Cantare seeks to foster a diverse community of compassion and understanding across generational, cultural, and economic boundaries through the beauty and power of choral music.
HAPPENING NOW
Join the Chorale!
Cantare Chorale is now accepting auditions for our new season, Anchored in Justice - Reaching in Love!
Upcoming Concerts
People Get Ready
Cantare Chorale & Aurora Youth Choir
David Morales & Julie Haydon, Directors
Sunday, October 5, 2025 - 4pm; Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church
A concert for all ages that includes a medley of Duke Ellington songs and works by Copland, Whitacre, Hagenberg, Jeffrey Ames, Curtis Mayfield, a medley of Cowboy songs. Following the concert, free ice cream will be provided for all audience members and singers. Tickets available soon.
Newsletter Highlights
Cantare Staff Project Highlights
"When the Cantare staff aren’t working to impact lives through choral music, they have other creative endeavors they pursue."
Read about the exciting projects two of our staff have in the works below!
Help Support Cantare!
“I absolutely adore the community. We all are here for the purpose of singing. We all are here for the purpose of raising our voices. We’re here to love each other and show that we stand together. I think that’s so beautiful about Cantare, because we always support each other. We’re here as a community and when something goes wrong, we pick each other up and face it together.”
– Prathana Pandey, Sophomore, Nova
CONGRATULATIONS to NOVA & Director Julie Haydon, first place, Gold-rated winners in the Concert Choir 1A category at the WorldStrides
San Francisco Heritage Festival,
April 12, 2025!
ABOUT CANTARE
Youth and Adult Choir Programs
Youth Programs
Cantare’s innovative and inclusive in-school music education classes and afterschool choirs reach underserved Oakland children who lack access to the arts. We provide tuition-free choral music instruction led by experienced teaching artists—and offer students a safe, supportive, and fun experience through our multicultural curriculum.
“Cantare offers so much potential to all of our students through the world of music. Through hard work and determination, students learn to love music and how to work together as a team!”
–John Lee, Assistant Principal, Lincoln Elementary
Adult Choirs
Cantare’s auditioned 100-voice symphonic Chorale rehearses and performs a variety of compelling and challenging choral music during our concert season. Our non-auditioned Summer Adult Choir will return in June 2025.
