We would like to invite you to join us in support of the Creative Music Foundation’s efforts to preserve and facilitate new music of the highest caliber.
The first year’s income (2008) from donations and memberships will be utilized for the realization of the CMS Archive Project, our primary goal in 2008 / 2009.
The second year’s and subsequent income will be additionally earmarked for the creation of Special Edition Recordings: Compilation CDs from the CMS-Archive ( created at the discretion of the guiding artists ), and for new musical projects.
Rather than creating a monetary scale of categories, we simply ask you to give what you can. We will likewise give back what we can: recorded music, live concerts, workshops.
Become a Supporting Member with a yearly amount of your choice. Receive
Special Edition Recordings, starting in the second year, that will not be available anywhere else.
Or make a one-time, tax-deductible donation. With your contributions you will be recognized by name in the
cover text of the CD-compilation planned to be released in 2009.
Former participants of CMS programs may re-join as Active Members, eligible
to participate in or lead new musical projects, recorded or live.
We plan to expand our support of recordings by offering a not-for-profit platform for the realization of exceptional recordings: “ArtistsCreateRecordings” (ACR). This program will be open to Active Members.
Active Membership may be established by former CMS Participants through participation in
Benefit Festivals and Concerts or through Recording Projects
Active Members may introduce new members by personal recommendation.
Our first and foremost goal is the completion of the CMS Archive Project. Its
successful completion will facilitate CMS projects in the future.
And every dollar will add to the matching funds which all grants require, that we apply for. So please, be as generous as you can in your support in these first and crucial years.
Thank you from the CMS team:
Karl Berger, director
Ted Orr, chief engineer
Deborah Day, grant researcher
Ilene Marder, Media Relations
Ingrid Sertso, artistic co-director
Suzanne Hilleary, management advisor
Stanton Warren, secretary