal training), as well as 90 minutes each day with Karl Berger leading orchestra of improvisers. Additional Guiding Artists will be on hand to work with participants on a more personal level, informally coaching, playing and tutoring daily. These include Kenny Wessel (guitar), Ken Filiano (bass), Theo Bleckmann (vocals) and Kirk Knuffke (cornet). "Surveys with past workshop participants provided insights we needed to tweak the workshop format, " said Rob Saffer, Creative Music Foundation's executive director. "Participants wanted to go even deeper so that Guiding Artists have chances to really know the participants' playing. By simplifying the format, we hope to give participants greater access to Guiding Artists in both formal workshop settings and more intimate informal settings around meals." CMS Workshop Guiding Artists in 2013 and 2104 included: Vijay Iyer, Dave Douglas, John Medeski, Henry Threadgill, Joe Lovano, Oliver Lake, Don Byron, Tyshawn Sorey, Peter Apfelbaum, Tony Malaby, Cyro Baptista, Marilyn Crispell, Steven Bernstein, Jason Hwang, Kirk Knuffke, Kenny Wessel, Steve Gorn, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Thomas Buckner, Judi Silvano, Harvey Sorgen, Tani Tabbal, Ken Filiano, Omar Tamez, and John Menegon, in addition to Creative Music Foundation co-founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso. CMS Workshops feature four days of intensive workshops, master classes, intimate concerts and informal jam sessions that inspire active listening, personal expression, improvisation and musical exploration. Musicians of any instrument, including voice, are welcome as are non-musicians. Adults who played music earlier in their lives can benefit from this lifelong learning opportunity that offers participants a once-in-a-lifetime experience to learn from and play with music masters, and to simply spend time with them in an informal, personal setting. The non-traditional atmosphere of the Creative Music Studio Workshop encourages participants to experiment, push beyond limits, genres and categories, to take risks, and to develop their own deeply personal musical expression. "This workshop will be much different than others we've done, " said Karl Berger, CMF's artistic director. "The new format is one change. The other is that we're asking Guiding Artists to focus less on jazz, more on crossover work featuring more classical and world music influences. Badal and Steve will devote an entire day to exploring Indian rhythms and scales while Marty and John will explore crossover composition." A recap of the June 2014 workshop is at: http://www.creativemusicfoundation.org/2014-spring-workshop-recap.html A seven-minute video featuring highlights of the May workshop can be seen on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzP882g2JZU A recap of CMS's October 2013 workshop is at: http://www.creativemusicfoundation.org/fall-workshop-recap-2013.html. It includes a short video featuring testimonials from workshop participants. A typical day at the CMS Workshop is: 8:00 – 9:30 Breakfast 9:30 – 10:00 Body Awareness 10:15 – 11:00 Rhythm/Voice Awareness, including GaMaLa Taki rhythm practice 11:30 – 1:00 Master Class/Workshop 1:00 – 2:15 Lunch 2:30 – 5:00 All Instruments Workshop 5:15 – 6:30 Improvisers Orchestra 6:30 – 7:00 Listening Meditation 7:00 – 8:15 Dinner 8:30 – 10:00 Concert with Guiding Artists 10:00 - ? Participant concerts and jams, unscheduled sessions Late night consists of playing music, unscheduled sessions, conversations, bonfires, or simply stargazing at Full Moon's gorgeous location in the heart of the Catskill Mountains, with the historic Esopus Creek running through the expansive property. CMS's parent nonprofit, the Creative Music Foundation, is fundraising in order to offer full and partial scholarships for the workshop. For more information and online registration, please call the Full Moon Resort, 845-254-8009, email: music@fullmoonresort.com, or click this link to register: https://thriva.activenetwork.com/Reg4/Form.aspx?IDTD=5607674&RF=3709104&Product=13020891 The Creative Music Foundation, a 501C(3) nonprofit corporation, makes it possible to profoundly experience and express our deep connection with the transforming energies of music, our universal language. CMF programs focus on the common elements of all music, emphasizing keen awareness, personal expression, intensive listening and cross-cultural communication, and providing unique opportunities for musicians, students and listeners from different backgrounds and traditions to explore together, share, develop, and broaden their musical understanding and sensitivity. CMF pursues its mission through workshops, residencies, coaching, concerts, recordings and archival projects that engage both listeners and musicians in the USA and around the world. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |