(Contributed photos provided by Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts)

Last week, the Communications & Media Studies class, part of the Literary Arts sophomore curriculum at Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) held a press conference to announce band selections for a concert block at Musikfest.

As part of a class project with the ArtsQuest Marketing Musikfest program, students selected artists from hundreds of submissions for a concert block taking place on August 2nd from 12-4 PM at the Plaza Tropical stage.

The students were tasked with booking the artists, handling public relations, marketing, promotions, production, budgeting, sponsorship, and design. The press conference itself was also student-run and included student and faculty speakers as well as ArtsQuest’s Chief Programming Officer, Patrick Brogan.

The bands that the students selected represent a range of music genres, including:

Altruistic Vision — A Delaware County, PA band blending modern jazz and hypnotic funk with improvisational energy.

Pam Brennan Quartet — An Easton, PA jazz quartet performing Great American Songbook classics with warm, swing-era vocals.

Indigo Lane — A Tampa indie rock band delivering melodic, heartfelt, hook-driven songs with DIY spirit.

Fez — A Central Pennsylvania “Scuba-Rock” band mixing ska rhythms, indie rock, and gritty vocals into a genre-bending sound.

ABOUT THE CHARTER ARTS LITERARY ARTS DEPARTMENT:
High school students with a passion for the written word are finding a creative home at Charter Arts through the school’s comprehensive and dynamic Literary Arts program.

This program immerses students in the relationship between literature, reading, writing, and performance. Working alongside published and award-winning faculty, students develop their craft across a wide range of genres and mediums—from poetry, fiction, and comics to television, film, and screenwriting—while presenting their work on real stages, real screens, and real pages.

The curriculum is ideal for students aspiring to careers as poets, novelists, screenwriters, and storytellers of all kinds.

ABOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Charter Arts):

Charter Arts is an audition-based public charter school, funded by Pennsylvania taxpayer dollars, that provides a comprehensive curriculum for high school students, grades 9-12, who have a dedicated passion for the creative or performing arts. With seven artistic majors combined with a rigorous academic curriculum, students thrive both artistically and academically at a nationally recognized, award-winning school.
Charter Arts is more than just a school—it’s a vibrant, dynamic community where creativity thrives and young artists are empowered to reach their full potential. For more information visit: CharterArts.org.

Charter Arts is located in the heart of Bethlehem’s Southside Arts District at 321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA, 18015

Information provided to TVL by:
Ann Gillette