FOMA - Cooperstown, NY

06/01/2026

Due to scheduling conflicts and the general end-of-the-school-year craziness, we are canceling our FOMA meeting scheduled for this Thursday, June 4th. Please keep an eye out for meetings beginning again in the Fall!

05/27/2026

Scholarship applications due by June 1st!

Is your child interested in camp or lessons in art or music this summer? If so, they can apply for a FoMA Scholarship!

Students in the Cooperstown School District completing grades K-12 in June are eligible to apply for financial assistance made possible by FOMA (Friends of Music & Art in Cooperstown) to attend summer educational programs (camps or group/private lessons) in:
- Instrumental Music
- Vocal Music
- Visual Arts
- Writing
- Theatre
- Dance

The award, up to $500, will be made payable to the program the student will be attending. The application deadline for summer programs is this Monday, June 1, 2026.

Click here to apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdk7qgTNm4lIuno64TjhSGHvALF2qpRfcxUgFjvq4nPBXIV2A/viewform

05/15/2026

Two more weeks to submit your summer scholarship applications!

Is your child interested in camp or lessons in art or music this summer? If so, they can apply for a FoMA Scholarship!

Students in the Cooperstown School District completing grades K-12 in June are eligible to apply for financial assistance made possible by FOMA (Friends of Music & Art in Cooperstown) to attend summer educational programs (camps or group/private lessons) in:

- Instrumental Music
- Vocal Music
- Visual Arts
- Writing
- Theatre
- Dance

The award, up to $500, will be made payable to the program the student will be attending. The application deadline for summer programs is this Monday, June 1, 2026.

Click here to apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdk7qgTNm4lIuno64TjhSGHvALF2qpRfcxUgFjvq4nPBXIV2A/viewform

05/14/2026

Support our CCS Students this weekend!

|| Come See Seussical the Musical This Weekend!

Come join the Cooperstown Central School Thespians for their production of Seussical the Musical this weekend in the NJ Sterling Auditorium at Cooperstown Junior/Senior High School!

Showtimes:
-Friday, May 15 – 7 p.m.
-Saturday, May 16 – 7 p.m.
-Sunday, May 17 – 2 p.m.

Ticket prices:
-Adults – $15
-Students – $8
-Seniors – By donation

05/01/2026

Is your child interested in camp or lessons in art or music this summer? If so, they can apply for a FoMA Scholarship!

Students in the Cooperstown School District completing grades K-12 in June are eligible to apply for financial assistance made possible by FOMA (Friends of Music & Art in Cooperstown) to attend summer educational programs (camps or group/private lessons) in:

- Instrumental Music
- Vocal Music
- Visual Arts
- Writing
- Theatre
- Dance

The award, up to $500, will be made payable to the program the student will be attending. The application deadline for summer programs is this Monday, June 1, 2026.

Click here to apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdk7qgTNm4lIuno64TjhSGHvALF2qpRfcxUgFjvq4nPBXIV2A/viewform

04/16/2026

|| CCS Thespians Present the 2026 Hawkeye R***e, Aspects of Love, on April 18 and 19

The Cooperstown Central School Thespians present the 2026 Hawkeye R***e, Aspects of Love, this weekend!

Join us Saturday, April 18, at 7 p.m. or Sunday, April 19, at 5 p.m. for an evening of Broadway songs examining the highs and lows, ins and outs, and ups and down of love! Both shows will be held in the NJ Sterling Auditorium at Cooperstown Junior/Senior High School.

We look forward to seeing you there!

04/16/2026

Support from community members, and partnerships with fellow local community organizations, makes this kind of diverse cultural programming possible at the Cooperstown Central School District.

FoMA was delighted to work with Cooperstown Concerts to bring the Cerus Quartet to perform for the CCS elementary school students today. This award-winning jazz quartet enthralled students with a variety of lively songs, followed by a Q&A session.

The Cerus Quartet performs tonight at the Fenimore Art Museum and a few tickets remain available. We highly recommend going to see them perform!

04/01/2026

The monthly FoMA meeting originally scheduled for this Thursday, April 2nd has been rescheduled. Please save the date to join us at our next meeting on Thursday, May 7th at 6pm at the Clark Sports Center!

02/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2026 CCS Cabaret Night! It was a lovely evening filled with many terrific performances by both students and community members. Thank you to our community musical groups who performed: Bourbon & Branch, Saxalicious, Smal Town Big Band, and the Old Masters.

Thank you to everyone who worked behind the scenes to put this night together: Tim Iversen and Kerri Hogle for preparing the students (and for accompanying many of them!), Will Green and Will Walker for keeping our sound system working well, Caitlin Andrews for catering our dinner and making us her famous cake pops, Stewart’s Shops for donating ice cream (and the Hazzard family for helping to serve it), and all of our community partners who donated items for our silent auction. Nights like this truly take a village and we feel so lucky to be a part of this one.❤️🎶

01/29/2026

The CCS Music Department, along with FOMA, will present our annual Cabaret Night this Friday, January 30th at the Cooperstown Jr/Sr High School! Events start at 5:00pm and include Student and Community Member Musical Performances, a Silent Auction and Dinner. We have many talented student performers lined up, as well as several community groups!

Get excited about our fabulous Silent Auction, featuring many great items, including handmade jewelry and pottery, assorted gift baskets, concert tickets, local sweets and treats, and more!

If you ordered dinner, it will be served 5:30pm-7pm. If you didn’t order dinner, we will have a very limited number of dinners available for sale on the night of the event. First-come, first-served!

Ice cream sundaes, compliments of Stewart’s, will be available by donation!

Hope to see you there!