Cantare Con Vivo

Cantare partners with Oakland Public Schools offering tuition-free choir music education in 82 classrooms during the school day to K-5 students, reaching approximately 2,500 students each year. Students learn diverse folk songs from around the world while building fundamental music skills through a sequential curriculum based on the National Standards for Visual and Performing Arts. Special units are also included, presenting the Music of U.S history and California history in specialized sessions that pair with the schools language arts and history lessons. The highly skilled teaching artists work closely with school staff to provide the higest quality music education to every child. Cantares Nova and Aurora ensembles are comprised of 85 outstanding singers from its elementary choir programs, bringing together 6th-12th graders from across Oakland. Nova and Aurora offer students the opportunity to take on more challenging music and part-singing and participate in choral festivals and performance tours, as well as performing with Cantares adult Chorale.