{"id":149615,"date":"2026-05-26T22:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149615"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:08:58","slug":"charter-arts-students-announce-bands-for-musikfest-concert-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149615","title":{"rendered":"Charter Arts Students announce Bands for Musikfest Concert Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>(Contributed photos provided by Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Communications &amp; 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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-columns-3 su-image-carousel-has-spacing 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_6a166602e4e9d_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_6a166602e4e9d\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_6a166602e4e9d_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_6a166602e4e9d_script\");if(su_image_carousel_6a166602e4e9d_script){su_image_carousel_6a166602e4e9d_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_6a166602e4e9d_script);}<\/script>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s Chief Programming Officer, Patrick Brogan.<\/p>\n<p>The bands that the students selected represent a range of music genres, including:<\/p>\n<p>Altruistic Vision \u2014 A Delaware County, PA band blending modern jazz and hypnotic funk with improvisational energy.<\/p>\n<p>Pam Brennan Quartet \u2014 An Easton, PA jazz quartet performing Great American Songbook classics with warm, swing-era vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Indigo Lane \u2014 A Tampa indie rock band delivering melodic, heartfelt, hook-driven songs with DIY spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Fez \u2014 A Central Pennsylvania \u201cScuba-Rock\u201d band mixing ska rhythms, indie rock, and gritty vocals into a genre-bending sound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE CHARTER ARTS LITERARY ARTS DEPARTMENT:<\/strong><br \/>\nHigh school students with a passion for the written word are finding a creative home at Charter Arts through the school&#8217;s comprehensive and dynamic Literary Arts program.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2014from poetry, fiction, and comics to television, film, and screenwriting\u2014while presenting their work on real stages, real screens, and real pages.<\/p>\n<p>The curriculum is ideal for students aspiring to careers as poets, novelists, screenwriters, and storytellers of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Charter Arts)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nCharter Arts is more than just a school\u2014it&#8217;s a vibrant, dynamic community where creativity thrives and young artists are empowered to reach their full potential. For more information visit: CharterArts.org.<\/p>\n<p>Charter Arts is located in the heart of Bethlehem\u2019s Southside Arts District at 321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA, 18015<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAnn Gillette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Contributed photos provided by Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts) Last week, the Communications &amp; Media Studies class, part of the Literary Arts sophomore curriculum at Lehigh Valley &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149615\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Charter Arts Students announce Bands for Musikfest Concert Block<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/charterarts-class.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149621,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149615\/revisions\/149621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}