Sponsorship Opportunities
2025-2026 Recital Season Sponsorship Opportunities
Our students are hard at work preparing for our 2025-2026 recital season! We invite you to join fellow business leaders as a sponsor of Community Music School’s 2025-2026 student performances.
Over the course of our 2024-2025 recital season, 288+ CMS students, ages 5 to 71+, proudly presented their musical performances to a diverse and engaged audience of over 1,200 friends, family, and supporters in our beautiful Dorothy H. Baker Recital Hall. Performing in front of a live audience is an important part of each CMS student’s growth and development. Thanks to you and our other generous donors, all CMS recitals are free and open to the public; there is also no fee for students who perform.
CMS is a nonprofit, 501(c) (3) organization, and corporate sponsors like you help us provide all students with access to the life-long benefits of quality music education, regardless of their background, age, ability, or financial circumstances. In 2025-2026, we are funding over $86,000 in financial aid to 50% of our students under age 18. Your sponsorship will directly support these students.
Please consider showcasing your organization’s support for the arts, music, and education with a 2025-2026 Recital Season Sponsorship. Program advertisements are also available. All Recital Season Sponsors and Supporting Sponsors will be recognized at all six student recitals and across all CMS communication channels over the course of the season (October 2025 – June 2026) and will receive an exclusive invitation to our Gala Recital & Reception on May 17, 2026.
We encourage you to review the sponsorship and advertising opportunities below. Please reply via mail, email, or online form with the best option(s) for your organization.
If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Kulp, Assistant Director, 610-435-7725 x402, or lisa@cmslv.org.
On behalf of CMS students, teachers, staff, and our Board of Directors, we thank you for sponsoring and supporting music education!
AUDIENCE & VENUE
- 1,200+ recital attendance for the season
- Inspiring art-deco Dorothy H. Baker Recital Hall
- Free admission, accessible to all, and free parking
- Diverse audience of students, families, friends, and community-minded arts supporters
- 593+ diverse students, ages 0-71+ with 78% of students under age 18
- Over $86,000 in financial aid awarded annually to 50% of students under age 18
- 63% students of color; 30%+ identify as Hispanic/Latinx
- Recitals are open to all students, with teacher approval
- 50% of students (age 5-adult) perform in at least one recital during the school year
- 84% of students reside in Lehigh County with 65% in Allentown ZIP codes
- 95% of students reside within a 20 mile radius of Allentown 18102
- 2,300+ email distribution list of students and supporters
- 65,799+ unique page views on CMSLV.ORG
- 226 YouTube subscribers, 102 average views per video, and 38,269 lifetime views
Does your business participate in the EITC program?
Community Music School is an approved Educational Improvement Organization (EIO) in Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. If your business participates in the EITC program, click here to learn more about CMS EITC-eligible educational programs.
We thank our 2025-2026 Season Sponsors
52024-2026 Recital Schedule
Musikfest Performance – Thr, Aug 6, 2026
Thursday, August 6, 2026 1:30 - 3:00 PM Musikfest's Plaza Tropical Bethlehem, PA (under the bridge)Join us for an afternoon at the 'fest! We are excited to again give our students the opportunity to perform at the nation's largest non-gated free music festival. ...
$2,000 Full Season Sponsor Benefits
- Prominent logo on all recital-related promotional materials, including all recital webpages, emails, social media posts, posters, and recital programs (printed & digital)
- Full Page Print advertisement (5” wide x 8” tall, BW) in all six recital programs*
- Verbal recognition by Executive Director in opening remarks at each recital
- Mention with tag** on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn)
- Text listing on community calendar listings, where permitted
- Text listing in scrolling credits and description of recital recording on YouTube
- Text listing on Our Supporters page of website
- Two premium seats at each recital, by request; plus two VIP tickets to the Gala Reception on May 17, 2026
$1,000 Supporting Sponsor Benefits
- Logo on all recital-related promotional materials, including all recital webpages, emails, social media posts, posters, and recital programs (printed & digital)
- 1/2 Page Print advertisement (5” wide x 3.875” tall, BW) in all six recital programs*
- Verbal recognition by Executive Director in opening remarks at each recital
- Text listing on Our Supporters page of website
- Two premium seats at each recital, by request; plus two VIP tickets to the Gala Reception on May 17, 2026
à la carte Program Advertising
Includes a display ad in all six spring season recital programs
$750 2/3 Page Black & white, 5” wide x 5.25” tall, no bleed
$500 Half Page Black & white, 5” wide x 3.875” tall, no bleed
$250 Third Page Black & white, 5” wide x 2.5” tall, no bleed
Email artwork to lisa@cmslv.org as grayscale PDF, TIF, PNG, or JPG.
Ad Copy Deadlines
One week prior to each recital
Monster Concert
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Ad Deadline Mon, Oct 20
Seat Request Deadline Fri, Oct 24
Holiday Recital
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Ad Deadline Mon, Dec 8
Seat Request Deadline Fri, Dec 12
Faculty-Student Recital
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Ad Deadline Mon, Feb 23
Seat Request Deadline Fri, Feb 27
Spring Recital
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Ad Deadline Mon, Apr 6
Seat Request Deadline Fri, Apr 10
Gala Recital Reception
& Scholarship Awards
Sunday, May 17, 2025
Ad Deadline Mon, May 11
Seat Request Deadline Mon, May 11 (Donor Reception)
Summer Recital
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Ad Deadline Mon, Jun 1
Seat Request Deadline Fri, Jun 5
* Six recitals during the 2025-2026 season (Monster Concert, Holiday Recital, Faculty-Student Recital, Spring Recital, Gala Recital, & Year-End Recital)
** Please provide preferred website links and social media handles. As of 9/25/25: Facebook 1,600 followers, Instagram 590 followers, LinkedIn 194 followers, 226 YouTube subscribers.
To reserve the best sponsorship or advertising level for your business, please complete the online form(s) above or download the PDF form.
Questons? Please contact Lisa Kulp, Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications