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Bearsville Theatre Bearsville theatre

Rte 212
Bearsville NY 12409
(845) 679-4406

Book your event at the Bearsville Theater—or come to one of ours!
The Bearsville Theater has been the brainchild of Albert Grossman, the music industry visionary and magnate whose stable included Peter, Paul & Mary, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, The Band and Todd Rundgren. Years in the planning and building — using the region’s finest craftsmen — the theater was opened in 1989 by Albert’s widow, Sally Grossman.

Since then, the theater’s stage has been graced by the likes of Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Edward Albee’s Tony Award-winning Three Women, The Band, The Pretenders, Natalie Merchant, Pearl, Astrud Gilberto, Bela Fleck, Jimmy Cliff, Taj Majal, Richie Havens, Warren Zevon and Bruce Cockburn — to name just a few.

Perched on the Sawkill Creek in one the region’s most picturesque stream side settings

Among the world-class artists that live in and around Woodstock and play the theater on a regular basis are Jack deJohnette, David Sancious, Robbie Dupree, Tony Levin, Jerry Moratta, Warren Bernhardt, Peter Schickele, Happy Traum and Artie Traum.


Creative Music Studio Creative Music Studio

POB 671
Woodstock, NY 12498
karlh.berger@gmail.com
+1 (845) 679 8847
www.KarlBerger.com

Welcome to the Creative Music Studio

During the '70- and '80's, the Woodstock-based Creative Music Studio was considered the premier study center for contemporary creative music. Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman, CMS brought together leading innovators in the jazz and world music communities. Unprecedented in its range and diversity, CMS was an acknowledged phenomenon in the international music world, providing participants with the rare opportunity to interact personally with the musical giants of improvisation and musical thought on a daily basis.

CMS is credited as the birthplace of Worldjazz - the improvisational and compositional expansion of the world's musical traditions. Now one of the main driving forces in many styles of music, this concept was pioneered very early at CMS, guided by authentic leaders. Hundreds of live concerts were recorded, many heralded as landmark performances. Thousands of workshops, master classes, concerts and colloquia inspired a generation of musicians who took with them the ideas, concepts and practices developed at CMS. The CMS community still exists in a remarkable network of creative musicians, many of whom came to CMS from Asia, Europe and South America.

Karl Berger Playing Karl Berger and Ingrid Serto Ingrid Sertso
Karl Berger
Founder and director of the Creative Music Foundation, Inc., dba The Creative Music Studio, a not-for-profit corporation, dedicated to the research of the power of music and sound and the elements common to all of the world's music forms; and to educational presentations through workshops, concerts, recordings, with a growing network of artists and CMS members worldwide.
Karl Berger is a six time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll as a jazz soloist, recipient of numerous Composition Awards (commissions by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, European Radio and Television: WDR, NDR, SWF, Radio France, Rai Italy. SWF-Prize 1994). Professor of Composition, Artist-in- Residence at universities, schools and festivals worldwide, PhD in Music Esthetics.

Ingrid Sertso
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.
Although Sertso didn't become well-known until the release of Dance with It in 1994, she spent over 20 years honing her art. During the late '60s, she lived in Europe, leading her own trios and performing with the likes of Eric Dolphy, Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, Karl Berger and Leo Wright; she also worked as a music teacher at several institutions in Europe


JTD Productions, IncJTD Productions, Inc.,

PO Box 635
Woodstock, NY 12498
info@jtdproductions.com
(845) 679 8652

JTD Productions, Inc is definitely not your average DJ service. We provide professional, knowledgeable and unobtrusive DJ's and musicians for elegant country weddings, private parties, and corporate events. It's about the music!

JTD Productions, Inc. is one of the leading music and entertainment companies in the Hudson Valley of New York. Started by Dave Leonard in 1988 and named after his yellow Labrador, Jeffrey the Dog, JTD Productions, Inc. provides an unparalleled selection of music, talent, and years of experience for any gathering. Fully insured, we specialize in elegant country weddings, private parties and are sought after for many business functions. We provide the party and atmosphere without all the glitz for any gathering where people want to hear their music of choice, hear themselves talk, have fun, dance and celebrate life.


Levon Helm Studios Levon Helm Studios

Plochmann Lane
Woodstock NY 12498
barbara@levonhelm.com
(845) 679 2744

Recording studio (live and recorded), home of the Levon Helm Midnight Ramble Sessions.

Levon has been in the business of making music for over forty years and if the walls of “The Barn” could talk, what stories they would tell! Music legends galore have played, jammed and recorded there and he is happily continuing that tradition.
He based his Ramble Sessions on the southern medicine shows of his youth and has invited some of the most notable entertainers and musicians of our time to perform at
The Midnight Rambles.


Maverick Concerts Maverick Concerts

PO Box 9
Woodstock, NY 12498
maverickmuse@aol.com
(845) 679 8217

Chamber music in the woods and kids concerts. June 24-Sept 2, Sundays at 3 and Saturdays at 8.

Maverick Concerts, America’s oldest continuous summer chamber music festival and winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, thrives on the love of great music and the spirit of its unique site in the unspoiled woods. The rustic 1916 concert hall, with its perfect acoustics, is ideally suited to chamber music and the intimacy of live performance.

Maverick Concerts continues the vision of Hervey White, founder of the collaborative Maverick Art Colony. Artists and other volunteers built the hand-hewn “music chapel” in 1916 and the Hall is now a multi-starred attraction on the National Register of Historic Places. Click here to learn more history.


The Colony Café The Colony Cafe

22 Rock City Road
Woodstock, NY 12498
(845) 679-5342

A beautiful venue for dinner and music, in the historic Colony Arts building on Rock City Road. In the Heart of Woodstock

The Colony Café, located in the center of historic Woodstock, NY, showcases unique original music of all genres in the intimate setting of a near-century old hotel. We are opened seven nights a week with shows every night. Check our calendar to see exactly what’s going on. Some tickets can be purchased online, though generally admission is taken at the door.

Open 7 PM - Closed Wednesdays. Click here for the schedule

NOW BOOKING FOR SPRING & SUMMER 2009: Please see contact section


Upstate Reggae

PO Box 1042
Woodstock NY 12498
upstatereggae@wavelinks.net

Celebrating 20 years of ongoing lime and video cultural Reggae event and Festival production in Woodstock and the Hudson Valley region.


Woodstock Chamber Orchestra Woodstock Chamber Orchestra

PO Box 711
Woodstock, NY 12498
(845) 246-7045

Classical music for all.

David Leighton, Conductor and Artistic Director of the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra since 2005, joined the Metropolitan Opera as Assistant Chorus Master when he was 22 years old and since then has enjoyed a widely-varied career. He has been recital accompanist for Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Scotto, Marilyn Horne, Montserrat Caballé and Paul Plishka, conducted the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Opera, Nashville Opera, Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, Germany, and assisted the late Sir Georg Solti in the world premiere of Sir Michael Tippett’s Byzantium with the Chicago Symphony. As Artistic Director of the BAUHAUS in Dessau, Germany, he championed masterpieces of contemporary music.


Youngster Productions
Music Production

Michael T. Young
President
10 Shady Mill Rd.
Bearsville, NY. 12409
PO Box 463
Woodstock, NY. 12498
(845) 679-2735
MT.Young@earthlink.net

 

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