I think I went in 1981 or 82, right out of high school.....
I remember Frank Lowe, Phillip Wilson, George Lewis, Jimmy Guiffre, Leo Smith, John Zorn, Eugene Chadbourne, Gary Windo, Pauline Oliveros, Peter Kowald and Jack DeJohnette along with Karl Berger of course. I think Tom Cora was on staff. There were others of course but I can't remember everyone. Great place, old Catskills resort or hotel near Woodstock. It was a great experience.
Most helpful, Jimmy Guiffre and George Lewis. Least helpful, Jack DeJohnette who insisted on keeping things way over our heads and was annoyed at our questions.
Hi Groover - I was at CMS and Banff in '79 and the early '80s. Not in a CMS-Woodstock program officially in '81 or '82 but was there frequently those years, and played some. Maybe we met? I play trumpet and flute. You still play?
You were right about Tom Cora being on staff.
Do you keep in contact with Karl? Right now he's looking for cassettes, posters, etc. from former participants for the Archive. Also, he'd love to know if anyone has ideas for the Archive Benefit concerts and festivals, like the one at Symphony Space. Here's his contact info: http://www.creativemusicstudio.org/contact
BTW - I'm in the current Creative Music Studio Orchestra. We've been doing some of these benefit concerts. Some of the old-timers in it from the CMS days that you may know are Peter Buettner, Ted Orr and Tom Collins (staff members when you were there), Bill Ylitalo, Peter Apflebaum, Sylvain Leroux, Don Davis, Tom Schmidt, John Lindberg (he's taken over for Leo Smith temporarily at Cal Arts so I don't know if he'll be available to do other concerts), and (of course) Karl & Ingrid. Steven Bernstein sometimes plays but not recently. Others who are in the group but who weren't affiliated w/CMS are Joe McPhee, Joe Giardullo, Tani Tabal and Tomas Ulrich. Great players and a lot of fun.
Take care,
Bob S
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