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Wildlands Conservancy’s summer camp offers an enriching, nature-based environment where children learn, play, and grow through curiosity and discovery, thus budding both friendships and a lifelong appreciation of our natural world.

11 Weeks of Summer Camp FUN from June 8 through August 21.
Wildlands Conservancy’s summer camp offers summer fun at our Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

Located in the Lehigh Valley, Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary is generally a convenient 10-15 minutes from Allentown and Macungie, 25 minutes from Bethlehem, as well as 30 minutes from Easton.

Register before April 1 for a 10% Discount!

Register online at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/camp/.

Questions? Contact Arianna Kohler, Environmental Education Manager: akohler@wildlandspa.org.

Discover the joy of playing the violin with other early beginners!

Learn the fundamentals of tuning, positioning, bowing, and music theory, including rhythm, pitch, and note reading. Students will build confidence, active listening skills, and general musicality as they have fun playing individually and together as a group. Students will have the option to demonstrate their new skills with a performance for family and friends on the last day of the camp. Instruments provided.

Ages: 7-11 Beginners, no experience required (Students age 6 may be accepted at the teacher’s discretion)
Teacher: Carolyn Gaul

For students not currently enrolled in private lessons at CMS, a $25 group class registration fee will be automatically processed after enrollment.

Learn more about this and other 2026 CMS Summer Music Camps https://cmslv.org/2026-summer-camps/

Be a filmmaker!

Create your own short film, using the state-of-the-art audio and video recording studio at CMS. You can even have it considered for entry in the 2026 Allentown Film Festival. Gain hands-on experience with industry-standard software, mics, and camera gear used in professional music and film production, including Neumann, Logic Pro X, Final Cut Pro X, Allen & Heath, Neve, Black Magic Pocket Cinema, Waves, and Universal Audio. Under the direction of CMS resident audio engineer and guitar teacher, Joe Wagner, and in collaboration with local filmmaker Matt Spade and television producer Michael Schelp of the Allentown Film Festival, learn the basics of how to record and compose soundtracks, and film, edit, and debut your own 1-3 minute short film.

Ages: 12-18, no experience required
Teachers: Joe Wagner

For students not currently enrolled in private lessons at CMS, a $25 group class registration fee will be automatically processed after enrollment.

Learn more about this and other 2026 CMS Summer Music Camps at https://cmslv.org/2026-summer-camps/

Learn to jam, write, rehearse, and gig like a pro musician, with a finale performance at Musikfest!

This 5-week rock band rehearsal and performance intensive is open to musicians ready to gain experience playing and rehearsing in a group setting. Students with experience on any band instrument (guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano/keyboard, brass, woodwinds, or voice) are encouraged to join! This performance ensemble will focus on popular cover songs and provide the opportunity for the creation of original music. Band members will learn to jam, write, rehearse, and gig like a pro musician, with a finale performance at Musikfest on the Plaza Tropical stage, on Thursday, Aug 6!

Ages: 12-18, video audition required
Teachers: Joe Wagner

Audition Requirements:

Interested students must submit a short audition video via a Google Form (https://forms.gle/aJ8qMpK9WsyDyjWY70) by Wed, Jun 24, showcasing on their chosen instrument performing two contrasting styles, under one minute each. Students will be notified of the audition results by Fri, Jun 26. Preference will be given to advanced and intermediate students who are currently enrolled in private lessons at CMS. Beginners with confidence on their instruments are also welcome to audition.

For students not currently enrolled in private lessons at CMS, a $25 group class registration fee will be automatically processed after enrollment.

Learn more about this and other 2026 CMS Summer Music Camps at https://cmslv.org/2026-summer-camps/

Coriolanus—a relentless warrior and a celebrated hero until his pride becomes his downfall. Once the people’s champion, he becomes their greatest threat when his contempt for the masses collides with the politics of power. Coriolanus asks: What happens when a hero believes he’s above those he serves? Experience it “Extreme Shakespeare” style—actors arrive with lines learned, rehearse independently, and open within days. No director. No designers. No safety net. Just the raw power of Shakespeare’s explosive tragedy.

When a mysterious spell transforms her entire family into animals, Princess Sheila’s game is thrown for a major loop. Now, with her frog prince pal and her newly furry (and feathery!) family by her side, she’ll navigate enchanted forests, decode riddles with rhythm, and use every bit of her street smarts to break the curse. With even more music, mega laughs, and a petting zoo full of characters, this sequel proves that the real magic isn’t in a wand—it’s in believing in yourself and putting family first. Fun for all ages!

Kids can get a front row seat for the fun with on-stage carpet seating
and everyone can meet the cast after the performance for autographs and pictures.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return! What begins as a simple case of the Bohemian king’s stolen letters quickly spirals into an international web of spies, blackmail, and deception. To take down criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty and his ruthless network, Holmes and Watson join forces with American actress Irene Adler, whose razor-sharp wit and magnetic charm add a delicious twist to the chaos. Five actors bring over 30 characters to life in this madcap mystery where danger—and laughter—await at every twist and turn! Ages 10+

An ancient feud divides the Montagues and Capulets—until Romeo and Juliet meet and fall irrevocably in love. Their secret marriage defies generations of bloodshed, but in a world poisoned by hatred, even the most transcendent love cannot escape fate. From the euphoric heights of a moonlit balcony to the stifling darkness of a tomb, Shakespeare’s most iconic tragedy races toward its devastating conclusion. This is a story that challenges whether love can ever truly conquer hate. Age 12+

The New York Times hails Buffalo-born Willie Nile as “one of the most gifted singer-songwriters to emerge from the New York scene in years,” while Uncut calls him “a one‑man Clash” and “the unofficial poet laureate of New York City.” His album Streets of New York was praised as “a platter for the ages,” and Rolling Stone named The Innocent Ones one of the “Top Ten Best Under‑The‑Radar Albums of 2011.” Its single “One Guitar” was USA Today’s “Top Pick of the Week.”

Bono, Springsteen, Pete Townshend, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Jim Jarmusch, and Little Steven have all championed his work.

His album American Ride won “Best Rock Album of the Year” at the Independent Music Awards and topped numerous 2013 year‑end lists. Bono called it “one of the great guides to unraveling the mystery of America.” His 2014 piano album If I Was a River earned wide acclaim, followed by 2016’s World War Willie, which MOJO awarded four stars.

Nile’s 2017 Dylan tribute Positively Bob was hailed as one of the best ever made, and his 2018 release Children of Paradise was praised by the Associated Press as possibly “the best album of his career.” He has toured the U.S. with The Who and performed with Springsteen and Ringo Starr. His 2020 album New York at Night drew raves, with the AP calling it “as sharp and guitar‑driven as ever.”

His album The Day The Earth Stood Still features a duet with Steve Earle, and The New Yorker calls Nile “one of the most brilliant singer‑songwriters of the past 30 years.” In 2022 he released “Wake Up America,” another duet with Earle.

His 2024 live album Live at Daryl’s House Club was praised as “a life‑changer,” and his new studio album The Great Yellow Light has earned four stars from MOJO, which wrote: “He again delivers a batch of classic rock ’n’ roll.” Poet Richard Hoffman called it “a masterpiece… an album that can make you dance and cry.”

Wildlands Conservancy’s summer camp offers an enriching, nature-based environment where children learn, play, and grow through curiosity and discovery, thus budding both friendships and a lifelong appreciation of our natural world.

11 Weeks of Summer Camp FUN from June 8 through August 21.
Wildlands Conservancy’s summer camp offers summer fun at our Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

Located in the Lehigh Valley, Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary is generally a convenient 10-15 minutes from Allentown and Macungie, 25 minutes from Bethlehem, as well as 30 minutes from Easton.

Register before April 1 for a 10% Discount!

Register online at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/camp/.

Questions? Contact Arianna Kohler, Environmental Education Manager: akohler@wildlandspa.org.