2024 City Arts Finale Performance - CMS - De Colores on ukulele and flutophone
On Friday, June 21, we wrapped up a busy week of art, music, dance, and theater with the City Arts Camp showcase performance at Miller Symphony Hall. This year’s theme was “Colors of the World”. We send a special thank you to CMS teachers Chris Klump, who taught ukulele, and Elaine Martin, who taught Flutophone. City Arts Camp is a 25+ year collaboration of the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown Symphony Association, Baum School of Art, Civic Theatre, Community Music School, and Repertory Dance Theatre. We thank the Harry C. Trexler Trust for underwriting the entire cost of City Arts Camp.
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Community Music School (CMS) – Lehigh Valley & Berks is a nonprofit charitable organization that provides the inspiration and opportunity for anyone in our diverse community to achieve excellence in music education and appreciate the transformative power of music. CMS employs 25 professional teachers who provide private lessons and group classes to over 300 students of all ages, from toddlers to seniors, in piano, strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, voice, and recording technology; both in-person and online. CMS offers introductory group classes, such as Kindermusik, Kids Choir, Modern Band, Intro to Piano, and Intro to Recording that provide music fundamentals, while Jazz Band and House Band ensembles offer collaborative free performance opportunities for intermediate and advanced students.
Community Music School also offers a variety of summer music camps and workshops for kids and teens (ages 7-18). One-day, one-week, and two-week camps in musical theater, piano, violin, ukulele, percussion, and music production are available in June, July, and August.
Thanks to support from our philanthropic community for over 40 years, CMS has provided students in the Lehigh Valley with the life-long benefits of a quality music education and free performance opportunities. In 2023-24, CMS expects to fund over $85,000 in need-based financial aid to 55% of our students under age 18.
Our main office and studios are located in the former Lehigh Valley Social Club at historic 1544 Hamilton Street in Allentown, PA where we offer 12 lesson rooms of varying sizes, a unique parent lounge, early childhood room, music library, administrative offices, state-of-the-art recording studio, and a 150-seat recital hall. Our CMS Berks satellite studio is located in Reading, PA at GoggleWorks.
Learn more at http://cmslv.org/
Make a donation at https://cmslv.kindful.com/