CCMC

CCMC is a free improvisation group formed in Toronto in 1974. The name first stood for Canadian Creative Music Collective. The group plays spontaneous collective composition, starting close to free jazz and later moving towards improvised electroacoustic music. In 1976 its members founded The Music Gallery, the artist-run venue where they played twice a week for years, and Michael Snow was the one member present in every line-up. CCMC's founders were Peter Anson, Graham Coughtry, Larry Dubin, Greg Gallagher, Nobuo Kubota, Allan Mattes, Casey Sokol, Bill Smith and Michael Snow.