Recorded Live [25]
May
4
6:00 PM18:00

Recorded Live [25]

We're making live recordings at Ibeam in Brooklyn. Come see this happen. 
Doors at 5:30pm - $22 (ticketed)

BUY A TICKET HERE!
This is also a party for humans that includes snacks! BYOB. 

6pm | Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon) and Matt Glassmeyer (reedless tenor), duo
Vinnie Sperrazza, solo drums, Nathan Koci, solo accordion

7pm | We the Gleaners
Dana Lyn (violin), Kyle Sanna (guitar), Matt Kanelos (piano)

8pm | Hompulon records live versions of songs from the new album. 
Tom Spiker (bass VI), Tim Keiper (percussion/drums), Jonathan Goldberger (guitar) Dana Lyn (violin), Brian Drye (trombone), Matt Glassmeyer (Wurlitzer, tenor, percussion)

This is a limited-ticketed event so grab one soon.

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Instrumental Underground
May
10
7:00 PM19:00

Instrumental Underground

Beyond Flute Group - 7 pm

Cheryl Pyle -c flute/alto flute
Michael Eaton-soprano sax
Gene Coleman -bass flute /piccolo
Sylvain Leroux-c flute /fula flute

Golden Pearring - 8 pm

Patrick Golden -drums
Jeff Pearring - alto sax

Charles Downs Quartet - 9 pm

Sam Childs - tenor sax
Jonathan Paik - piano
Joe Morris - bass
Charles Downs - drums

$20

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BROOKLYN FREE SPIRIT FESTIVAL - Day 1
Jul
12
5:00 PM17:00

BROOKLYN FREE SPIRIT FESTIVAL - Day 1

The 2nd Annual BROOKLYN FREE SPIRIT FESTIVAL is produced by Siren Xypher Collective with support from Alan Feller & Creative Music Studio. The Free Spirit Festival convenes improvised music creatives and audiences to promote freedom of expression, inventiveness, & social-bonding as an antidote to the oppression of all life forms.

5:00pm

Improviser’s Workshop (open to all!) 
Lifelong ecstatic improvising pianist & 40-year Qigong Practitioner Kazzrie Jaxen offers a qigong workshop for creative improvisers. Wuji Gong: Skill of Entering the Supreme Unknown
(comfortable clothes suggested)

7:30pm

Siren Xypher
Melanie Dyer - Viola
Kyoko Kitamura - Voice
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano & Voice

8:30pm

Kazzrie Jaxen Solo Piano

$20 Admission / day | cash or Venmo  
Daily Admission includes access to all daytime and evening events 

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The Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival - Day 2
Jul
13
3:00 PM15:00

The Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival - Day 2

The Second Annual BROOKLYN FREE SPIRIT FESTIVAL is produced by Siren Xypher Collective with support from Alan Feller & Creative Music Studio. The Free Spirit Festival convenes improvised music creatives and audiences to promote freedom of expression, inventiveness, & social-bonding as an antidote to the oppression of all life forms.

3:00pm

Improvisation Workshop (open to all!)
Kyoko Kitamura guides participants through Anthony Braxton’s Musical Systems and beyond. (90-minute workshop in two parts: Anthony Braxton’s Language Music for beginners + further explorations at 3:45pm. Score excerpts provided. Instruments welcome but not required.)

5:00pm

Listening Session & In-Person Interview: AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS
90-minutes of immersion into the luminary pianist/vocalist/composer’s multi-decade body of work. Conversation moderated by W.S. Tkweme, Pan-African Studies Professor at University of Louisville & 25 year radio programmer at stations across the US. Archival support from Ras Moshe Burnett. (Curated by Melanie Dyer)

7:30pm

DoYeon Kim - Gayageum & Voice
Cooper-Moore - Homemade Instruments
Satoshi Takeishi - Drums & Percussion

8:30pm

Mazz Swift & Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío
Mazz Swift - Violin
Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío - Violin

$20 Admission / day | cash or Venmo  
Daily Admission includes access to all daytime and evening events 

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VIO/LA - Workshop
Apr
26
12:00 PM12:00

VIO/LA - Workshop

CMS is celebrating VIO/LA on April 25 & 26 in Brooklyn! A concert will be held on April 25 at 8:30pm at Ibeam Brooklyn, with a workshop the following day on April 26 from 12-2pm; open to all violinists & violists of all ages & musical backgrounds! Tell your fellow fiddles, students, and lovers of violin and viola music!

Featuring:

Jessica Pavone, Charles Burnham, Che Buford, Alex Cunningham, Trina Basu, Jason Kao Hwang, Sana Nagano, Arun Ramamurthy, and Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío Sánchez.

Suggested Donation $20

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VIO/LA
Apr
25
8:30 PM20:30

VIO/LA

CMS is celebrating VIO/LA on April 25 & 26 in Brooklyn! A concert will be held on April 25 at 8:30pm at Ibeam Brooklyn, with a workshop the following day on April 26 from 12-2pm; open to all violinists & violists of all ages & musical backgrounds! Tell your fellow fiddles, students, and lovers of violin and viola music!

Featuring:

Jessica Pavone, Charles Burnham, Che Buford, Alex Cunningham, Trina Basu, Jason Kao Hwang, Sana Nagano, Arun Ramamurthy, and Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío Sánchez.

Suggested Donation $20

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Eleven O’Five + Quintet + Dimensionality Quartet
Apr
17
8:00 PM20:00

Eleven O’Five + Quintet + Dimensionality Quartet

Eleven O’Five - 8 pm

Claire de Brunner - bassoon
Melanie Dyer - viola
Virg Dzurinko - piano

Quintet - 9 pm

Carol Liebowitz - piano
Nick Lyons - alto saxophone
Stephanie Griffin - viola
Ken Filiano - bass
Billy Mintz - drums

Dimensionality Quartet - 10 pm

Ursel Schlicht - piano
Andrea Wolper - vocals
Ken Filiano - bass
Lou Grassi - drums, percussion

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Instrumental Underground
Apr
12
6:00 PM18:00

Instrumental Underground

Tamara Yadao and Max Kutner - 6 pm

Tamara Yadao - electronics
Max Kutner - bass, guitar

New Sextet - 7 pm

Ras Moshe Burnett - tenor saxophone
Jeff Pearring - alto saxophone
Colin Babcock - trombone
Matthew Putman - piano
Trevor Bajus - dubbelizer
Reggie Sylvester - drums

Stephen Gauci Quartet - 8 pm

Stephen Gauci - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Shinya Lin - piano
Shogo Yamagishi - bass
Kevin Shea - drums

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Lost In Plainville
Mar
30
8:00 PM20:00

Lost In Plainville

Jeremy Udden - Saxophone
Nathan Blehar - Saxophone
Andre Matos - Guitar
Frank Carlberg - piano
Bridget Kearney - bass
Ziv Ravitz - drums

$20

An evening of music by Jeremy Udden played by friends of 20 years. “Udden’s seamless integration of simple country, folk and rock melodies into a sophisticated jazz context lends Plainville’s improvisational excursions a cohesive sensibility, whether crafting pastoral ballads or tumultuous rockers.”
(ALLABOUTJAZZ.com)

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Potions Trio
Mar
29
8:00 PM20:00

Potions Trio

Yoon Sun Choi - voice
Andre Matos - guitar
Jeong Lim Yang - bass

$20

This trio discovered their combined magic on a cold, winter morning after the first musical moments began. Jeong Lim Yang on bass, Yoon Sun Choi on voice and Andre Matos on guitar, bring their own special ingredients of sound, improvisatory creativity and generous spirit.

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IBEAM QUARTETS
Mar
20
8:00 PM20:00

IBEAM QUARTETS

Alain Metrailler Quartet - 8 pm

Alain Metrailler - Tenor Saxophone
Elias Stemeseder - Piano
Chris Tordini - Contrabass
Eric McPherson - Drums

Marius Duboule and Ryan Messina Quartet - 9:30 pm

Marius Duboule - Guitar
Ryan Messina - Trumpet
Luca Soul Rosenfeld - Contrabass
Michael Sarin-Drums

$20

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CMS WORKSHOPS WITH Joanna Mattrey & Zekkereya El-Magharbel
Mar
9
12:00 PM12:00

CMS WORKSHOPS WITH Joanna Mattrey & Zekkereya El-Magharbel

Arab Music and Contemporary Identity
with Zekkereya El-Magharbel, 12-2 PM

This workshop will include a survey of music from across the Arabic world, as well as a critique on the development of these musics in pursuit of independence from colonial power. There will also be an ear training/performance component for participants to learn some of the basics of Arabic melodic theory (Arabic Maqam).

Personal Style & Modes of Inquiry
with Joanna Mattrey, 3-5 PM

Using scores, exercises, and discussion, we will work through improvisation processes that highlight our individual curiosities and reactions, using those insights to generate a personal language.

Workshops are $100 each, $150 for both, and sliding scale

www.creativemusic.org

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Alone Not Lonely
Mar
8
7:30 PM19:30

Alone Not Lonely

Yoon Sun Choi - voice/piano
Amanda Ekery - voice
Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon
Ludovica Burtone - violin

$20

Yoon Sun Choi
Yoon Sun Choi, born in South Korea, raised in Canada and now a New York-based improvising vocalist and pianist using her vocal prowess that transitions effortlessly from resonant, haunting melodies to deep, resonant wails. Yoon has made significant contributions to the music scene over her twenty-year-long career performing and collaborating with esteemed artists including Mark Dresser, Darius Jones, Jacob Sacks, and Kenny Wheeler, on prestigious stages such as The Blue Note, Birdland, and Carnegie Hall.

Amanda Ekery
Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer Amanda Ekery creates music filled with imagery and strong narratives. Her work has earned support from New Music USA, Chamber Music America, and the Jerome Foundation, has been featured at the Portland Jazz Festival, Panama Jazz Festival, and The Kennedy Center, and spans Off-Broadway theater, film, and studio recordings. Amanda is a Jazz Journalist Association “Jazz Hero” and founder of El Paso Jazz Girls. Learn more at aekerymusic.com

Sara Schoenbeck
While focusing on the intersection between extended technique and melody Sara works to expand the notion of what the bassoon is capable of in both notated and improvised music.
Sara is a member or performed with Anthony Braxton’s 12+1(tet), the Nels Cline Lovers Orchestra, the Gravitas Quartet, Michael Leonhart Orchestra, SEM and Wet Ink composers collective. Sara has performed at major venues and festivals throughout North America and Europe including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center out of doors, the Guggenheim, Disney Hall, SXSW, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Tempere Jazz Festival, Berlin Jazz Festival, Biennale Musica in Venice Italy, Vancouver Jazz Festival and the San Francisco Jazz Festival. Sara can be heard on music and film recordings including Matrix 2 and 3, Spanglish and Dahmer. She is looking forward to releasing her debut album as a leader in a series of intimate duets with in the Fall of 2021 on Pyroclastic Records.
Sara received her BFA from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.

Ludovica Burtone
Ludovica Burtone is an Italian violinist, composer, and arranger who blends jazz, classical, and global influences. Based in New York, she has performed with top artists and led projects exploring identity and migration. Her albums Sparks (Outside in Music, March 2023) and Migration Tales (Endectomorph, April 2025) showcase her unique voice, which fuses strings, improvisation, and storytelling. Through her work, she shares deeply personal narratives, embracing connection, resilience, and the richness of diverse experiences.

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The Notet + John Hebert
Mar
6
9:15 PM21:15

The Notet + John Hebert

Andrew Green - Guitar
Jeremy Udden - Saxophone
JC Sanford - Trombone
John Hebert - Bass

The NOTET is a musical collective organized by guitarist Andrew Green, featuring alto saxophonist Jeremy Udden, trombonist JC Sanford and tonight, guest bassist John Hebert. The group ethos is reflected in the name: no drums, no arrangements, no planning, no rehearsals, no clichés, no edits. Spontaneous and unplanned, ears open and willing and able to adapt at a moment’s notice, the players consistently bring fresh ideas to familiar material, and bring collective improvisation to the forefront.

$20

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