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Welcome to HOPE & RESILIENCE, Cantare's 38th concert season!

Artistic Director David Morales introduces the season at https://conta.cc/3yEj5Ch

Many-years-past : Kyrie from Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez, Chorale with the San Joaquin Delta College Choir in April 2014.

FUN FACT: This was one of the first masses set in Spanish after the Second Vatican Council authorized vernacular mass settings in 1963. It includes elements from Ramirez's study in Argentinian folk music.

Cantare Con Vivo: Misa Criolla Kyrie Cantare Chorale/San Joaquin Delta College Choir06APR14Walnut Creed Presbyterian Church

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Reflecting on Life’s Calling Let me share a bit about the social achievements of our labor at Cantare...   Dear Treva, Earlier this week, we celebrated Labor Day, an American holiday that began on September 5, 1882 in New York to

Tunes Tuesday! Best day of the week!

Make You Feel My Love "Make You Feel My Love" by Bob Dylan arr. Mark Armstrong, performed by the Chorale in March 2024. David Hofmayer, soloist; directed by David Morales.

WELCOME BACK TO THE CLASSROOM!

Director of Music Education Conway Tan-Gregory considers the environment we strive to create in a music class: one that is safe, where everyone belongs; and introduces our new interdisciplinary program for 2nd grade: “A Friend Like You”, exploring friendship with nature, friendship with others and friendship with ourselves.

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AUDITIONS ARE STILL OPEN for the Fall 2024 Chorale - or commit to joining us for the whole season! Details @ www.cantareconvivo.org/adult-choirs/

Welcome to the first rehearsal of the 2024-25 Nova choir, at 68 singers the BIGGEST EVER NOVA!

School has started...but "Summertime" is forever! Enjoy the easy life today with this throwback Gershwin favorite from the 2016 Chorale!

Summertime "Summertime" by George Gershwin, arr. Mark Hayes, performed by the Chorale in June 2016, dir. David Morales.

We are thrilled to announce Lydia Mills' new title with Cantare: MUSIC PEDAGOGY SPECIALIST!

“While goals on paper may look coherent with the needs of students, finding a beautiful way to meet those goals can be challenging. How do we translate Cantare’s mission into consecutive lesson plans? How do we build the basis of today’s lesson on what the children discovered last week?”

Read Lydia's letter at https://conta.cc/3WX9jDd

AUDITIONS ARE OPEN for Cantare's Chorale for the 2024-25 season! Join Director David Morales & 100 fellow singers for our DECEMBER HOLIDAY CONCERT, including Poulenc’s Gloria & other seasonal favorites, and in April, Duruflé’s Requiem & Walton's Belshazzar’s Feast!

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"The Blue Up There" by John Thomas, performed by Cantare's children's & youth choirs in May 2024. Visit our YouTube channel for full playlists of the concert, the season and more!

The Blue Up There "The Blue Up There" by John Thomas, performed by Youth Honor Choir, Lincoln Music Stars and Las Estrellas Musicales de Melrose with Nova soloist, dir. Julie ...

Cantare's 2024-25 Teaching Artist team gathered yesterday for the first Professional Development & team-building session of the year - with singing and percussion, of course!

Within the next few weeks, these highly engaged teachers will be leading 100 weekly classrooms and 7 after-school choirs at 8 Oakland elementary schools, plus the all-Oakland Nova choir and Sing Together! programs in Mandarin and Spanish!

Welcome back to school, Oakland Unified School District! We can't wait to sing with all our partner schools again in classrooms, after-school choirs & more!

I Love the Mountains (with students' compositions) - Lincoln 3rd Graders Lincoln 3rd graders performed a traditional round "I Love the Mountains", followed by a demonstration of their own lyrics compositions about various landscap...

.Cantare is pleased to welcome 3 new Teaching Artists and 2 new office staff for the 2024-25 school year & season! Visit www.cantareconvivo.org/teaching-artists for bios.

: "You Will Be Found" by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, from Dear Evan Hansen, arr. Mac Huff. Performed by Nova and the Chorale in May 2024.

You Will Be Found "You Will Be Found" by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, arr. Mac Huff. Performed by Nova and the Chorale, dir. David Morales.

"Silvia was one of the first singers at Lafayette Elementary, in 2002. When her little brother, Jose, also wanted to sing, we created a training choir in the spring of 2004, the Rising Stars. When Silvia and her friends graduated from elementary school and wanted to continue singing, we began the All Star Singers for middle and high school students in the fall of 2004. Today, Silvia’s oldest child is a first grader in our program at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School. Full circle!"

Visit https://conta.cc/3Ai6Rzu to read Director Julie Haydon's Nova memories...and exciting news for the upcoming year!

Uplifting Lives Looking Forward & Looking Back with Youth Choirs   Dear Treva, It was so gratifying to reunite with youth alumni this past spring, to see the lives they are building and the contributions they are mak

Whet your appetite for this weekend's SUMMER CHOIR CONCERT with the last Summer Choir concert, The Music of Broadway!
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Tickets & info for GIVE THEM A SENSE OF PRIDE available @ www.cantareconvivo.org & at the door, Sat 7/27 @ 7:30pm in Lafayette and Sun 7/28 @ 4pm in Oakland!

No Day But Today "No Day But Today" from Rent, performed by the Cantare Summer Adult Choir in July 2022. Composed by Jonathan Larson; arr. Mark Brymer

Happy TUNESday, Cantare community! 1 more video from the 25th Anniversary concert this past May: "Freedom Train" by Rollo Dilworth, performed by the Chorale, Nova, Youth Honor Choir and Alumni Choir!

Freedom Train "Freedom Train" by Rollo Dilworth, performed by the Chorale, Nova, Youth Honor Choir and Alumni Choir, dir. David Morales.

A message from Graham Seel, President of Cantare's Board of Directors, looking back on the spectacular 25th Anniversary season of the Chorale and Children's & Youth Programs, and onward to the next year!

Message from the Cantare Board President, July 2024 Message from Cantare Board President Graham Seel, July 2024Transcript:Hello, I’m Graham Seel, Board President of Cantare. I hope you’re having a great summer...

Join Cantare’s Summer Choir for a RAINBOW of music next weekend, with “De Colores”, “True Colors”, “Over the Rainbow” + 12 more songs from diverse genres honoring the work of LGBTQIA+ artists! Tix & details @ www.cantareconvivo.org & the door!
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Join Cantare’s Summer Choir for a RAINBOW of music next weekend, with “De Colores”, “True Colors”, “Over the Rainbow” and 12 other songs from diverse genres honoring the lives and work of LGBTQIA+ artists! Tickets & details at (510) 836-0789, www.cantareconvivo.org & at the door!
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Cantare's Chorale debuted Considering Matthew Shepard in the East Bay in March 2020. Next weekend, the SUMMER CHOIR returns to the heartfelt song "We Tell Each Other Stories" in GIVE THEM A SENSE OF PRIDE, a concert celebrating the work of LGBTQUIA+ artists. Tickets & concert details @ www.cantareconvivo.org !

We Tell Each Other Stories Cantare Chorale presents Considering Matthew Shepard on February 29, 2020, composed by Craig Hella Johnson, directed by David Morales. "We Tell Each Other St...