CMS Students Selected for PMEA Ensembles 2025-2026

CMS Students Selected for PMEA Ensembles 2025-2026

We congratulate two of our students who have been selected for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 10 and Region V ensembles! Naomi Herrera, voice, participated as an Alto 1 in the District 10 Chorus Festival at Berks Catholic High School in...
CMS Announces Strategic Objectives

CMS Announces Strategic Objectives

In September 2025, the Community Music School Board’s Strategic Direction Task Force reconvened to review the strategic objectives that the Board had approved in 2021 and to develop a recommendation on new strategic objectives. The five new Board-approved objectives...
CMS Presents Family Music Workshops at CSC

CMS Presents Family Music Workshops at CSC

CMS Program Coordinator Kelly Hooper led two Family Music Workshops in partnership with Community Services for Children (CSC) on Wednesday, December 10, and Tuesday, December 16.  Over 30 families attended Kelly’s interactive presentations about CMS group classes,...
CMS Student Performs with Allen HS Chorale at Kiwanis Luncheon

CMS Student Performs with Allen HS Chorale at Kiwanis Luncheon

CMS voice and piano student Naomi Herrera performed with the William Allen High School Chorale at the Kiwanis Club of Allentown’s annual foundation grant award luncheon on Thursday, December 4, at the Shanty on 19th.  Naomi studies voice with Julia Walsh and piano...
CMS Student Shares Figure Skating Talents on WFMZ

CMS Student Shares Figure Skating Talents on WFMZ

CMS piano student Samuel Truong demonstrated his skating skills with the Penguin Figure Skating Club on the WFMZ 69 News morning show on November 25, 2025.  Sam studies piano with Kelly Hooper and is this year’s Martha Maletz Scholar.  He performed with the PFSC in...