Coda Fine Arts
Coda Fine Arts Summer Camps are a great place for your child or teen to experience music, art, and drama! We have three camps this year.
Registration opens soon!
FINE ARTS CAMPS
Choose from three much loved camps which target different age groups in music, art and drama. These camps are multi-leveled serving absolute beginners as well as serious young musicians.
Each year the camps have a theme—such as Broadway, Western, the 1930s–1940s, classical, beach music, or retro hits—that inspires performances and sparks creativity. Students embrace the theme with energy, costumes, and enthusiasm, making each concert a memorable celebration.
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Fine Arts Summer Camp isn’t just about learning instruments or acting. It’s about building confidence, teamwork, and a love of the arts, giving students a summer where creativity thrives, community blossoms, and their potential comes to life.
Littles (ages 4–6, July 7–9) This camp is designed for younger children, running half-days in the mornings to suit their attention span. Over three days, students enjoy musical instrument lessons, choir, and rhythm classes, along with arts and crafts. A snack is provided each day. Please note: no busing is available for Littles camp.
Kidz (ages 7–11, July 12–17) Kidz camp offers a deeper exploration of the arts with classes including choir, strings, guitar, bluegrass instruments, ukulele, drums, and voice lessons—using instruments loaned for the week so every student can participate. Drama and visual arts provide additional opportunities to create and express themselves. Kidz camp runs full days, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a meal and busing provided.
Teens (ages 12–17, July 19–24) Teens camp serves both beginners and intermediate to early advanced students. Opportunities include chamber music at several levels, and sometimes orchestra. A woodworking class allows students to build small, simple instruments such as thumb pianos, kazoos crafted from fine wood, and simple string instruments, combining creativity with hands-on learning. Teens camp also runs full days, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a meal and busing provided.
Meet the Directors
 Esther MoreyExecutive Director Esther is the vision, the momentum, and the very heart behind Coda. Her contagious love and passion for providing a bright future for the next generation has inspired the founding of Coda Mountain Academy and strengthened of countless individuals toward the same goal. From her smile, to her gentleness, even to the frequent bottle of kombucha or carrot juice in her hand, exudes an atmosphere so often absent from our educational system today - one of love, acceptance, and joy. |  Kathie KiserFine Arts Director Kathie has taught music in WV for the past 43 years. Her roles have included president of the New River Youth Symphony and Chorus, director of the NRYSC Beginner Chorus, and a classroom teacher, among others. Kathie holds a BS in Child Development and a BS in Social Work from Berea College and puts her energy toward helping children and parents achieve their goals and live happy, fulfilling lives. Kathie and her daughter Perri have been directing Coda Fine Arts since 2016. |  Perri KiserFine Arts Director/Strings Perri is an active teacher and performer based in southern WV. She first began with Coda as a student in 2008 attending the SMF. Perri has taught in various capacities, from undergraduate violin lessons as a TA at Ohio State to preschool music in Seville, Spain. Perri holds an MM in Violin Performance and MA in String Pedagogy from The Ohio State University and a BM in Violin Performance and a BM in Instrumental Music Education/Piano from Liberty University. |
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