The acclaimed Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) Music Department presents its first JAZZ CAFE of the 2025-26 Season. This special music event features performances by the department's Jazz Lab Band, 11/12 Jazz and Modern Music Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and After School Jazz Club.
These ensembles will be performing a wide array of jazz repertoire, including a few holiday inspired favorites. Many selections will center around Early Jazz and the Big Band Swing era. The 11/12 Jazz and Modern Music Ensemble will be presenting two original student compositions and guest vocalist Tiara Rivera Peralta,will be premiering Mr. Tom Maher's new arrangement of "Nature Boy".
Tickets are $8 General Admission and are available for purchase at CharterArts.org or at the door.
ABOUT THE CHARTER ARTS MUSIC DEPARTMENT::
The Charter Arts Music Department offers a rigorous music education taught by award-winning and accomplished faculty that develops students into well-rounded and professional musicians and vocalists.
The instrumental music curriculum includes classes in classical, jazz, and contemporary music styles while performing in large ensembles that include Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Latin Music Ensemble, Wind Ensemble and Contemporary Music Ensemble as well as small ensembles that include strings, guitar and percussion. Students enjoy individual and small setting technique classes with a music faculty member who specializes in their instrument. These specialists include bass (electric and upright), brass, guitar, percussion, piano, strings, and woodwinds.
The vocal music curriculum includes tracks in classical art song, musical theatre, and pop/contemporary that allow students to focus and hone their skills with one-on-one instruction by professional voice specialists. In addition, the Singer/Songwriter track includes Songwriting, Music Production and Contemporary Music Performance Practices
ABOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE 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. Students major in one of seven artistic areas: Dance, Instrumental Music, Literary Arts, Production Arts, Theatre, Visual Arts, or Vocal Music.
Charter Arts' rigorous curriculum fosters both academic and artistic excellence for its students. The school’s impressive Advanced Placement (AP) exam statistics, Keystone Exam statistics, SAT scores, prestigious artistic accolades, and graduation rate, are testaments to the outstanding education that Charter Arts provides.
An award-winning, nationally recognized institution, Charter Arts is ranked #1 Best Charter High School in PA and #1 Best Public High School Teachers in PA on Niche's 2026 Best Schools in America Rankings. The school also placed among the Top 10 Charter Schools in PA on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 Best Schools Rankings.
Prospective students and families who are interested in learning more about the music program and the school are encouraged to visit CharterArts.org.
Charter Arts has been part of the Bethlehem community since its inception in 2003, and for the past decade, has been proudly rooted in the heart of Bethlehem’s Southside Arts District at 321 East 3rd Street..
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