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.
Upcoming concert
Until All of Us Are Free
Cantare Chorale & Aurora Youth Choir
Saturday, May 16, 7:30pm - Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
We close our concert season commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence, featuring the Cantare Chorale and Aurora Youth Choir. Our concert title, Until All of Us Are Free, addresses aspirations of unity, freedom, equality, the pursuit of happiness, the protection of individual rights and self-government in light of today’s realities. Included are William Billings Revolutionary song Chester (1778) and Hanson’s extended work from Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” entitled Song of Democracy, Garth Brooks’ We Shall Be Free, Keep Marching from the Broadway musical Suffs, Where Is the Love by the Black Eyed Peas, and settings of two spirituals. We also pay tribute to all who have served in our Armed Services with a medley of their iconic anthems, plus stunning arrangements of Lift EveryVoice and Sing and America the Beautiful.
Pricing: Pay-what-you-will
Want to sing with the Chorale?
Join our 100+ singer choir to sing in our season finale concert, Until All of Us Are Free, celebrating the 250th anniversary of The Declaration of Independence. This new series starts March 29. You can find the full rehearsal information and repertoire list below. If you are interested, please fill out the sign up form below.
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Cantare Summer Camp 2026
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
June 8 - June 18, Mon-Fri, 9:00am-5:30pm*
Join us for another year of Cantare’s tuition free summer camp! Rising 4th-9th graders will have the chance to go deeper with their love of singing, while participating in choir rehearsals, musicianship classes, electives, and a field trip to an East Bay Regional park. All of this culminates in a FREE community concert on the last day!
*Camp ends on a Thursday this year, as Friday, June 19 is a holiday
*After camp care lasts from 3:00pm-5:30pm
Newsletter Update
Inspiration through joy
"This is the miraculous beauty that musical performance provides for humanity, not boundaried by time nor ethnicity."
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 2026.
