When the acoustic guitar in Studio 11 broke beyond repair, we put out a simple ask to our community: did anyone have a guitar we could use? What followed was an outpouring of generosity! A beautiful guitar came to us by way of our friend Nick the luthier at the SUSTAIN CHAPEL. Turns out Nick […]
When the acoustic guitar in Studio 11 broke beyond repair, we put out a simple ask to our community: did anyone have a guitar we could use? What followed was an outpouring of generosity. This is the first of several thank-you posts we’ll be sharing. First, a big thank you to Basement Poetry who donated not […]
We’re so lucky to have so many great performers TONIGHT (11/11) at BAPL! Let’s meet a few. Artist interviews by Madison Hummel, Moravian University. ‘ZEL Who is part of the band? ‘Zel is a solo artist, but he does perform with his sister Melladi who sings backup vocals for his sets. He also enjoys performing […]
You know the date already: 11/11! The annual 11Fest concert at the Bethlehem Area Public Library is right around the corner. This fundraising event will feature at least eleven live performers who play all different kinds of music. Each one gets a little bit louder until the end when we turn it up to 11 […]
Even with COVID protocols making it unavailable for the first half of the year, 2021 ended up being a busy year in Studio 11. We had 127 sessions booked over the six months it was open, from June-December 2021. It’s great to see (and hear) all the of beautiful music being recorded there. We had […]
Thank you for stopping by 11Fest! You can watch on BAPL’s YouTube channel here. And there are lots of ways to support the studio! You can purchase one of the items or services/experiences below, or just make a donation. Here’s a link to easily give $11 dollars. You will help us fund the operation of […]
Let’s look back at this first year of Studio 11 at BAPL! The stu (as we affectionately call it) opened in March of 2019 so we’re looking at less than a full calendar year, but it’s still fun to use the end of the year as a time to look back. And what a year […]
The Bethlehem Area Public Library released a music video today! The song is called “I Like Being Loud in the Library” and features the voices and musical talents of many community members. The song was written by Library Director Josh Berk. “I actually wrote most of the song years ago when I was a children’s […]
A couple of area podcasters have started using Studio 11 to cast their pods. Kim Plyler is one of them. And two of her recent guests have been friends of BAPL! George Hrab was kind enough to MC this year’s Friends of the Library event and Michael Scuotto has been recording his musical here at […]
A musician who goes by the name ‘janijani’ reached out to the library in a bit of a panic. He was trying to complete the “RPM” challenge and was running out of time… What is the RPM challenge, you ask? Well it’s a songwriters’ challenge that pushes participants to record an entire album in one […]
Dominic Haberstumpf on the creation of a logo for Studio 11, our new public recording space. He came up with a bunch of different versions, check them out here: We love them all so hard, but decided to go with the one where the “O” is a knob going to 11. It really goes to […]