Community Music School

Cello Camp
2023-07-17 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-18 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-19 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-20 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-21 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Cello Festival Camp
Time: Half-Day 9am-12pm or Full Day 9am-3pm
Ages: 8+ (Students ages 11 and under are encouraged to sign up for the half day camp option.)
Cost: Half Day: $200/ Full Day: $350
Come join the fun at Cello Fest!
Cello Festival Camp offers cello students an opportunity to have a focused week of individual practice, lessons, classes on technique, ensembles, masterclasses, and a final concert on Friday of camp. Students may enroll for either a half-day or full-day session.
Please click here to register for camp!

Adult Amateur Flute Camp
2023-07-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-27 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Community Music School, 775 West Main Street, Trappe, PA, 19426, United States
Adult Amateur Flute Camp
Time: Thursdays 6 – 8 pm July 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, August 3rd & 10th
Ages: Adults Ages 18+
Cost: $175
This exciting 6-session camp includes intensive rehearsals to increase critical flute skills such as counting, intonation, articulation, creating a beautiful tone, and injury prevention. This culminates in a flute choir concert on the final date, August 10. Music learned will include a variety of styles. Participants should be at an intermediate performance level or higher and be 18 years or older. Piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, and contra performers are welcome! Register by May 1st. Private lessons are available with the clinician for an extra fee.
Please click here to register for camp!

Bravo Musical Theatre Camp
2023-07-24 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-25 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-26 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-27 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-28 09:00 - 15:00 | Community Music School, 775 West Main Street, Trappe, PA, 19426, United States
Bravo Musical Theatre Camp
Time: Full Day 9am-3pm
Ages: 8-16
Cost: $350
Bravo Musical Theatre camp is a fun and exciting opportunity for students ages 8-16 to learn about vocal technique, character development, blocking and choreography. During this week-long camp, students will work on casting, staging and rehearsing for a showcase performance on the final day of camp for family and friends.
Please click here to register for camp!

Piano Camp
2023-07-31 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-01 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-02 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-03 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-04 09:00 - 15:00 | Community Music School, 775 West Main Street, Trappe, PA, 19426, United States
Piano Camp
Time: Half-Day 9am-12pm or Full Day 9am-3pm
Ages: 8+
Pre-requisite: Students should have completed Level 2 in the Faber & Faber, Alfred, or John Thompson method books, or their equivalent (Aaron method book Level 1 is also acceptable).
Cost: Half Day: $200/ Full Day: $350
Piano students will have an opportunity for collaborative musicmaking with other pianists of similar skill and ages. Students will also work on developing musicianship skills, active listening, and accompaniment skills depending on age and ability. Campers will present a camp concert for family and friends on Friday of camp.
Please click here to register for camp!

Vivace Violin & Viola Camp
2023-07-31 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-01 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-02 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-03 09:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-04 09:00 - 15:00
Vivace Violin & Viola Camp
Time: Half-Day 9am-12pm or Full Day 9am-3pm
Ages: 8+
Pre-Requisite: One year of study
Cost: Half Day: $200/ Full Day: $350
Vivace Strings Camp is a program for beginners to advancing violin and viola students. The program helps students discover and develop musical artistry. Activities include group classes, ensembles and collaborative music making, plus musicianship enrichment workshops. There will be a camp concert for family and friends on Friday of camp. Advancing students are encouraged to participate in the full day program while beginners are encouraged to participate as half day campers.
Please click here to register for camp!

Quarter 1 Begins
2023-08-28
Quarter 1 lessons begin for the 2023-2024 year.

CMS Closed
2023-09-04
CMS is closed for the Labor Day holiday. No lessons or classes are held today.

Jim McFarlane Artist Reception
2023-09-08 16:00 - 19:00 | Community Music School, 775 West Main Street, Trappe, PA, 19426, United States

Hearing Your Way Through a Song (Jazz Performance Workshop with Lauren Lark)
2023-09-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Community Music School, 775 West Main Street, Trappe, PA, 19426, United States
Thanks to our generous donors and sponsors, this event if FREE for the community, however tickets must be reserved at link below. All ages welcome. Please join us prior to the event at 6PM for a Art gallery reception.
This performance workshop focuses on what we do naturally as we listen to music. Listening sounds easy enough, but have you really heard the form of a song? Do you know when to start singing/playing? Audience members will participate in singing their way through a song. While having fun clapping and along with Lauren, she will demonstrate the three ways of identifying your place in a song. Exploring what jazz form is.
About Lauren Lark: As a native to Philadelphia, Lauren Lark began singing and playing the violin at the early age seven. This exposure pushed Lauren to attend the acclaimed Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. There she began to cultivate her knowledge of Gospel, Hip-Hop, Blues, Classical and Jazz music. Pursuing this extensive study of all these genres of music enabled Lark’s overall sense of versatility as a vocalist. Her personal preference and style, though, is heavily jazz-influenced.
She went on to complete her B.M. and Masters in Music Performance at the University of the Arts and received the coveted Best Jazz Vocalist Award upon graduation. While attending University, Lauren was taught by (and performed with) accomplished jazz musicians such as: J.D. Walter, Christian McBride, Reginald Pindell, and Gerald Veasley. Having had the opportunity to work with the percussionist Doc Gibbs, Lark has extended her musical vocabulary into the rhythmic genre of Afro-Cuban music as well.
As a sought-after musician in the Tri-State area and having performed regularly in various jazz & classical ensembles, Lauren’s voice has graced the stages of The Cape May Jazz Festival, Welcome America Parade, Coltrane Jazz Festival, Philadelphia’s Clef Club for Performing Arts, Barnes Museum and The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts. She has been a featured soloist for the Philly Pops as well as a member of The Voices of the Pops. Lark continues to direct and perform with her own groups such as The Lauren Lark Big Band and Quartet. Recently she has had the opportunity to show her comedic side while acting in the Musical Theater production of 3 Divas 3.
Lauren also has co-founded Lark Music Studio, a private music studio for voice, piano, and harp; as well as Tyke Quest, an infant & toddler music, movement, and exploration program. She expects to continue and explore an intimate take on her music and develop her entrepreneurial spirit as she embarks on a new chapter in life & motherhood.
Lauren currently coaches and trains young and upcoming artists at the University of the Arts in all genres of vocal arts.

Ambient Opera
2023-10-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Community Music School, 775 West Main Street, Trappe, PA, 19426, United States
Thanks to our generous donors and sponsors, this event if FREE for the community, however tickets must be reserved in advance. Freewill donations accepted at the door.
This is the premiere performance of Ambient Opera, a six piece ensemble performing the instrumental works of faculty member, Jeff Ormsby. The group blends electronic sounds with organic instruments to create an experimental ambient experience. Special Guest, Eric Coyne will open the evening with solo Cello.

Student Recital
2023-10-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Community Music School, 775 West Main Street, Trappe, PA, 19426, United States
Student recitals provide an opportunity for students to hone their performance skills in front of an audience of family and friends. Student recitals are free and open to the public.
